All-Grain - Black Muddy River aka Balls Out Blackish IPA

**dcHokie** · 10-28-2011, 03:04 AM

Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: Wyeast 1764 Pacman
Yeast Starter: Half gallon
Batch Size (Gallons): 10
Original Gravity: 1.058
Final Gravity: 1.010
IBU: 87
Boiling Time (Minutes): 70
Color: 18 SRM
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 14 days
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 10 days
Tasting Notes: Very, very nicely balanced. Malt and hops are great co-stars in this recipe.

Black Muddy River IPA aka Balls-out Blackish IPA

Beer Style: American Black IPA
Recipe Type: All Grain

malt & fermentables
% LB OZ Malt or Fermentable ppg °L
46% 9 0 American Two-row Pale 37 1 ~
41% 8 0 Marris Otter (Crisp) 38 4 ~
5% 1 0 Flaked Barley 30 2 ~
3% 0 11 Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L 33 120 ~
3% 0 8 Biscuit Malt 36 23 ~
3% 0 8 Black (Patent) Malt 25 500 ~
19 lbs 11 oz
Batch size: 10.0 gallons

Original Gravity
1.064 / 15.7° Plato
(1.057 to 1.067)
Final Gravity
1.016 / 4.1° Plato
(1.014 to 1.017)
Color
19° SRM / 36° EBC
(Brown-Black)
Mash Efficiency
85%

hops
use time oz variety form aa
boil 60 mins 0.75 Cascade pellet 7.0
boil 60 mins 0.75 Centennial pellet 8.5
boil 60 mins 1.0 Nugget leaf 10.5
boil 45 mins 1.0 Nugget leaf 10.5
boil 30 mins 1.0 Nugget leaf 10.5
boil 15 mins 2.0 Nugget leaf 10.5
boil 1 min 2.0 Nugget leaf 10.5
dry hop 7 days 1.0 Cascade leaf 7.0
dry hop 7 days 1.0 Nugget leaf 10.5
Boil: 12.0 avg gallons for 60 minutes

Bitterness
87.3 IBU / 33 HBU
ƒ: Tinseth
BU:GU
1.36

yeast
Wyeast PacMan
ale yeast in liquid form with medium flocculation and 75% attenuation

Alcohol
6.4% ABV / 5% ABW
Calories
211 per 12 oz.

Really happy with this one. A buddy and I brewed a 10 gallon batch and dry hopped one half with 2 oz of Nugget and the other half with 1oz Nugget & 1 oz Cascade. I'm really liking the 2row / MO split for the base grains too. Below is a pic of both batches during dry hop.

**pm5k00** · 10-28-2011, 03:18 AM

This looks good, I've yet to brew a black ipa, and I love nugget hops, so this is going on the list.

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**HitTheTwit** · 10-30-2011, 05:46 AM

Please let us know how this one turns out!

**dcHokie** · 11-01-2011, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HitTheTwit

Please let us know how this one turns out!

This was bottled on 10/12, my buddy sampled the first one on 10/26.

His comments on the version dryhopped with only nugget: "this is like a grapefruit kick to the face and then a bonfire finish. great citrus and i love the mix of MO and 2-row, good malt backbone."

His comments on the version dryhopped with nugget & cascade: "a milder version, i should have tried this one first. more mellow and earthy which makes it a more complex sipper, especially as it gets closer to room temp."

My tasting notes:

1.5 finger tan creamy head, meringue-like lacing. Basically black, dark brown at edges. Floral, citrusy nose. Grapefruity, slightly herbal. Good body, smooth. Nice hints of toasty malt mixed with bitterness, noticeable MO presence but restrained enough for a good malt balance. This one goes down really, really easy and leaves you wanting the next pint.

**dcHokie** · 11-03-2011, 02:07 PM

here's a pic of the pint

**HitTheTwit** · 11-07-2011, 04:50 PM

That's great to hear! I might try a version of this, substituting out for Pac Man yeast. Thanks for this recipe, and especially for the detailed tasting notes. Sounds awesome!

**dcHokie** · 11-23-2011, 01:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HitTheTwit

That's great to hear! I might try a version of this, substituting out for Pac Man yeast. Thanks for this recipe, and especially for the detailed tasting notes. Sounds awesome!

Thanks, I hope you like it! I'm drinking one right now and I'm thinking of going for another glass