January 12, 2017

NEW TRENDS IN IPA: AN INTERVIEW WITH MITCH STEELE, STONE'S FORMER BREWMASTER

 Like IPAs? You’re not alone! According to the Brewers Association, IPAs accounted for less than eight percent of the craft beers sold in 2008. But as of August 2015, 27.4 percent of beers sold were IPAs. That’s a huge amount of growth, and the popularity of IPAs will only continue to rise. According to the 2016 Craft Brewers Conference, the IPA category is projected to grow to one-third of the nation’s total volume of craft beer by the end of 2017.