Herevana -#196 – Hop Federation – Deep Space IPL

Here we have a Hop Federation Deep Space IPL. IPL – the Prince of beers, the King of Lagers?

Although I’d be scratching my head to remember the name of the first IPL, or let’s be honest here, the name of any of them off the top of my head, the fact is that for me an IPL is a revelation of a beer, and for me catapulted the Lager style back in to prominence. All fanciful really, but that’s how it feels. So imagine my complete joy when I find one, and how much better it is that the brewer sends me one to try.

Hop Federation Brewery make the Hop Federation Deep Space, and they do that in Riwaka, Tasman, 🇳🇿  New Zealand, the style is a Pale Lager – Hoppy / India (IPL), this one is 5.5% and 38 IBU.

Such a clean clear light golden pour of a beer that settles with a small whiteness of a head, and a loud hoppy aroma.

Well this is the money, a really big hoppy note over a clean sharp lager body, there’s sp much to be enthusiastic about, a lovely grassy bit, and a snappy sharp finish. There’s a lot of sweetness in the carry of this too, it’s really really very drinkable and very very enjoyable.

I was kindly sent this from the the lovely people af Hop Federation, and I will be buying some more for the weekend coming, when I shall once again enjoy the majesty of this wondrous style of beer, done well and proper.

The Pdubyah-o-meter rates this as a 9 on the arbitrary number scale. It really is a thing of joy, and of beauty, but joy mostly, the taste is gorgeous that hoppy bit the sweeter lager and that little bit at the end. Superb

Music: I’m having a bit of this on the vinyl player. Cowboy Junkies, Trinity Sessions, an album from 1988.

Herevana beers are those I drink at home, I’m not at some beer festival, like, for instance, Beervana, but am just in my kitchen, usually, dining room table, sometimes, or outside, occasionally, where I can take an average picture and write in real time about the beer that I’ve invested in, both in a monetary and emotional way.

Philip himself.

Explore the unknown with Deep Space IPL… Packing a hoppy punch, lager malts and yeast collide with NZ Hops’ trial hop NZH104 to deliver hits of stone fruit, pine, and tropical fruit on the palate.

Pale Lager – Hoppy / India (IPL)The India Pale Lager (IPL) or Hoppy Pale Lager, is generally a decidedly hoppy, moderately strong amber to dark brown lager, showcasing modern American or New World hop varieties. The balance is hop-forward combining a clean lager finish with amplified hop aromas and flavours with very little yeast-derived flavors to conflict with the hops. The key attribute of this style is that the beer is fermented with lager rather than ale yeast like in the classic India Pale Ale. “Imperial” and “Session” variants are occasionally seen and should be listed with them.