East Coast IPA - Scottish Brew, New England Flavor

By matt nappo | Nov 26, 2025
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Our latest discussion explores a New England IPA brewed in Scotland, prompting a lively beer review. We question the authenticity of its origins and compare it to global brands that maintain consistent recipes across different brewery locations. This conversation offers a casual look into the world of craft beer and brewing.


We explore a Scottish-brewed East Coast IPA, pondering its origins and flavor profile. We compare it to the McDonald's franchise model, discussing the licensing of recipes. We also give updates on the Beer With the Pigs show, including Chrissy's absence.

[104:19-104:36]

apparently this is a, a New England beer, but this is brewed in Scotland, so I guess it may be a Scottish link with New England. Very weird. 'Cause it says East Coast IPA. It Maybe they are using the East, the East Coast recipe.

[104:36-104:51]

You know, like McDonald's, you know, every There, there are McDonald's all over the world. So as long as they're using the McDonald's recipe, it still consists of McDonald's- They can li- license it out. Yeah. Yeah. It's not like they go to McDonald's They have a McDonald's and it's in another country, instead of using beef, they're using horse.

[104:51-105:15]

You know? Welcome to, uh, Beer With the Pigs. Uh, it's a morning show we call Beer With the Pigs, where all we talk about is beer every morning. I forget. It's, it's not morning. It's nearly 4:00 here though, so this is fine. Right. It's 4:00 somewhere. You and Jack Brittain, uh, cel- celebrating afternoons while we're doing mornings here. Uh, we've, we've had a guy in the, in the chatroom the last couple of days, Ch- Where's Chrissy?

[105:16-105:34]

Ch- yeah. Chrissy hasn't been on the show for a while. Who? Oh, yeah. Uh And it's even later for her than it is for, for him. She was Uh, she was a little sick. Danish Chrissy? Uh, yeah. Yeah. She's, she's a little under the weather. Uh, a lot under the weather. The flu You know, it's, it's that time of year.

[105:34-105:40]

People just getting, uh, all flued out. All flued out. Um, yeah.



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