Whether you drink craft beer or not, you have probably heard the words: Heady Topper. You might also know that it is the current “Holy Grail” of IPAs, and that practically every other brewery with an ...

Hetty. Heddi. Oh, what was that beer called? “Heady Topper, silver can.” Yes, there it is on the notes I made to myself. In early October I mentioned to my coworkers that Topnotch Resort and Spa in ...

A guardian angel might have been sitting on John Kimmich’s shoulder when he first considered brewing the double IPA that became Heady Topper — a hops-mad angel with foresight, perhaps. A few years on, ...

If India pale ale were rock ’n’ roll, Heady Topper from The Alchemist in Waterbury, Vermont, would be the “Stairway to Heaven” or “Hey Jude” of the genre: a layered atmospheric anthem that defines an ...