Black IPA or, if you prefer, Cascadian Dark Ale is an American variation of IPA beer.

When drinking the Black IPA beer with your eyes closed, you will take a tour starting with a pleasant bitterness that gives way to dark chocolate and ending with a coffee finish. Do not wait, start fermenting! Make your own beer and enjoy its flavour

• 17 L of your black IPA beer - with this kit you will make 17 L of your own dark brown beer, featuring the right dose of bitterness, as well as a chocolate and coffee aftertaste.
• Simple to make - just mix the ingredients and add water. The Coopers beer does not require mashing.
• Top quality - both hopped and non-hopped Coopers malt extracts are preservative-free and contain the best strains of brewer’s yeast.
• Features a dark malt extract - the extract provides a beautiful dark colour and enriches the taste of the beer with a coffee aroma.
• Reason to be proud - you will make your own beer for less cash and on your own terms.

Black IPA is a beer as complicated as its name because it stands for Black India Pale Ale. This style was created by Greg Noonan of Vermont, USA, as he wanted to create a beer that was crisp and heavily hopped like an IPA, but black.

Now you can also make 17 L of your own black IPA and enjoy its flavour together with your friends. Preparing your favourite beer is not difficult at all. See for yourself right now!

Choose the highest quality provided by the Coopers products. Without preservatives and with the best brewer’s yeast.

Do it your own way and show off your beer. Your black IPA will be just as good as the commercial one, and you will pay less for it.

The black IPA beer is usually considered a dessert beer, although fans of distinct flavours will find it extremely sessionable.

Black IPA pairs well with robust flavours such as matured cheeses or cured meats, steaks and Chinese or Vietnamese dishes. The distinctive finish of this beer will also go well with white chocolate, desserts with nuts, and tiramisu.

The recommended way to serve black IPA beer is in a nonic glass or shaker glass.

The recommended serving temperature is 8-12°C.

Extract content: approx. 13 BLG

Maximum alcoholic strength: 5.2%

IBU hoppiness/bitterness degree: 245

Beer colour: from dark brown to black.

Recipe for black IPA beer:

1. Rinse the beer making equipment thoroughly with OXI Turbo.

2. Pour water at about 28°C into a glass, add the yeast that is placed under the plastic lid of the can. Hydrate for 15 minutes.

3. Remove the manual from both cans and then put the cans into hot water for about 10 minutes.

4. Pour about 2 L of water into a pot and bring it to the boil.

5. Pour the content of cans into a pot with water and stir thoroughly until the ingredients dissolve.

6. Pour 2 L of cold water and the pot content into the fermentation container and then top it up with water up to 17 L of volume.

7. Stabilise the temperature at 18-20°C, add the hydrated yeast and stir vigorously.

8. Seal the container tightly and place a fermentation tube* in it.

We recommend a horizontal or angled tube to lower the height of the fermentation vessel, making it easier to place on shelves, racks, or to stack.

9. Carry out fermentation for about 21 days in room temperature.

10. After this time, pour the beer into bottles by decanting it. Add 1 Coopers Carbonation Drops pill or 2.5 g of sugar to each 0.5 L bottle, seal with a capper. Place the bottles in a dark and warm place.

11. After 2 weeks, the beer is ready to drink. Cheers!

The kit includes:  

- 1.7 kg of hermetically sealed Diablo IPA hopped malt and a bag of brewer's yeast, 

- dark malt extract - 1.5 kg,

- beer brewing instructions