black ipa

It’s one of those things with limited special brews: They enable the brewers to let off steam with ingredients and techniques without the risk of losses due to large quantities. However, if the beers are too good, these limited beers sell like hotcakes and soon sell out. This is what happened with the Black IPA from Maisel & Friends. In 2017, the brewers dared to brew a batch of the beer style, which is still not very common in Germany, and the special brew was literally snatched from their hands. After a five-year thirst for that special India Pale Ale, fans listened to the brewers and recreated their popular Black IPA.

Thanks to tireless refinement of the recipe, the second version of the Black IPA is even more sophisticated and rounded than the original. The dark beer comes with a pleasant 6.0% alcohol content and brings a whopping 50 bitterness units into the glass. An impressive six types of hops form the special taste of the beer, three types of malt ensure stature, roasted aromas and the strong mahogany colour. In contrast to the conventional India Pale Ale, both the hops and the malt play the first fiddle in this variant. Juicy fruit is combined with chocolate, coffee and caramel to create a special kind of sensual mixture.