{"id":1945,"date":"2016-02-15T17:00:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T01:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beermonthclub.com\/blog\/?p=1945"},"modified":"2016-09-06T13:57:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T20:57:44","slug":"beyond-bottle-belgian-black-ipas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beermonthclub.com\/blog\/beyond-bottle-belgian-black-ipas\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the Bottle: Belgian Black IPAs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"troubadour-westkust-bottle-coa\"<\/a>One doesn\u2019t really come across many Belgian-styled black IPAs, let alone imperial ones. It\u2019s not often (given what I do for a living) that I find myself drinking a style, weirdo ingredients aside, where I\u2019m like… I really don\u2019t think I\u2019ve had one of these things before, possibly ever. The individual parts are super familiar: Belgium + Black IPA. The combination, a bit less so. These beers often combine firm hop bitterness with assertive Belgian yeast strains (offering notes like pepper, clove, vanilla and fruit). Occasionally there\u2019s dark chocolate, or caramel.<\/p>\n

Aside from the Troubadour Westkust, there aren\u2019t many options of this sort available in the states. Brasserie de la Senne\u2019s Brusseleir Zwet IPA might be most common, and I would be inclined to try anything from the folks who made Zinnebir and Taras Boulba. De Struise in Oostvleteren released a barrel-aged blend along heftier lines: imperial IPA + imperial stout.<\/p>\n

Ooh, also: De la Senne does another black IPA called Black in Japan, which I have had now that I\u2019m looking at the thing: a Brussels-born black IPA that\u2019s crisp, toasty, and nicely bitter.<\/p>\n

Brussels Beer Project also does a \u201cBelgian Black IPA\u201d called Dark Sister, which is kind of a weird name and it may or may not be available outside of limited parts of Europe and Asia.<\/p>\n

As far as options from elsewhere: Sierra Nevada\u2019s Beer Camp series featured a Belgian-style Black IPA a while back, but that one seems pretty much kaput. On a smaller scale, there are at least a few dozen examples of Belgian-style black IPAs brewed in the U.S., so keep an eye out if you dug the Westkust. Also of particular note: Great Lakes Brewing (the Ontario one) has a beer that\u2019s apparently called Only 30: The Only Black Belgian Milk IPA in Existence.<\/p>\n

There is also, as you may have guessed, an imperial version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One doesn\u2019t really come across many Belgian-styled black IPAs, let alone imperial ones. It\u2019s not often (given what I do for a living) that I find myself drinking a style, weirdo ingredients aside, where I\u2019m like… I really don\u2019t think I\u2019ve had one of these things before, possibly ever. 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