Hop heads embrace local hop growth, celebrate IPA Day

Today many beer lovers will celebrate IPA Day, a beer holiday of monumental enjoyment for hopheads around the world.

IPA — which stands for India Pale Ale — is a beer style encompassing characteristics such as a resinous, citrusy, floral, piney smell and taste due to the hops used in creating it.

Established in 2011 by social media personalities Ashley Routson and Ryan Ross, “IPA Day is a universal movement created to unite the voices of craft beer enthusiasts, bloggers and brewers worldwide, using social media as the common arena for connecting the conversation together.”

Imbibers who check in to any IPA on Untappd will unlock the special IPA Day badge for their efforts.

Michigan is the perfect place for hop lovers. We have an abundance of growers, brewers and enthusiasts of all things hoppy. For non-beer drinkers there’s even Hop Soda, brought to you by Grand Rapids-based Proper Soda.

Hop heads galore

Ann Arbor resident Amy Whitaker loves the beer style so much she has garnered the n

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