Black IPA....oxymoron?

[Willie3]

Dark American Bitter

 

[WIP]

Why are people still throwing out names. Why not go with the one people are attached to?

 

[WIP]

On the Black IPA train. I am thinking about doing a simple extract recipe for this on Sunday.

Ingredients:

6lbs Light DME
1.25lbs coffee steeped at 160 for 10 minutes
3 oz amarillo
3 oz Columbus
Malto-Dextrin
Nottingham

Question 1: How much Malto Dextrin?

Question 2: I have acess to whatever flavor profile of coffee I want (I am a roaster with access to around 50 single origin coffees). What would you all be looking for out of a coffee? I am thinking about using a Tanzanian Peaberry roasted light to keep the malty aroma, and to bring out an orange, bell pepper, roasty flavor. This will keep it low on darkness, but it will be a deep brown color overall.

I am actually going to split this into two half batches and use a single type of hop in each. I want to see what they taste like in all forms on their own.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Why are people still throwing out names. Why not go with the one people are attached to?

OH!! HOW SILLY OF US!!!!

which name is that again?

 

[WIP]

OH!! HOW SILLY OF US!!!!

which name is that again?

Cascadian Dark Ale. Sorry, It just seems as though this thread gets updated for a new name twice a week.

 

[the_bird]

I don't care about it being oxymoronic, I still like Black IPA. Beer's an IPA, except that it's black, not pale. Everyone says "IPA" anyway, not "India Pale Ale" - the acronym's more important now than the words that form it.

In any case, I'm hoping the LHBS has some de-bittered black malt or some Carafe Special malt or something in that vein; if so, I'll brew a BLACK IPA on Monday, otherwise it'll just be an IPA.

 

[Thakog]

it's more than a color difference, there's a taste difference too. I don't like IPAs that much, but I really enjoy CDAs. Good luck with your Cascadian Dark Ale.

 

[dunnright00]

I like Black IPA because it's an oxymoron!

 

[cheezydemon3]

I was not judging anyone. If black IPA is oxymoronic but communicates what is need, cool.

Cascadian is not gonna work because it was not invented in the magical realm of cascadia, and the rest of the country doesn't like the implication that only cascadian hops can be used.

 

[dunnright00]

Cascadian is not gonna work because it was not invented in the magical realm of cascadia, and the rest of the country doesn't like the implication that only cascadian hops can be used.

Well then, where was it invented?

 

[the_bird]

Seems that it was invented by Greg Noonan, in Burlington VT. Early '90s. Rhoobarb had a really good link in the other thread. Some will argue Texas, as well, not sure the specifics there.

Couldn't put my hands on any debittered malt or Carafe Special, so no Black IPA this weekend.