For Diwali, Boston-brewed Rupee is putting the “India” back in India Pale Ale

Walk into a local brewery or restaurant and you'll likely find at least one hoppy India Pale Ale or hazy New England IPA on the menu. The styles' ubiquity wasn't lost on Van Sharma and his brother when they debuted their company Rupee two years ago. Being Indian, a lot of people assumed they must have had an IPA among their beers.

“And we didn't,” Sharma said, “so for us, we knew eventually we would introduce an IPA that really fit into the ethos of Rupee.”

Now that Rupee's IPA is ready, it will be on retail shelves and at restaurants in time for India's biggest holiday, Diwali, on Sunday, Nov. 12.