Everything You Need To Know About Session IPAs

But the creation of the pale ale in the 1700s was the spark for either. New boiling methods led to lighter malts than ever before.

By reducing the sugars and increasing the hops, it significantly decreased the chances that beers would arrive spoiled in India.

In numbers, that means the most IPAs have a paleness of about 6–14 SRM, bitterness in the 35–100 IBU range, and Alcohol By Volume (ABV) somewhere in the 5–10.5% range.

It's brewers' answer to laws restricting drinking sessions to four hours.

So the only thing about IPAs that doesn't apply out of the gate is the medium to high alcohol content, although Session beers typically rate around 1–4 SRM (extremely pale) and 10–30 IBU (barely bitter at all).

You'll typically be getting five or more kinds of hops in one beer, mixed in both during the beer's boil and after to ensure it's bitter and full of the essential oils that make it smell hoppy.

It's four-hour sessions of IPAs with all of the motor function.

Since session beers aren't restricted by flavor profiles, it matches with all the same starches and spices you've always matched up with your IPAs.