我得到了啤酒水疗治疗，它是超越的

当我第一次收到邀请时查看CostaRica的新啤酒浸泡的身体治疗Tabacon热度假村和水疗, all I could imagine was a hot tub full of sticky, amber-huedIPA，在雨林内深入泡出来，在其所有树脂，发酵的荣耀中脱落。我爱不对我错了craft beer。我只是习惯在酒吧享受我的品脱，而不是浴室。因此，虽然我接受的新闻名称，但我有点犹豫不决。我知道我会因为非常不同而明显凌乱的治疗体验。

Listed under the heading “For Men” but available to all genders, the 80-minute Kapi Kapi treatment promised a craft beer body wrap, an exfoliating and hydrating facial, and a private outdoor shower fueled by the sprawling 900-acre resort’s mineral rich hot springs. The brochure explains that Kapi Kapi translates to “pura vida,” Costa Rica’s carefree national motto, in Maleku, a local indigenous dialect. It’s also the name of the Double IPA that acts as the body wrap’s base material, produced in partnership with nearby brewery5inco Amigos Cervecería在Tabacon的许多现场酒吧旁边，它沿着它较少的Boozy Feeder，Tabacon Ipava队。富有的8.2％-ABV SIPPEP是一款致敬的经典超啤酒西海岸风格，平衡圆形的松树，柑橘和石材果实，拥有全身焦糖麦芽骨架和清爽的饰面。但是这个苦涩的酿造是如何从瓶子里走出瓶子并进入奢侈的皮肤？

“The spa is always looking to create new experiences that utilize tropical ingredients, local products, and align with industry trends,” says Tabacon spa manager Monica Sanabria. “We decided to explore the idea of bringing beverage innovation to the spa to extend the experience of the guests, who already love both of our signature brews.”

It’s true that craft beer is on the uptick throughout Costa Rica. According to the哥斯达黎加工艺啤酒员协会，100多个独立的啤酒厂在全国范围内运作，大多数人在过去的五年里打开了门。该国在为现代日船铺设奠定基础时检查所有方框：休闲，户外生活方式;质量水源的增殖;对当地美食的投资;和可靠而迅速增长的旅游市场。因此，只有这样的意义，企业将开始寻找其他方法来利用这种红色热潮。世界各地的宾馆已经开始利用IPA的治疗力量（here are just a few resorts where you can take a bath in beer.)

My treatment began not with a beer, as I’d secretly hoped, but with a fresh juice and a dip in the thermal hot tub to relax the muscles. I was then walked to a private cabana lined with palm fronds and facing an open jungle. It was late afternoon, and the dusky light seeping in through the lush green thicket was immediately calming. I was instructed to disrobe and lie face up on a massage table atop a thin layer of plastic wrap. With a chime of a bell the therapist reappeared and began readying her arsenal of beer-spiked products—gels, scrubs, and lotions of varying textures and aromas. She then carefully applied a reddish-orange jelly-like substance all over my body, fully coating my arms, legs, stomach, back and neck. It smelled strange yet pleasant, an earthy-sweetness laced with stewed plums, prunes, spiced orange, and pears poached in red wine. It felt slick but not sticky, with a cool, velvety consistency like dipping your finger in a can of fresh paint.

The beer was present but subtle, welcoming and not at all aggressive. She then brought up the plastic wrap I’d been lying on and folded it over each of my limbs methodically until it encased my entire body. For the next 30 minutes or so, I lay swaddled, feeling not unlike a warm PB&J stuffed into a forgotten sandwich baggy (in the most relaxing way possible), while she massaged my head to a lulling backdrop of croaking frogs, rushing water, and bird calls.

当她开始剥离塑料时，我完全放松，我的身体融化成只能被描述为一个炎热的夏天卷起。就好像我在桌子上悬浮着，僵硬的盘子轻的和羽毛式，从头到脚趾微弱地刺痛。在我的私人温泉淋浴时快速冲洗后，我觉得暗中摩擦味道味道乳液，然后给出一个舒缓的面部，具有几种去角质和保湿部件。

“不同的产品用于治疗，所有产品都有不同的啤酒百分比，”Sanabria解释说。“我们使用的是更换通常用于制备产品的水量。他们使用先前处理过的啤酒来平衡配方并维持活性成分的性质。面部磨砂膏，滋补乳液，面膜和面霜是用Kapi Kapi制造的。在热淋浴后，用于密封皮肤的身体乳液也有啤酒。“

And it’s not all for show. While boozy spa treatments can be found all over the world, from the “One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three Tequila… PORES!” facial at the W Punta de Mita hotel in Mexico to the The Spa at Four Seasons Vail’s bourbon foot scrub and the red wine baths at New York’s Aire Ancient Baths, Tabacon’s use of beer—particularly hoppy beer—sets it apart, scientifically.

“Hops are incredibly complex and diverse, particularly in terms of essential oils and aroma potential,” says Ryan Dunnavant, a trained chemical engineer and the current General Manager of Brewery Operations at Oskar Blues Brewery in North Carolina. “The most relevant chemical compounds are bitter acids and flavonoids. Bitter acids exhibit antimicrobial properties even at relatively low concentrations. Flavonoids such as xanthohumol, which is found exclusively in hops, exhibit strong antioxidant properties. A friend of mine makes soap from heavily hopped double IPAs, and I know that rubbing hops during harvest season exfoliates the hell out of my hands.”

为这个特殊治疗选择双重IPA是没有错误的，似乎。在106 IBU或国际苦涩单位，KAPI KAPI具有非常高的啤酒花。（对于比较而言，Budweiser有大约10个IBU，Oskar Blues'旗舰戴尔的苍白苍白苍白在65左右的重量，而狗狗头的众所周知的90分钟Ipa帝国IPA为桌子带来90 IBU。除了提供堆积剂量的抗氧化剂，限制了皮肤细胞损伤自由基的产生，并且据说具有抗衰老作用，啤酒悬浮液具有额外的额外治疗性能。

“啤酒花也有一个镇静效果 - 有些人把薰衣草放在枕头上，我潜入脸上的脸部新鲜啤酒花，”持续邓恩纳瓦特继续。“我读过Hop茶被用来帮助缓解胃问题，并且他们被用作抗炎。今天在跃点行业实际上有动力，以验证其中一些索赔，并直接从啤酒花生产健康补品。“

我让水疗中心放松一下，晒太阳，我在柔软的棕褐色之前所获得的那一天。那天晚上在晚餐时，我订购了一个Kapi Kapi，虽然它肯定会用Cheffy Canapes和Chefices在我的盘子上搭配，但它带来的轻微嗡嗡声可能永远不会抓住蜡烛，因为我现在知道潜伏在它的气泡下面。