Looking for a good CDA recipe.

[captainoverspray]

I have been looking around and have found this one that sounds good. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/none-more-black-ipa-cascadian-dark-ale-223633/ Let me know what your favorites are, I would like to put one in the fermentor this weekend.

 

[kyleobie]

My favorite CDA recipe is a good IPA recipe with 1 lb of Midnight Wheat added to the mash.

Seriously though that recipe has always looked good to me. Here's one I created that turned out great:

Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Boil Size: 6.30 gal
Estimated OG: 1.078 SG
Estimated Color: 38.5 SRM
Estimated IBU: 76.3 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
12.00 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 72.73 %
3.00 lb Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 18.18 %
1.00 lb Midnight Wheat (550.0 SRM) Grain 6.06 %
0.50 lb Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 3.03 %
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.40 %] (60 min) (FHops 42.1 IBU
1.00 oz Chinook [13.00 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
1.00 oz Simcoe [12.40 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
0.50 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.40 %] (15 min) Hops 9.5 IBU
0.50 oz Simcoe [12.40 %] (15 min) Hops 8.2 IBU
0.50 oz Chinook [10.30 %] (15 min) Hops 6.8 IBU
0.50 oz Simcoe [12.40 %] (5 min) Hops 3.3 IBU
0.50 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (5 min) Hops 3.7 IBU
0.50 oz Chinook [10.30 %] (5 min) Hops 2.7 IBU
8.00 gm Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs European Ale (Wyeast Labs #1338) Yeast-Ale

 

[kyleobie]

Oh, I'll add that I brewed it as a "Winter IPA" ... I like my summer IPAs crisp and dry; my winter ones fuller bodied and more chewy.