Like all things beer, history is a bit cloudy on this. So what is a session or what are sessions? Session Saison (quite the tongue twister isn’t it?) Let’s see if history can tell us a bit more of where the term Session beer comes from. But, - there’s always a but– if we take a deeper look at these sites by actually searching for Session beers, we come across a wildly different variety of beer styles: We can draw the conclusion from just these sources, that Session is only applicable to hop-forward (though balanced) beer styles, with an ABV below 5%.

It is differentiated from American Pale Ale by typically being lower in alcohol and usually having more hop-dominant profiles.” What kinds of session IPA beers are there? 2010 out of the Craft Beer Tradition as a reaction to the trend of increasingly strong beers and greater public appreciation for hoppier profiles around the globe. RateBeer also classifies Sessions under IPAs, and tells us that “this class of beers arose c. If we take a look at Untappd’s Top Rated Beers, the term session only applies to IPA: IPA – Session/India Session Ale. According to BeerAdvocate, the deffinition of a session beer is “a beer below 5.0% ABV with a balance of malt and hops that displays a clean finish and high drinkability”. What do we want? Session beer! When do we want it? All day long!Ī young attendant on the international beer stage, the term session beer tends to be a confusing one.

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