“A new beer style is emerging, one with the citrusy hop bouquet of an India pale ale but the color of India ink,” said Greg Kitsock in The Washington Post. This black IPA uses American strains of aromatic hops that give it a smooth flavor with hints of grapefruit, lemon, orange, or licorice.
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A canned beer with an “aggressive grapefruit tang” to the acidy black malt flavor.
Stone Brewing Self-Righteous
Escondido, Calif.
A “beautiful balance” between the bittersweet chocolate of the malt and the resiny hops.
Southern Tier Iniquity
Lakewood, N.Y.
A “rich fudge-cake flavor emerging ahead of the prickly hops.”
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Farage’s £9m windfall: will it smooth his path to power?In Depth The record donation has come amidst rumours of collaboration with the Conservatives and allegations of racism in Farage's school days
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The issue dividing Israel: ultra-Orthodox draft dodgersIn the Spotlight A new bill has solidified the community’s ‘draft evasion’ stance, with this issue becoming the country’s ‘greatest internal security threat’
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