WEEK 135----When Bitter Hoppy Ones becomes Fruit Juice-like

By now the assumption is that even newbies would have known/ tasted some juicy/fruit juice like NEIPA---it is so popular for the past 1-2 years that almost every breweries which has produced Ipas at any one time would have their own version of hazy/cloudy/juicy NEIPA--which is the short form for New England IPA.

对很多无论是刚接触craft beer或是已喝一段时间啤迷来说，简称IPA(India Pale Ale）的印度淡陴可说是大家一定有喝过类型风格（之一）。某种程度上，说IPA（特别是美国风格IPA)在较早期对craft beer的崛起有着相当大影响，无论是销量和普及程度来说，IPA一直都名列前茅。

不过，近年最热门的IPA不再只是传统意义上的苦哈哈印度淡陴，而是喝起来更接近果汁口味感觉的变奏版---NEIPA (New England IPA)，译成新英伦印度淡啤的话，听起来好像不伦不类，简单说就是酒体浑浊，风味类似果汁版本的IPA，不强调啤酒花苦味而是花果鲜香，绝对程度上扭转了IPA就是大量投放啤酒花加强苦涩口感升级版淡啤的旧观念。

Both NEIPA and your regular IPAs are basically HOPs forward style of beer, the aim is to demonstrate what a particular OR a mixed of few Hops can do to the nose/ taste profile of a beer ---while generally speaking hops in IPA is more about showcasing the hoppy/bitter side of things----NEIPA is more about showing the fruity/floral side of hops.

从最开始只有少数酿坊玩票式酿造类果汁NEIPA到近年几乎所有会酿IPA的都来插上一脚推出自家NEIPA，这个有时候喝起来甜而腻，一点都不像认知中印度淡陴的变奏款无可否认的已自成一格，也造就了比如美国Monkish或Tree House或英国Cloud Water等好多家以酿造类果汁IPA出名酿坊，也让一些听到苦味就远离印度淡啤的饮客有了从另一个不同角度认识不同类型啤酒花特质的机会。

如果要问两者之间分别，最片面说法是，IPA用的是比较浓郁苦味比较厚的啤酒花酿造，而NEIPA则是使用花果香味浓苦味低的啤酒花，加上其他酿造因素差异，造成不单止风味口感喝起来不同，酒体颜色也不一样，看起来酒体浑浊颜色比较鲜艳丰韵就是NEIPA特色之一。

简单来说，两者之间较明显分别是：

some obvious differences between ipa and neipa would be:-

 Taste 

Ipa can be about in your face bitterness

NEIPA is about easy drinking--almost fruit juices like

1）口感

IPA虽公认是苦味代表，但也有比较注重大量投放啤酒花强调苦味和适当投放强调易喝性之分，所以并不是一提到印度淡啤就一定苦哈哈而是会有均衡易喝类型选择。

NEIPA最主要特点表现在一喝就能感受到类似果汁味道/较浓郁鲜明花果气息，偏向展现一些类型啤酒花自身特有花果鲜香味多过凸显传统意义上的啤酒花苦味。

Color/appearance

Genrally Ipa are more about singular color of "thicker" pale ale 

NEIPA would always be more cloudy/hazy--at times looking like fruit juice.

2）酒体颜色

IPA相对来说看起来会比较浅显，当然是比一般PILSNER更厚色些但基本还是属于较清爽浅色系。

NEIPA最大特点就是酒体或轻度或重度浑浊，颜色较鲜艳，有时看起来比较像鲜榨果汁甚至是奶昔多过啤酒，所以也有人以HAZY/CLOUDY称之。

Drinkability

It could be a case of love it or hate it for newbies when trying out a bitter IPA for the first time.

Comparatively---due to it's easier to drink juicy nature--NEIPA  cold be a relatively easier route to craft beer for newbies.

3易喝性

比较起来很多人都会觉得倾向强调凸显啤酒花甘苦味的传统IPA不是那么平易近人，有时苦味会吓跑一些新朋友。但是，如果喝到真正高水准新鲜酿品就会发觉，其实并不一定苦苦的，而会是鲜美甘香。

因为是凸显啤酒花的花果鲜香风味，NEIPA相对来说比较讨喜易喝，但也不是人人都爱，因为会有感觉又甜又腻喝不多问题。

There are opinions out there which thought NEIPA is some form of ANTI-IPA with non-bitter among some of it's main characteristics--which in theory is very unlike traditional IPAs---but since craft beer is about innovation---about choices--about varieties---there is no right or wrong so to speak about NEIPA being ipa or anti-ipa.

在craft beer社区中有意见认为NEIPA的出现其实是反IPA，虽然两者都是展现啤酒花特色，但具体呈现出来的风味口感在一定程度上两极化，一个强调甘苦，一个强调类果汁鲜甜，对很多新朋友来说，如果不是酒标上写着IPA字眼很大可能完全不会把类果汁类型啤酒跟印度淡啤联想到一起。

至今喝过不同酿坊作品来说，NEIPA的确少了那种会让味蕾没准备好新朋友一喝就大皱眉头苦涩味，比较接近果汁风味的特质平易近人，比较不会吓跑第一次尝试craft beer新朋友。不过，严格来说，类果汁NEIPA无论是风味口感都跟大家认知中的IPA有很大不同，加上一些酿品有过于甜腻浓郁果汁感问题，难怪会被认为是反IPA。

Perhaps the one complaint i would have about NEIPA is that some are so juicy/fruity it makes you "dizzy"--wondering what's going on---is it a beer or bloody fruit juice disguising as ipa?

虽是听起来像是两个不同世界的啤酒，NEIPA风味口感也类果汁，但骨子里还是属于强调啤酒花鲜香度啤酒类型，所以跟传统IPA一样需要越新鲜喝越好，对缺乏高水准在地酿坊只能靠进口美国欧洲酿坊作品的好些亚洲城市啤迷来说，怎样才能喝到真正新鲜美味高水平酿品始终是个难解的习题。