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