Beamer1

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Anyone ever use Weyermann Malt color for a black IPA?

JRems

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You mean sinimar? You could but i like a little roast flavor to go with the dark color. Try using some midnight wheat. It will give you a slightly roast character and the black color you want.

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avidhomebrewer

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Midnight wheat would be a good choice. Or, some roasted would also work.

LoneWolfPR

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De-husked Carafa III will give you a ton of color without imparting much in the way of roasty flavors or astringency.

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Beamer1

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The guy at the brew supply shop recommended the Weyermann 'Sinamar' malt color..it says its "for dark beer without the bitterness" guess we will see how my black pliny turns out. thanks everyone

BradleyBrew

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I agree, I did a cascadian dark ale using Carafa II and it is nice and smooth.

HopSong

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Same here.. I used a Carafa II in a black IPA. It was a club brew. Two recipes producing the "same" beer. AG brewers all got the same ingredients and the extract brewers received extract plus the same ingredients as the AG brewers. The catch was.. on brew day there were four mystery ingredients that no one knew about ahead of time. That was fun.

The beer turned out awesome.

I think I remembered researching this before the brew day and as I remember, Weyerman makes a Carafa II as well as a debittered Carafa II. We used the debittered kind.

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