Double IPA (DIPA)

A Double IPA should be hop-centric and assertive both in aroma and flavour and have a higher alcohol content than a standard IPA (not “double,” per se, just higher), achieved by adding more malt. The double IPA is a brashly American expression of hop character, and the best of them are astonishingly bitter, but balance this with a dry malt structure and explosive hop aromatics. Most will have bitterness from 65 to 90 international bittering units and the strengths range from about 8% to well over 10% alcohol by volume. Double IPA is a fairly strong beer with a strong hop presence, a clean, dry, easy-drinking beer that lacks any harshness from the hops or the alcohol content. It is bigger