Black Ipa help/ideas

[Catch22Brew]

Goodmornin brew fam, long time lurker here making my first post.

I want to make a dark, thick, hoppy IPA. I have about 12 pounds of American pale 2 row and a pound of American crystal 90L.

I can get new grain but would like to use these before they go to waste. Any ideas? I plan to start my mash Wednesday morning.

 

[benco]

Go to brewersfriend.com and build a recipe with what you have. You going to need some dark malt to make it black.

 

[benco]

Also their is some recipes in the recipe forum on here!

 

[Holy_Hops]

I've had really good luck using the dehusked Carafa & Midnight Wheat malt.

The dehusked carafa & Midnight wheat add dark color and some slight roasty notes without the burnt big roast that would get in the way of the hops.

I also tend to like the danker hop varieties rather than fruitier in my black ipas as they really play well with the dark malts, but that's just me.

Good luck.

 

[Holy_Hops]

Here's the last batch I brewed which turned out great.
I adapted a black IPA recipe from the Mitch Steele IPA book for it.

The Sith Lord Black IPA
14 LBS 2-Row (Rahr)
1/2 lb. Carafa II Dehusked
1/2 lb. Midnight Wheat
1 lb. Caramel 40
1 Lb. Caramunich II
1.5 lb. Table Sugar

Hops
1 oz. Simcoe First Wort
1 oz. Magnum 60 min
½ oz Cascade 5 Min.
½ oz Simcoe 5 Min.
1 oz. Cascade Flameout
1 oz Simcoe Flameout
2 oz. Cascade – 7 Day dry Hop
2 oz. Simcoe – 7 Day dry hop

 

[Catch22Brew]

Thanks holy hop,that's hop loaded and just what I'm looking for. I think I am going to roll with this. Might switch out some seven seas for the cascade. Keep it west coast