Black IPA is an India Pale Ale but with a dark colour, we have chosen to take an unusual and more difficult (but better if you ask us) method to achieve this. We mash our Paradoxale as we would a normal IPA but when we reach the point of mash out, we add the roasted malt which gives the brew its dark colour. The method gives us the colour and nutty tones of roasted malt, but the short contact time doesn’t allow the roasted malt to release its bitter astringent compounds, we want the bitterness to be from hops not malt.