Just as we have "blond beers" and "toasted beers", the popularly called "black beers" are those with a very dark (also opaque), and at the same time they are part of a wide variety of styles with this same tonality, that is, that each of them can have different aspects: it can be more or less alcoholic, lighter or creamy, beige-toned foam, notes of coffee or chocolate, everything will depend on the production process and the different ingredients used*.
The malts (ingredient that influences the color and other aspects of the beers) that are used are the dark ones ( of course! ), are the ones that are roasted at high temperatures and due to this extreme heat, they lose their enzymatic power, become acidic and become more astringent, exactly as happens with coffee beans or cocoa beans, which are made with processes Similar. The main malts of this family are:
- Chocolate and the various types of Carafa, which impart flavors of cocoa and licorice;
- Black (black) is roasted near ignition temperature and has a characteristic “burnt” flavor;
In our selection we have beers like Porter, Stout, Brown Ale and their variations of styles (Imperial Porter, Milk Stout, etc).
*Beer Sapiens Blog: What is beer made of?
