Hop Grail
Identity Crisis
- Black IPA
- 6.9% ABV
- Label approved Jul 29
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90 seek it out · 80 would buy again · 70 fine, wouldn't seek it · 60 disappointing · 40 flawed or drain pour
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Madtree Brewing Company's Black IPA. Label approved 29 July 2026; not spotted yet.
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How to serve it
- Serve at
- 46–52°F (8–11°C)
- Glass
- Tulip: the narrow top holds the aroma in and the head up
About 200–230 calories and 17–24 g carbs
About 135 of those calories come from the alcohol.
General guidance for Black IPA. Calories and carbs are estimates from the ABV and how the style usually finishes; numbers the brewery prints beat ours. More beer tools
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About this beer
This is the 20th of 25 labels we have from Madtree Brewing Company. It is one of 7 black ipa labels approved in July 2026. Its label was approved 1 day after it was submitted. The label carries the Brewers Association independent seal.
The front label presents the beer name in large stacked sans-serif capitals against a solid black field, with the style and ABV stated below in smaller type. A circular emblem containing a stylised tree with spreading roots appears centred near the bottom, rendered in white line-work. The back label reverses the composition—white background with black type—and features an inverted circular emblem showing a bird perched on a root system, accompanied by the brewery name and regulatory text set in sans-serif capitals, some lines reversed.
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A starting-point recipe from the style and the ABV on the label: derived, not tasted, and the sheet says which is which.
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Style: IPABrewery: Madtree Brewing Company