Altitude founder Eliott Menzies says their “mountain IPAs” are still juicy and aromatic, but they’re drier than other hazy IPAs and feature a balancing bitterness.
Like its predecessor Homeward Bound—which won a gold medal in the Juicy/Hazy category at the 2023 New Zealand Beer Awards—this recipe relies entirely on New Zealand hops, especially Riwaka and Nelson. It also gets a voluminous Motueka addition as a dip-hop step, which runs parallel to the whirlpool and promotes biotransformation.
For much more on brewing with New Zealand’s unique hops—and a recipe for Altutude’s Homeward Bound—be sure to go back and dig into our Summer 2025 IPA issue.
ALL-GRAIN
Batch size: 5 gallons (19 liters)
Brewhouse efficiency: 72%
OG: 1.059 (14.5°P)
FG: 1.009 (2.3°P)
IBUs: 47
ABV: 6.7%