Western Mutant West Style Coast IPA Launches Oskar Blues Brewery’s New Rotating IPA Series
With all of the new West Coast Style IPAs hitting the market as of late, it’s great to see this tried and trued beer style make a triumphant return. The latest is Western Mutant, a West Coast Style IPA from Oskar Blues Brewery.
Part of its new rotating series of Mutant IPAs, Western Mutant is the first to showcase the latest mutations in hops and hop technology from the hop-obsessed at Oskar Blues. At 7% ABV, Western Mutant West Coast Style IPA is now available nationwide on draft and in 6-packs of 12 oz. cans.
Here are additional details from today’s press release…
IPAs were not born in the West, but they did evolve there in the 90’s with new American hop flavors of citrus and pine. West Coast IPAs featured an invigorating bitterness and a crystal clear appearance (imagine that). These vanguard IPAs soon traveled east, conquering the whole country and evolving along the way. With Western Mutant, Oskar Blues set out to mutate IPAs back, while pushing the style forward with new, freaked-out hops. Western Mutant West Coast IPA, featuring spicy Akoya, zesty Saphir, citrusy, piney Simcoe and tropical, white-wine-like Nelson Sauvin hops, digs deep to find IPA’s roots while reaching new heights of hopped-up weirdness.
“Hops are life at OB. When your flagship is the voluminously hopped Dale’s Pale Ale, you better bring it when you’re developing a new IPA” said Juice Drapeau, senior head brewer at Oskar Blues Brewery’s Lyons, Colo. pilot brewery. “Western Mutant takes West Coast IPAs to another level with cutting-edge hop varieties taking you on an epic flavor journey with bitterness and balance.”
Western Mutant West Coast IPA is a new-school take on an old-school style. Its zesty bitterness, clarity, and flavors of grapefruit and pine will seem familiar to West Coast IPA fans, but deeper aromas of papaya, gooseberry and peach may surprise. These tropical notes are balanced with a honey-like malt sweetness that finishes clean with a clear crispness.
Change is the only constant in IPAs, so seek out the Western Mutant before it evolves again. Find it near you via the beerfinder. New Mutant IPAs will be arriving soon.
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D.J. is a Portland, Oregon based writer that spent his formative years in the Midwest. With over 25 years under his belt of drinking beer at festivals across America and the world, he has developed a strong appreciation and understanding of craft beer and the industry that surrounds it. He can be found in any of the great breweries or beer bars that make Portland the best beer city in the world. His writing can also be found in the archives of Northwest Brewing News and can be followed on Twitter and Instagram at @hopapalooza.