So I made the recipe yesterday and all of you were right color came out perfect! But with the first all grain I had a issue my SS braid got all mangled up which gave me a stuck sparge took about an hour and a half to drain first and second runnings,and my OG came out really low but I forgot to cool the wort when taking a ready!! So it was hot and I didn't think about it till afterwards, so after boil and cooled I ended up with FG 1.060. Should I just get a false bottom??
Critique Black IPA recipe please
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Yours looks better than mine. Mine's been about like that since the first time I used it. Still works pretty well, though it seems like lately I've been getting more stuck sparges.
Are you batch sparging? Stuck sparges shouldn't be too big a deal if you batch sparge. Just shut the valve, mix everything up again, vorlauf, and continue draining. And maybe include some rice hulls in your recipes going forward. I would only get a false bottom if you are fly sparging because I think I've read they're better for that.
1.060 is still fairly respectable for an IPA, though it seems like your mash temp was a little high. Should turn out fine though since your OG was lower than expected. Welcome to AG brewing!
Oh yeah, I forgot to say that you just need to be careful not to catch the braid too much when you're stirring your mash. And I always try to set it kind of straight when I'm letting the grain bed settle before the vorlauf. I think it helps.
TahoeRy
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Great back and forth. A good black ipa is always a treat.
PassTheBeer
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sorry to jump in here late but if you are stuck on bittering then yea earlier hop additions are a must but, if you are more worried about hop flavor then keep your late additions.. One technique that I've been doing for all my pale ales and ipa's is hop whilpooling.....pretty much cool your wort below 160 and throw in your flamouts in and keep stirring ofr letting them steep while the wort cools to pitching temps
So I bottled the black IPA yesterday color wasn't as dark as I would of liked,but was almost there. The beer was quite tasty though granted because of my mess up and high mash temp it came out pretty sweet and think I should've added the full oz of Columbus for bittering. But all in all my first all grain beer tasted damn good! Brewing the same recipe this weekend with a few tweaks and hopefully lower mash temp
