The beer that started it all

Jaipur
The beer that started it all

Often cited as the UK's first craft IPA, Jaipur changed the face of British beer. Brewed with an audacious amount of American hops at a time when that was genuinely revolutionary, it remains the one that got a generation into beer

The beer that put us on the map

Jaipur is our flagship beer, and the one that really put us on the map back in 2005 when we were just starting out. We are often told "this is the beer, that got me into beer" and we are always very proud to hear this

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What's in the glass

PrimaryPrimaryGrapefruit & Lemon
SecondarySecondaryTropical Fruit
MaltMaltLight & Biscuity
FinishFinishEnticing Bitterness

Hops

ChinookCentennialAhtanumSimcoeColumbusCascade

Malts

Low Colour Maris Otter (Norfolk)
100+ Major Awards
Since 2005 Brewed without change
UK #1 Craft IPA

What they say about Jaipur

Good Beer Hunting2020

I’d never seen Thornbridge beers before so I ordered a pint, tasted it and basically lost my shit. I went back to the table saying, ‘This is that flavor, this is what I was talking about. Taste it, it’s absolutely brilliant

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good beer hunting2020

For me, Jaipur was the start of the British craft brewing scene. BrewDog brought the attitude, the packaging, the language, but Thornbridge were the trailblazers

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good beer hunting2020

“Exceptional” is a word often used to describe Jaipur. It’s not just an adjective for how good it is—it’s won more British brewing medals than any beer since its conception—but because even as it has grown into a national brand, it has always been an outlier.

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