It's my understanding that the "original" IPAs, after a year or more of ageing at extreme temperatures at the brewery, semi-intentional Brett inoculation in the shipping cask en route to the bottler abroad, and a year or so in the bottle, finally reached the consumer with a SG in the range of 0.090, brilliant clarity, considerable carbonation, virtually no malt character or bitterness -- just sort of sparkling water with some hop flavor and aroma, a little funk, and quite a kick. This interesting idea might give the most IPA-like IPA around (depending on what we mean by IPA anymore.) I wouldn't brew one, but I'd sure like to try one.
EDIT yeah I meant FG of 0.900 but you knew that....