Sakiskiu Alus Black IPA

The Black India Pale Als is a beer style that has emerged over the last few years After craft brewers appropriated the traditional IPA to perfection, numerous sub-categories of the originally classic English beer followed Today, most breweries have at least one in their range and the variety includes Imperial IPAs, Double or Triple IPAs, New England, West or East Coast, Hazy or even Black IPAs

The darkest variant in the category does not date back to colonial times, but has its roots in the dawn of the craft beer era American brewers were already producing Black IPAs in the 1990s, but it was quite a while before the style caught on and finally came over to us The strong color, which ranges from chestnut to mahogany brown, is due to a plus of dark or roasted malts This is also where the difference to other IPAs lies: Instead of putting the spotlight solely on the hops, the malt also plays a supporting role

Absolutely worth trying!

A fine example comes from Sakiškių alus: their interpretation comes in a shimmering ruby-red dark brown and delivers a bitterness that is not for the faint-hearted The flavor profile is composed of caramel, chocolate, roasted malt, coffee, pine resin, herbs and citrus notes