title_body: What is a "White IPA" and is it actually an IPA?
upvoted_answer: WHITE IPA
  
  A basic definition would be:
  
  
  strong hop character - similar to ipa
  wheat / wit grainbill-  
  essentially a mashup (beer pun) of wit and ipa, lighter malts with strong hops
  
  
  As far as the is it an IPA question: as long as its fairly high alcohol, most of the ingredients would point to being almost the same as an IPA. but like noted above, there are different malts and probably a different yeast.