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Re: Black IPA?
« Reply #45 on: July 28, 2010, 11:13:14 am »
I have to admit I was skeptical at first concerning a Black IPA, but I had one that was good and I could definitely taste the Chocolate malt in it.  The hops weren't that big, so I guess you could consider it a hoppy brown ale because it was more of a brown color than black. :-\

If you're gonna use the W10 clone recipe, trust me, the Carafa II will definately make it black.  I brewed that recipe right away.  I did add oak chips to the fermenters, and it turned out great.  Many of my friends and co-workers said ti was the best beer I have brewed.  Not real hoppy though, and that's no good for an IPA.

I've brewed a second batch, and will keg that up tonight.  I added 2ounces of Simcoe at 90 minutes to help with the bitterness.  (10 gallon, all grain)

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Re: Black IPA?
« Reply #46 on: July 28, 2010, 01:14:21 pm »
recipe please
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Re: Black IPA?
« Reply #47 on: July 28, 2010, 04:00:29 pm »
recipe please

Extract or all grain?

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Re: Black IPA?
« Reply #48 on: July 30, 2010, 07:30:20 am »
Currently having an IPA and Schwarzbier on tap I'm finding the combination of 2/3 IPA & 1/3 Schwarzbier is the shcitz!!! The Carafa II in the Schwarzbier is what's giving it a very nice, smooth roasted flavor.  If/when I brew a Black IPA, that's the route I'm taking; a combination of the two recipies.

This is my FAVORITE part of having a kegerator (aside from not bottling).

I loooove blending beers on tap to figure out new recipes. My favorite so far is 3/4 Kolsch with 1/4 Trad. Bock. If Spaten brewed an Amber, I think it would taste something like this...
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Re: Black IPA?
« Reply #49 on: July 30, 2010, 08:13:00 am »
Currently having an IPA and Schwarzbier on tap I'm finding the combination of 2/3 IPA & 1/3 Schwarzbier is the shcitz!!! The Carafa II in the Schwarzbier is what's giving it a very nice, smooth roasted flavor.  If/when I brew a Black IPA, that's the route I'm taking; a combination of the two recipies.

This is my FAVORITE part of having a kegerator (aside from not bottling).

I loooove blending beers on tap to figure out new recipes. My favorite so far is 3/4 Kolsch with 1/4 Trad. Bock. If Spaten brewed an Amber, I think it would taste something like this...


Cool, that sounds good.  I've been doing the same thing.  I have a dark amber and a dry IPA on tap, mixing the two is a nice blend. 
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Re: Black IPA?
« Reply #50 on: August 03, 2010, 03:39:35 pm »
I'm in the process of planning a black ipa, but I'm a little stumped on what the water profile should be. I'm using 0.5 lbs. of debittered black malt for the roast / color in a 5.5 gallon batch. The spreadsheet I use is telling me my brew water should have a RA of at least 125 with a HCO3 level of 295 ppm, but I'm worried that increasing the HCO3 level that high will have a negative effect on such a hoppy beer. Should I worry about getting my RA high enough for such a dark beer (28.6 SRM)? Can 0.5 lbs. of debittered black malt have that big of an effect on the mash pH?

Here is the water profile I'm thinking of using. It's the profile I use for Amber Ales.

Ca 70.1
Mg 15.4
Na 12.7
Cl 40.5
SO4 96.0
HCO3 128.1
Hardness 238.2
Alkalinity 105.0
RA 45.9

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Re: Black IPA?
« Reply #51 on: August 03, 2010, 09:15:14 pm »
I'm in the process of planning a black ipa, but I'm a little stumped on what the water profile should be. I'm using 0.5 lbs. of debittered black malt for the roast / color in a 5.5 gallon batch. The spreadsheet I use is telling me my brew water should have a RA of at least 125 with a HCO3 level of 295 ppm, but I'm worried that increasing the HCO3 level that high will have a negative effect on such a hoppy beer. Should I worry about getting my RA high enough for such a dark beer (28.6 SRM)? Can 0.5 lbs. of debittered black malt have that big of an effect on the mash pH?

Here is the water profile I'm thinking of using. It's the profile I use for Amber Ales.

Ca 70.1
Mg 15.4
Na 12.7
Cl 40.5
SO4 96.0
HCO3 128.1
Hardness 238.2
Alkalinity 105.0
RA 45.9


Dude, I have no clue.  I have good well water that I run through a fairly cheesy filter.  Never tested the water, never adjusted the water.  But, I've never won Best of Show, either.  But, most folks love my beer. 

I hope someone else can help you.

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Re: Black IPA?
« Reply #52 on: August 08, 2010, 12:10:45 pm »
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So where would I put a Black Barleywine?, I'll color it with a pound of Roast or so 

Umm, Imperial Stout?
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Re: Black IPA?
« Reply #53 on: August 08, 2010, 12:43:50 pm »
All grain recipe :)
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Re: Black IPA? Nah, India Black Ale
« Reply #54 on: August 09, 2010, 09:07:08 am »
After reading all the discussion of the CDA article in this months Zymurgy, I broke down and brewed a 10 gal. batch. Here is what I brewed on Saturday:

Mashed
17# Belgian Pale Malt
3# German Dark Munich
1.25# Carafa III
1# Carafoam
1# Turbinado Sugar added to boil
56 qt. boiled for 90 min to 44 qt.
Preboil gravity = 1.050
S.G. = 1.063
SRM Expected = 27
Ferment at 59°F with Nottingham
Hop Schedule
4 oz WL Chinook at 60 minutes
Hopburst with 2 oz WL Amarillo and 2 oz WL Simcoe 0.5 oz mix every 10 minutes starting at 30 minutes, with the last 1 oz at flameout. Then whirlpooled for 30 minutes
Dryhop in the keg with 0.5 oz each of Simcoe and Amarillo per keg.
IBU =108 (Tinseth)

I ended up with just at 9.5 gallons of wort in my fermentation buckets, due to 8 oz of whole hops sucking up so much.
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Re: Black IPA?
« Reply #55 on: August 10, 2010, 11:50:51 am »
All grain recipe :)

Here's my recipe.  Modified from the W10 in BYO:

18 # 2 row
4 # munich 10L
3 # crystal 10L
1.5 # Carafa II
1.25 # special roast


1 oz simco 75 minutes
2 oz amarillo 60 minutes
.5 oz cascade 2 minutes
1.5 simcoe 2 minutes


dryhop:


2 oz cascade, .5 oz simcoe, 4 oz french oak chips


Mash at 152 60 minutes


Pitch 4 packs of Wyeast 1056 or equal starter.

10 gallons

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Re: Black IPA?
« Reply #56 on: August 10, 2010, 06:14:16 pm »
Thanks micsager!  ;DI think i'll give it a try.  I'm going to cut everything in half because I make 5 gallon batches.
Dan Chisholm

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Re: Black IPA?
« Reply #57 on: August 10, 2010, 08:17:33 pm »
Hey Mic,

How long do you leave it on the dry hops and oak?  I'm sure I have that issue of BYO around here somewhere, but I haven't gotten to it yet - I'm always months behind.  Is that in the original recipe?
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Re: Black IPA?
« Reply #58 on: August 11, 2010, 10:04:41 am »
Hey Mic,

How long do you leave it on the dry hops and oak?  I'm sure I have that issue of BYO around here somewhere, but I haven't gotten to it yet - I'm always months behind.  Is that in the original recipe?

The hops are part of the original.  (but I think I used standard replacements) The oak chips are of my own design.  I put them in the buckets as I transfer the wort, and leave them through the entire fermentation.  I only do primary.  For this beer, 12 days.

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Re: Black IPA?
« Reply #59 on: August 11, 2010, 12:14:35 pm »
Hey Mic,

How long do you leave it on the dry hops and oak?  I'm sure I have that issue of BYO around here somewhere, but I haven't gotten to it yet - I'm always months behind.  Is that in the original recipe?

The hops are part of the original.  (but I think I used standard replacements) The oak chips are of my own design.  I put them in the buckets as I transfer the wort, and leave them through the entire fermentation.  I only do primary.  For this beer, 12 days.
So you're adding the dry hops at the same time, in primary?  I think you'll lose a lot of the aromatics that way from CO2 scrubbing.  Or do you add the hops later?
Tom Schmidlin