In the summer of 1993, a struggling brewery in Boston decided to do something different. In a region where there was little demand for hoppy beers, the brewery made an India pale ale with hops from the Pacific Northwest.
The relatively new White India Pale Ale style has often been described as a cross between a traditional IPA and a Belgian witbier. Ken Hermann at Harpoon doesn’t stray from that explanation but has opted to lean more heavily on the IPA side of the equation with this latest release from the brewery.