Urine, an actual Belgian beer (double IPA)
Urine, an actual Belgian beer (double IPA)
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Is it repackaged american beer?
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I like how it’s a double IPA xD
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Dies it cancel out like a double negative?
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What's the name, translated to German?
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Piswaßer
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Urin.
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Piss
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7% alc.? Is this why it’s called "double"?
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Yes, basically double means that the alcohol level is greater than an "ordinary" beer which would be qualified of "simple" (but that term never appears). Double is around 7%, triple around 8/9% and there are also quadruple.
One other meaning is about the number of fermentation steps, but historically that's not the true meaning and more of a recent marketing argument, because all "special beer" as we say in Belgium have 2 fermentations. The main one transforming sugar to alcohol and a secondary during the "keeping" period, usually in bottles and helping to develop the specific taste of the beer. Some recipe includes adding some yeast to refine the taste, so some brand speak about triple fermentation.
Sorry if the English terms are not the best, I tried to explain from what I know but I don't know beer specific wording in English so I translated literally from French for the words I didn't knew.
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Mmm, this might be anecdotally true but more broadly double and triple IPA's are (in theory) double the hops, not necessarily alcohol. It was more of a description of flavor notes than of the content of alcohol, though, so sometimes that included extra fermentation steps and sometimes more alcohol, but always the flavor was intended to be stronger and more hoppy/bitter.
The strength of the beer isn't particularly unique to IPA's (be they single, double, or triple varieties) as someone else pointed out. I'll never forget getting a belgian tripel while traveling in europe, and it completely knocked me on my ass it was so unexpectedly strong. I didn't know a beer could be strong without being undrinkably bitter
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That's actually a normal amount for Europe.
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That seems like a fairly normal amount for an IPA.
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Oh sweet! It comes in a can now! 😃
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Goes to show how much packaging design and marketing matter nowadays 😄
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Does it taste like Bud Light?
It's a double IPA, so not really comparable to Bud Light.
So why do they name it almost exactly like Bud Light?