A new IPA-centric brewery is hitting the scene in Colorado with some old school brewing techniques. Broken Hops Brewing Co. is the brainchild of Chris O’Connor, who launched Broken Hops as a side project after years of experience brewing at Prost Brewing Company.
As Prost’s Vice President of Operations, O’Connor will continue to draw on his award-winning German brewing expertise to influence Broken Hops. He plans to deploy traditional German brewing methods to brew some of the country’s most interesting, bold and uniquely modern IPAs.
“I created Broken Hops to showcase my love for German brewing principles, looking to the past for inspiration on what the future of IPAs could be,” said O’Connor. “With these modern IPAs as the vehicle, Broken Hops showcases how clean and vibrant the style can be, and how these techniques can make an unforgettable finished product.”
Starting this month, Broken Hops is hitting shelves with its flagship West Coast and Hazy IPAs across Metro Denver, with plans to release seasonal and limited release collaborations throughout the year.
Broken Hops Brewing style
The Broken Hops logo features a stylized hop-rabbit with a mischievous expression, evoking wild frenzy, bravery and the reimagining of beloved beer styles.
While typical IPAs are brewed with English influence and techniques, Broken Hops reinvents the beer experience through a traditional German lager brewing process. By including endosperm mashing, decoction, open fermentation, extended lagering and natural carbonation, the innovative brewing process creates an IPA sensory experience unlike anything you’ve had before.
- Broken Hop’s flagship West Coast IPA (7% ABV), is clean and elegant with the mouthfeel of a lager, but the hop character of a west coast IPA. Smooth and easy drinking, but packed with hop flavor and bitterness. There isn’t another IPA like this in the market with such a herbal grapefruit nose and firm bitterness.
- Broken Hops’ Hazy IPA (7.3% ABV), features notes of peach, strawberry, citrus and stone fruit hop, with aromatics jumping out of the glass. The light bitterness derives from the copious amount of dry hops added, 5lbs per barrel, to this modern take on a hazy IPA.
“Broken Hops is a brewery focused on old world practices and their impact on modern styles. Just like the iconic nature of the Broken Hops logo, these beers are elegant and distinctive,” said O’Connor. “Our focus is singular—hop-forward beers done right and nothing else.”
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