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- West Coast IPA
- 7% ABV
- Label approved Aug 6
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Blackstack Brewing's West Coast IPA. Label approved 6 August 2026; not spotted yet.
Stronger than 55% of the 400 West Coast IPA labels we've read.
Brewed at Black Stack Brewing Inc (Minnesota).
From the label“We brewed this comically clean & lush IPA with our family at Bricksworth Beer Co. & Yakima Chief Hops. Chief hops consisting of hand selected Krush, Simcoe, Chinook, Columbus Cryo & Brand Spankin' New Experimental Hop HBC 1183.”
How to serve it
- Serve at
- 45–50°F (7–10°C)
- Glass
- Tulip: the narrow top holds the aroma in and the head up
About 195–220 calories and 15–21 g carbs
About 135 of those calories come from the alcohol.
General guidance for West Coast IPA. Calories and carbs are estimates from the ABV and how the style usually finishes; numbers the brewery prints beat ours. More beer tools
Where to find it
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Readers' scores
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About this beer
This is the 11th of 18 labels we have from Blackstack Brewing. It is one of 86 west coast ipa labels approved in August 2026. Its label was approved 5 days after it was submitted. The label names 5 hops — Krush, Simcoe, Chinook, Columbus Cryo and Brand Spankin' New Experimental Hop HBC 1183. The brand on the label is Blackstack Brewing; it was brewed at Black Stack Brewing Inc in Minnesota.
A stylized industrial lighthouse with a pink and black striped tower stands centrally against a dense field of green banana leaves, rendered in a graphic illustration style. The composition splits the label between the leafy background filling the upper two-thirds and a black band at the bottom containing the beer name in flowing pink script lettering, along with brewery information and regulatory text. Alternating blocks of hot pink and sage green form a vertical panel on the right side, breaking the composition with the beer's marketing copy in white sans-serif type.
Brew it
The label names its hops (Krush, Simcoe, Chinook…), which is enough for a real starting point.
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Style: IPABrewery: Blackstack Brewing