Black IPA 18,3°

The high volcanic mountains of Cascade Range in the US northwest is worldrenowned for its good wines, but it is also here, from where the most famous American hops sort originates – the Cascade, bred and still grown in Oregon. It was here, where at the turn of a century the Black IPA style was born. The aroma of this dark ale is dominated by tones of citrus fruits and apricots, descending from 5 different hops sorts, the first and most significant being Cascade, but also Citra, Centennial, Simcoe and Amarillo. These were added in ten dosages during the brewing process but also afterwards, whole cones of hops are inserted into the fermentation tank: so called ‘dry hop-ping’, a method wellknown from the original IPA. The taste is exceptionally bitter with resingrapefruit properties, but after mild warming an equilibrating sweetness of caramel malt protrudes. To colour the beer black, we used unmalted roasted barley, after grinding we sieved it to remove burnt grain peels, preventing them from adding a dominating roasted character of Irish Stouth. De-spite it’s high degree and ABV of almost 9%it has a surprisingly light body and the easiness of drinking is even more accented by a very dry finish.