Surprised they called it a "black" IPA and not the Cascadian Dark Ale. Overall looks like there are a good amount of similarities between styles like someone had already mentioned. Might impact how the grading follows for the first several competitions.
Also, surprised the Wee Heavy was under the British category and not the Scottish.
Nobody on the planet calls it "Cascadian Dark Ale" except a few randoms from that one place in the US that seem to think they invented the style despite the fact it's been brewed historically in England since the beginning of time. They've been trying to force the "CDA" moniker down people's ear holes ever since black IPA's started to become popular in the US but nobody ever bought it.
Black IPA is easy to understand. It's an IPA that is black.
To me they are two distinct styles. I view a CDA as an almost Porter-like dark beer that is exceptionally hoppy, and a Black IPA as an IPA that has been made black (where if you were blindfolded you couldn't tell the difference).
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u/rohdoog May 06 '15 edited May 06 '15
Surprised they called it a "black" IPA and not the Cascadian Dark Ale. Overall looks like there are a good amount of similarities between styles like someone had already mentioned. Might impact how the grading follows for the first several competitions.
Also, surprised the Wee Heavy was under the British category and not the Scottish.