{"id":47574,"date":"2021-06-23T09:22:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T13:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/?p=47574"},"modified":"2026-07-04T10:27:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T14:27:24","slug":"how-is-a-new-beer-style-born-origin-and-history-of-the-black-ipa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/en\/how-is-a-new-beer-style-born-origin-and-history-of-the-black-ipa\/","title":{"rendered":"How Is a New Beer Style Born? Origin and History of the Black IPA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Variety is the spice of life. For hundreds of years, wine drinkers have enjoyed many grape varieties from different vintages, but beer enthusiasts, however, had not been so fortunate.<\/p>\n

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Only since the late 1970s and early 1980s has a greater variety of beer styles<\/a> become widely available. That is what makes the birth of a new beer style always something exciting.<\/p>\n

This takes us to the great Pacific Northwest, home of vast barley fields and of course, the two largest hop-producing regions in North America: the Yakima Valley and the Willamette Valley.<\/p>\n

With more breweries than any other city in the world, it is easy to understand why beer-loving residents refer to Portland, Oregon, as “Beervana.” What better place for the birth of a new beer style?<\/p>\n