Helles Dry Hopped - India Pale Ale

Cold hopping is a process in which hops are used to make beer without boiling them Instead, they are added during the fermentation process or directly after boiling to give the beer its noble bitterness and aromas The process was not widely used in earlier times, as it required more time and effort When beer did not yet have the reputation of being diverse and flavorful, breweries could not risk the resulting extra cost, breweries could not risk the resulting extra cost Today, cold hopping is more popular than ever because hops are currently experiencing an absolute hype and the method guarantees that the maximum fine hop flavor ends up in the beer Because the green gold is not boiled, it does not lose intensity and the bitterness can be kept in check - even if you use ten times the amount of hops than usual

One beer style that is usually cold-hopped is India Pale Ale and all its sub-categories However, the technique is now also being used successfully for other types of beer, as demonstrated by BlechBrut's cold-hopped pale ale To top off their Franconian pale ale, the brewers have stuffed the classic with a good amount of hops and turned the down-to-earth brew into a real hop bomb

Exotically fruity, bitter and wonderfully fresh!