Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: SafAle US-05 or other clean ale yeast Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5 Original Gravity: 1.070 Final Gravity: 1.017 IBU: 69 Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Color: 33.4 SRM Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 10 @ 64°F Tasting Notes: Balanced IPA with a hint of roastiness
12# 2-Row
1# Caramel/Crystal 60L
1# German Carafa Special II
Mash at 153 for 60 minutes.
Hops:
1.75 oz Chinook 10.5% 60 Minutes
0.50 oz Simcoe 13.0% 15 Minutes
1.0 oz Amarillo 7.5% 1 Minute
1.0 oz Simcoe 13.0% 1 Minute
1.0 oz Amarillo 7.5% Dry
1.0 oz Simcoe 13.0% Dry
As the tasting notes say, I went for a balanced IPA with just a little bit of roast to it. 2 oz of dry hop is a good place to start, but you could put more - maybe 3oz - if that suits you. I did try a variation with Carafa Special III, but felt it added too much roast and the beer wasn't as enjoyable (though still quite good). The difference between this recipe and some of the other Black IPA / CDAs out there is that the roasted grain goes into the whole mash, not just steeped at the end. You can do this with the Carafa Special grains because they are debittered (aka dehusked). I'm not as familiar with using roasted grains, so I can't give you a good sub if you need one.
As for yeast, I went with US-05 because that's what I have on hand, and I like it. Otherwise I'd go with White Labs WLP001.
Enjoy this beer. It's one I will likely keep coming back to on a regular basis.
If you were to do this again, would you lower the carafa to 8oz? I'm thinking of doing a CDA for one of my next ones, and this looks good. I think I just might add chinook in the later hops additions to try that out, as I havn't used it yet.
If you were to do this again, would you lower the carafa to 8oz? I'm thinking of doing a CDA for one of my next ones, and this looks good. I think I just might add chinook in the later hops additions to try that out, as I havn't used it yet.
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