Topic Archives: Black IPA
Metal Collab: Three Floyds “In The Name Of Suffering”
So metal.Then again, it’s Three Floyds Brewing (Muenster, IN) what did you expect? In The Name Of Suffering is a “New Orleans-Style” take on the black IPA. Brewed with the NO based band EyeHateGod.
This Black India Pale Ale is loaded with hops balanced with deliciousness maltiness. It was brewed with out friends from the great city of New Orleans in the band EyeHateGod.
Style: IPA (Black IPA)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: TBA
?? ABV
SweetWater Wants You To Get “Some Strange”
SweetWater Brewing Company (Atlanta, GA) wants you to get Some Strange. In this case, an imperial black IPA. This Dank Tank release is inspired by Capt. Danky’s night out at The Cheetah & Johnny’s Hideaway. If you lived in Atlanta, you’d know what that is.
Living large with his 7 year squeeze, Capt. Danky was suddenly blindsided as he discovered General Betrayus under the sheets with his ho. Unstable, delirious, and in desperate need of relief, he headed to the Cheetah to drown his sorrows with a few motorboats. After his wallet was drained by a lonely dental hygienist student, she whispered in his ear the 411 on a swinging late night dance club called Johnny’s Hideaway where he might get lucky. Wearing his big boy pants, he jumped in the first cab and beelined it to the hopeful honey hole. A stupefied Capt. Danky slipped in and was immediately pounced on by the house mama who set her meat hooks into him to do a little dirty dancing. Capt Danky was swept off his feet by this big ol’ beauty and lured back to her cougar den for some Danky Spanky. Capt Danky awoke with an ear to ear hicky and massive claw marks on his chest, back, and sack-a-jo-wia. He slowly rolled over and uncrusted his eyes, hoping to figure out what was saddled up next to him under the leopard skin sheets. As his vision cleared, he gagged, learning he had ‘seasoned” a big fat black double IPA. Horrified, he grabbed his ring off the nightstand and jumped out the window before it was awake and ready for roust two. Here’s to hoping his buddies never discover his bag-age. Get Some Strange!
Before you get Some Strange, be on the look out for The Gimp, another boozy offering to be released before the end of 2012.
Style: Imperial IPA (Black IPA)
Availability: 22oz bombers
Arrival: 2013
10% ABV
read more: SweetWater
Blue Point Toxic Sludge Returns in Tallboys
Back for another round is Blue Point Brewing’s Toxic Sludge Black IPA. The release sees the sludgy hop offering in 16 oz tallboy cans.
Hopped at four stages of the brewing process, we combined a hoppy India Pale Ale with a richer, darker malt base for a full bodied beer that’s big on flavor. This limited release, specialty brew was crafted to benefit birds affected by BP’s 2010 Gulf oil spill.
Style: Black IPA
Availability: 16 oz tallboy cans
Arrival: Late November 2012
7% ABV, 40 IBUs
Lakefront Black Friday Imperial India Style Black Ale
Ironic Beer: Brooklyn “There Will Be Black” Taps This Week
This beer is riddled with irony. Brooklyn Brewery’s There Will Be Black launches this week, while part of the city is still dark from Hurricane Sandy. The beer is actually named for the winter darkness we feel this time of year. It’s about embracing the darkness, which a lot of New Yorkers are doing two fold right now.
So what’s this beer? An American Black Ale built on American and German black malts, and New Zealand hops. The Flavor? There Will Be Black has a core of black bread and dark chocolate, wrapped in a bright coat of orangey, minty hops.
Style: American Black Ale
Hops: American Willamette and Sorachi Ace, New Zealand Pacific Gem and Motueka
Malts:British pale, lager, crystal and chocolate malt, American black barley, German black malt
Availability: Draft only
7.5% ABV
Harpoon Black IPA
Highland Brewing Count Blackula
