a fun fact
research is my favorite thing
uh hi there i'm karen and i'm michael and we're here to represent category 12 as part of the
victoria bc ale trail to teach you all about hazy ipas ipas stand for india pale ale and they're
commonly associated with being a relatively bitter part of the beer family they generally
have a certain measurement of ibu's and usually the higher the ibu's the more bitterness there is
but there's complexity there as we're about to see with hazy ipas ibus is not the whole story
so hazy ipas are a relatively recent entrant into the category of ipas they started out in the new
england region of the states so you may have heard of them referred to as new england ipas or hazy
ipas we like to refer to them as and these are less bitter members of the ipa family but they're
heavily heavily dry hopped and dry hopping is when we take hops and add it to the fermented beer
so post fermentation or during fermentation so heavy dry hopping is definitely a big part of it
also part of it is the malts that are used in the beer so we use some unmodified malts like a bit
of raw wheat oats play a large part this really fills out the mouth feel in the body of the beer
so the heavy dry hopping combined with the proteins from these unmodified malts creates
a complex that is stable in suspension in the beer so it doesn't settle out over time it's not
yeast the haze is actually this really delicate balance between the hop oils and the proteins from
oats and wheat and once you try it you know why right because it's part of that mouth feel and
the mouth feel is kind of the basis upon which you can have all these other tastes just because
it's not like a super sharp bitter beer so uh fun fact there is no pineapple juice in
our juicy data hazy ipa the pineapple notes are all from the essential oils in the hops
that is just loaded with facts right there loaded it's fact packed. fun fact i know but
i can't say fun fact without being sarcastic doesn't matter the same you have fun facts
our well-loved juicy data ipa this is one of our best sellers by far and part of the reason
is even though it's an ipa and it says ipa on the label it's an incredibly approachable
delicious beer that has all the aromatics you would expect from the hazy ipa category but
with a little bit of bitterness and so this is another hazy ipa completely different malt bill
so we get a slightly lighter yellow do the pilsen malt base so a mango hazy ipa so a lot of these
this one actually does have real fruit added to it most of the hazy ipas you see out and
about rely heavily upon the aromatic aspects of those hop varietals so you can see the color
difference there that's from the mango yeah all from the mango and then this one is going
to look noticeably different than the rest and that's because this is actually a west coast ipa
so even though you'll get citrus notes and all sorts of other things on the nose the aromatic
component is not the primary focus of this beer the primary focus of this beer is to have
a well-balanced hit of hops bitterness celebrating the bitterness the chromatic and the juicy data
are staples and this may be because they are like the juicy date is my
favorite chromatic is one of your favorites so really this is all about marital happiness
taste testing research my favorite thing oh what am i smelling
i smell mango i don't know why would i have that it's not happy at all i think it's possible i've
had it before i think i might know what it is it feels like it's a late version of a pale ale
that has mosaic hops in there so it's more fruity than bitter very easy going i could see that being
widely appealing for sure that one i think might be broken islands from Vancouver Island Brewing.
oh definitely more notes of citrus on this one get all cereals out of that
all brandy cereals nice delicate body i almost get like tea like qualities in a way
ah yep but definitely it's it's a different i can tell it's a different hop profile than this
one fruit yummy it's like what i want when it's hot outside something smells like juice almost
a little more spice to it as well a little bit more resin quality it's a very aromatic it's good
sweeter finish on this one nice body
yeah i'm just getting big notes of apple on that one that's interesting
okay well if you had to guess
which is your guys's health brand out of those four i think it's number three
okay because if i didn't i might cry actually
if you like what you saw make sure you come and visit us at the Category 12
on the victoria ale trail