SailorTodd
Well-Known Member
Brewed up a batch a couple of weeks ago, fancied I was going to make a Black IPA, but may have gone overboard with the darker malts. From the flavor itself, I can't rightly decide whether it is too roasty to call a Black IPA now. Once it's carbonated, I'll have another taste and think about it again. Based on the ingredients, how would you categorize it?
11.5 lbs Briess Pale Ale Malt (3.5 SRM)
1 lbs Pale Malt (6 Row) US (2.0 SRM)
1 lbs Victory Malt (25.0 SRM)
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM)
8.0 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM)
4.0 oz Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM)
4.0 oz Carafa III (525.0 SRM)
Mashed at 150F for 60(ish) minutes, captured 7.25 gal at 1.050SG
Boiled 75 min, with the hop schedule looking like this:
~2oz Nugget (13.xx% AA)
~1.5 oz Columbus (14.xx% AA)
(Hop schedule was 0.2 oz every 5 minutes with Nugget from 60 to 30 and Columbus from 25 to 5 and 0.2ish oz each of both at 0 and then again for dry hop)
Chilled, then added:
WLP001 Cali Ale yeast
Fermented in a swamp cooler set up at unknown temperature (room fluctuated between 70 and 76) then dry hopped as mentioned above after 5 days fermentation, as the krausen started to fall.
11.5 lbs Briess Pale Ale Malt (3.5 SRM)
1 lbs Pale Malt (6 Row) US (2.0 SRM)
1 lbs Victory Malt (25.0 SRM)
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM)
8.0 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM)
4.0 oz Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM)
4.0 oz Carafa III (525.0 SRM)
Mashed at 150F for 60(ish) minutes, captured 7.25 gal at 1.050SG
Boiled 75 min, with the hop schedule looking like this:
~2oz Nugget (13.xx% AA)
~1.5 oz Columbus (14.xx% AA)
(Hop schedule was 0.2 oz every 5 minutes with Nugget from 60 to 30 and Columbus from 25 to 5 and 0.2ish oz each of both at 0 and then again for dry hop)
Chilled, then added:
WLP001 Cali Ale yeast
Fermented in a swamp cooler set up at unknown temperature (room fluctuated between 70 and 76) then dry hopped as mentioned above after 5 days fermentation, as the krausen started to fall.