date:Jul 04, 2014
and just enough Midnight Wheat to push the color to black. The bitterness is huge (100 IBUs huge), but balanced by malt sweetness and alcohol burn. The hop flavors and aromas range from citrus to floral to pine -- most everything that hops can be -- thanks to a delicious blend of hand-selected Chinook and Centennial hops. The Imperial Black IPA is 8.9% ABV.
Black IPAs are becoming more common, but Imperial Black IPAs aren't, and imperializing things is what we do, said Brewmaster Jeremy Kosmic