Kissmeyer Icons

Into The Black

Black IPA

Beer type
Black IPA 7,0% ABV
Taste
Dry, rich, full bodied, hoppy and smoothly roasty, very bitter. IBU: 70
Look
Black colour with a rich, lasting off-white head. EBC: 150
Hops
Perle, Simcoe, Citra, Pacific Gem.
Malts
Pilsner, Pale Ale, Munich, Caramel, Chocolate, Oats.
Food match
Rich beef stews, game, burgers and hard, strong cheeses.
Aroma
Juicy hops in front of warm coffee/chocolate roast notes.

Ingredients

Pilsner (34 %), Pale Ale (24 %), Pale Munich (20 %), CaraMunich (7 %), Dark Crystal (4 %), Chocolate (8 %), Oats (3 %).

Background and objectives

The Kissmeyer Icons series is meant as a retrospective salute to those beers previously launched under the Kissmeyer Beer brand that are the most iconic. The beers in the series, all originally launched between 2010 and 2016, represent a broad variety of beer styles with the common denominator that they all exhibit a highly personal and unique ‘twist’ on the base styles. The twists are different from beer to beer, but the overall characteristic is that the Icon beers are smooth, accessible and harmonious. Simply because that is how I like my beer! The ‘Kissmeyer Into the Black’ is built upon the original ‘Kissmeyer Black IPA’ – a personal interpretation of this popular ’crossover style’, by holding back on the black malts and by using only de-husked versions of them, in order to create a less aggressive and burnt malt counter-balance to the hoppyness and bitterness of the IPA. The name? Thanks to Neill Young and Poul Mikkelsen – both ‘dinosaurs’ in the cool way!

Appearance

Black colour, rich, lasting pale cream-coloured head.

Aroma

Intensely hoppy, with soft roasted malt notes .

Taste

Fruity and floral hop flavour, mildly roasted and markedly, but smoothly bitter taste. A long bitter, hoppy and roasty aftertaste.

Mouth feel

Full body, but dry for style.

food matching

Rich beef stews, all meat based BBQs, game, burgers and hard, strong cheeses.

Overall

The ’Kissmeyer Into the Black’ is a black IPA with more focus on ‘IPA’ than
‘Black’. Lots of hop character, a distinct, but smooth bitterness and mild roast
malt character.