Category: Hops

IPA Day

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Celebrated on the first Thursday of August each year, check into any IPA on the day to gain this badge.

Untappd recognises 20 different substyles of IPA, but remember APAs don’t count!IPA2018IPA2016

India Pale Ales get their name because they were brewed to be shipped to India by British brewers. First developed in the 18th century, they were brewed to be hoppier than standard pale ales so they would last the journey. They quickly found a market in Britain as well as being exported to the other corners of the British Empire.

In the 20th century American craft brewers took the style and turbo charged it, adding even more hops and kick starting the craft beer revolution.

Make sure you have an IPA to celebrate IPA day today!

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Hopped Down

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HoppedDownThe yin to Hopped Up‘s yang, have 5 beers with an IBU of 20 or less to collect this badge.

IBU stands for International Bittering Units and is simply a fancy measure of how bitter a beer is. Not every beer has its IBU recorded on untappd so if you are trying to get this badge then make sure the beer has its IBU displayed next to the ABV.

Hopped Up

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This badge requires you to check in five beers with an IBU of over 65. It levels up to 100.HoppedUp_lg

IBU stands for International Bittering Units and is simply a fancy measure of how bitter a beer is. As the name of the badge suggests, hoppy beers are often bitter and so have a high IBU. Watch out though, not every beer has its IBU recorded on untappd so if you are trying to go for this badge then make sure the beer has its IBU displayed next to the ABV.

I Believe in IPA!

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This one shouldn’t be too much of a challenge: five IPA beers of any of the various styles. The badge goes up to level 100, that’s 500 IPAs so get going.

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There are 26 styles of IPA that currently recognised by untappd: American, Belgian, Black/Cascadian Dark Ale, Brett, Brown, Brut, Cold, English, Farmhouse, Fruited, Imperial/Double, Imperial/Double Black, Imperial/Double Milkshake, Imperial/Double New England, Other, Milkshake, New England, Non-Alcoholic, Quadruple, Red, Rye, Session/India Session Ale, Sour, Triple, Triple New England and White / Wheat. Note APAs don’t count as they are classed as Pale Ales.

There are also separate badges for Black, Hazy, Milkshake, Session and Triple IPAs.

Originally the badge was introduced in 2011 as a collaboration with another website and was limited to only five specific IPAs: Dogfish Head’s 60 Minute IPA, Bell’s Two Hearted IPA, the New Belgium Ranger IPA, Sierra Nevada’s Torpedo Extra IPA and the Bear Republic Racer 5 IPA. A pretty good starting point if you ask me!