Chili Black IPA

[Hackinjeebs]

mmmmm...

What you guys think?


Steeping Grains
1.00 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)
1.00 lb Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM)
.5 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM)
fermentables
7 lbs light dme
2 lbs dark dme
.5 lbs corn sugar
Hops
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (90 min)
1.0 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (45 min)
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (30 min)
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (10 min)
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] flame out
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] flame out
Dry hop 4 oz of Amarillo for 1 week.

Additives:
ground red chillies

yeast
PACMAN yeast
steps
Steep grains at 160 F for 60 minutes. Remove steeping grains and bring to a boil. At boil, add DME and corn sugar. Bring back to a boil. At hot break, begin hop schedule. At last 10 minutes, add ground chilis. At flame out, add final hops and lemongrass. Cool wort. Once the wort has hit 80 F, strain into bucket. add yeast starter. Transfer to primary fermenter and ferment at 67 F slowly ramping temp up to 75 F over 3 weeks while. After 2 weeks in primary, add dry hops. After 25 days transfer with a mesh filter into bottling bucket. Standard conditioning procedures after. Condition for a month and enjoy.

 

[JoshBlue74]

Sounds good and hoppy. I have been having trouble getting good bitterness with high gravities. Simcoe should do it, though.
Today I brewed a chocolate cherry stout.
1 lb crystal malt
1/2 lb roasted barley
1/2 lb black patent
2 oz cocoa nibs
Steep for half hour.
7 lb light lme
1.5 lb light dme
2 oz northern brewer hops leaf
60 min boil time
Remove from heat
Add 4 lbs cherries, crushed
Steep for 10 minutes
Add 1/2 oz Willamette hops
Cool as usual
Pour whole mess into the primary.
KEEP FINGERS CROSSED!

 

[Hackinjeebs]

Nice! That looks almost identical to a chocolate cherry stout I did. I used extract for my cherry though. It turned out amazing. I have no doubt that will be good. simcoe and a 90 minute boil should mean got strong bitterness.

 

[JoshBlue74]

Just kegged a New Zealand hop IPA. 8 ounces of hops. New zealand motueka, New Zealand hallertau, and New Zealand pacifica hops. 85 ibus, but turned out hoppier than the last IPA. Went for 105 ibus according to Beersmith, but I think my grain profile, half pound each of honey, victory, melanoidan, and british chocolate, plus 9 lbs pilsner lme drowned out the hops. Still great, but not hoppy.