Chinook IPA 15°

Liberty Ale, released in 1975 in San Francisco’s Anchor Brewing, is considered to be the first modern, post-prohibition American IPA. This very original craft beer was hopped with newly cultivated hop variety Cascade and sparked the craft beer revolution. Ever since, American brewers started to push the envelope with beer bitterness and strength further and further. The hop-forward attitude plays both first and second violin in this style. Generous hopping with American or New-World (Australia, New Zealand) hops features citrusy, floral, resinous, piny, tropical or other fruity flavor and aroma. The term “Chinook” is well known among Pacific Northwest: Chinook Indian Nation resides there since time immemorial. Chinook salmon is the biggest species of salmon on Western Hemisphere. Boeing CH-47 Chinook is one of the worlds’ biggest helicopters. And finally, Chinook hop is one of the oldest and most bitter American variety. Its addition into the beer results into typical old school American profile: strong grapefruit aroma with delicate herbal undertones, pretty straight – pleasantly bitter body and dry resinous finish.