cascadian dark ale?

[Jonathanquist]

When making a cascadian dark ale can u just use the malt profile of a stout or porter and the hop profile of an ipa

 

[ntalkers]

No, typically american stout hop profiles aren't too far off of an IPA. for a CDA, you'll want the malt profile of an IPA, but add some chocolate or carafa to bring the color up and add a little bit of roastiness. I prefer carafa special III because it's dehusked and doesn't carry too much malt flavor. Hop profile should be the same as an IPA.

Nick

 

[DonMagee]

I really like my CDA recipe. This is the grain bill.

11 lbs Pale Malt
1 lbs Crystal 60L
12.0 oz Carafa II
8.0 oz Chocolate Malt

I hop with heavily cascade, amarillo, and simcoe the last 20 minutes/dry hop and I bitter with magnum.

If I was to change anything, I might add some midnight wheat in place of some of the Carafa II or possible replace the Carafa II with Blackprinz. This is mostly because the color wasn't as 'black' as I wanted it, but rather more of a deep dark brown.