New England IPAs are beers that are purposely brewed cloudy or hazy by using a high proportion of unmalted grains like flaked wheat, flaked oats and flaked barley. They use tropical new world hops rather than your classic citrus and pine forward hops that west coast IPAs use. They have very low bitterness and utilise different hopping methods which help give the beer a tropical juciness. The yeast that is used is often ester producing so this helps with the fruit forward profile. Generally, the types of yeast used derive from English Ale strains.

History of the NEIPA (New England...