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IPA stands for India Pale Ale. This beer is over-hopped. The history of it comes from England. When England occupied India, the occuping forces wanted beer from home and without preserveratives there was no way to get beer from England to India without it spoiling. At some point it was found that hops are a natural preserverative. So, IPA was invented. It was loaded in the keels of transport ships and taken to India to serve to the English troops. Cooler in the keel of the ship and preserved with the extra hops.

A true IPA (India Pale Ale) must have at least 6 different kinds of hops used in the making of it. Truly, all IPA's are "hoppy".

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