Never brewed the style, don't really brew a lot of IPA's as it is but anyway I have .25 lb (~3%) each Midnight Wheat and Black Prinz malt for a small batch (3 Gal at end of boil) Black IPA. I'm a bit torn between just adding dark malts in the mash the whole time or adding them near the end of the mash. I recirculate the entire time and I plan on a bit higher mash ph as I do with all my dark beers. I brew a lot of Porters and Stouts, but obviously this is meant to be a smooth, subtle roast character but the only thing I worry about adding them near the end of the mash is not getting enough color? I want it more than dark Brown. It is going to be a bigger ~8% version so I guess you want SOME roast character there and not strictly just color...but it's a fine line I guess. I do have them crushed and packaged separately, maybe I can add the Midnight Wheat for the whole mash and the Black Prinz near the end of the mash.