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In IPAs, hops do the talking, but building the right platform gives them the best chance to have their say. Here, a few award-winning brewers share advice on creating that malt base—especially for the American and West Coast styles—plus, we look at a new base malt designed especially for IPA.
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Jake Gardner thinks a lot about malt in IPA.
As director of brewing operations at Westbound & Down in Idaho Springs and Lafayette, Colorado, Gardner oversees an award-winning program. Their Westbound Select IPA won a gold medal at the 2023 Great American Beer Festival, while crisp-but-tropical Spirit of the West won silver for the second year in a row—and won another silver at the 2023 World Beer Cup.
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