black ipa
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I think the idea is to take your favorite IPA recipe and add just enough dark malt (take your pick of chocolate, black patent, or roasted) to turn it black. Personally I don't care for the style; I'd rather blend a little bit of stout into an IPA. (A local pub has started doing blended beers and one of the best is a rye-pa topped with a splash of breakfast stout. Yum.)
nootay
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i posted this a while back:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/imperial-black-ipa-231634/
i added carafa III the last 10 minutes of the mash. i just bought some midnight wheat and plan on tinkering with that soon
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/imperial-black-ipa-231634/
i added carafa III the last 10 minutes of the mash. i just bought some midnight wheat and plan on tinkering with that soon
dallasdb
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Black or brown food coloring works well to get it nice and dark.
bigbeergeek
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No.
The light roastiness of some malts (midnight wheat, carafa) are PART of the flavor profile of the beer. It should taste different from a regular IPA/IIPA. Otherwise you could add black food coloring to every beer style and create identical-tasting "new" styles. Plus, adding food coloring to beer (outside of St. Pats) is downright offensive.
bigbeergeek
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double post
bigbeergeek
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This one came out great, BTW. :rockin: Jet black and a huge hop aroma. Keg kicked last night. 
http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/recipator/recipator?group=2&item=9986
http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/recipator/recipator?group=2&item=9986
dallasdb
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FYI food coloring comment was a joke!
bigbeergeek
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TheBrewinator
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If you are doing extract, I think you could probably get away with tossing in some dehusked (special) carafa 3 in the steeped grains to make a black IPA.
