Need help with BJCP classification for comp.

[nvious23]

Long story short is I had to make some substitutions on a black Ipa. And now I have a beer with a srm of 17. And don't know if I should enter as a highly hopped brown, or a India brown ale here is my grain bill. Any help is appreciated thanks.

10 lb 2 row pale
1lb 8 oz vienna
10 oz American wheat
4 oz crystal 40
4 oz crystal 60
4 oz chocolate malt
2 oz roasted barley

Hops add up to 68 ibu on rager scale and include amarillo, and cascade. O.g. 1.062 f.g was 1.008 due to smashing at 149 degrees. Roughly 7% abv

 

[bob1852]

I'd do category 23.

IPA-strength brown ales should be entered in the Specialty Beer category (23).

 

[nvious23]

I'd do category 23.

I figured that much but the base style is where im having the issue as to go ipa base style. Or brown ale as base style. Its definitely special as it falls outside ipa based on color. And outside brown on the hops side. Stupid substitution, if it came out black like it was supposed to it would be 23 black ipa easily.

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[CadillacAndy]

If the only thing keeping it from being a black IPA is the color, you can get some sinamar and add it directly to the fermentor or keg. Here's a link about it - http://www.weyermann.de/eng/produkte.asp?idkat=26&umenue=yes&idmenue=0&sprache=2 and a link to one of the places I've found it - http://www.midwestsupplies.com/sinamar.html

If you don't want to go that route, you could call it an Imperial American Brown Ale. It sounds like it may be kind of like Tasty McDole's Janet's Brown Ale. I've had good success with that recipe as a regular American Brown, but it technically probably fits better as an Imperial American Brown.

 

[nvious23]

If the only thing keeping it from being a black IPA is the color, you can get some sinamar and add it directly to the fermentor or keg. Here's a link about it - http://www.weyermann.de/eng/produkte.asp?idkat=26&umenue=yes&idmenue=0&sprache=2 and a link to one of the places I've found it - http://www.midwestsupplies.com/sinamar.html

If you don't want to go that route, you could call it an Imperial American Brown Ale. It sounds like it may be kind of like Tasty McDole's Janet's Brown Ale. I've had good success with that recipe as a regular American Brown, but it technically probably fits better as an Imperial American Brown.

Its already bottled so I will probably go imperial amrecin brown thanks for the help.

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