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Old 01-28-2013, 10:10 PM   #21
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8 oz of Midnight Wheat in a 3 Gallon batch should give you "Black"! If it isn't Black I'd guess the 20 minute steep wasn't very effective
OP's batch was a 5 gallon.
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So your's looks more of a brown color in the glass? Might you have pics? Is it possible you diluted it more than you meant too?
Its a 5 gallon recipe and I topped off to 5 gallons here's a pic


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whoops read 3 gallon on the wrong post...
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do you know how much you topped off? that might have diluted it a bit color wise...
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depending on what extract you used...the color looks about right. I ran the recipe numbers through hopville and the color ranged from 29 -31 with light or amber DME....looks about like what you have. If you used dark DME the color should have been in the high 30s...which would be true black.

Either way....it should taste good. Perfect option to use the "alternate" names for Black IPA...call it a Cascadian Dark Ale, Brown IPA...or a India Dark Ale.
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depending on what extract you used...the color looks about right. I ran the recipe numbers through hopville and the color ranged from 29 -31 with light or amber DME....looks about like what you have. If you used dark DME the color should have been in the high 30s...which would be true black.

Either way....it should taste good. Perfect option to use the "alternate" names for Black IPA...call it a Cascadian Dark Ale, Brown IPA...or a India Dark Ale.
Yeah I'm not too worried I just thought it was strange. I did use a dark DME too
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8 oz of Midnight Wheat in a 3 Gallon batch should give you "Black"! If it isn't Black I'd guess the 20 minute steep wasn't very effective
This is the only thing I can assume
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It's starting to look a little darker now
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I just did a black ipa with carafa II. It looked brownish while it was still fermenting but then became significantly darker as the yeast dropped out... It looks like you're seeing the same thing happen to your batch

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