Specialty IPA: Black IPA Heavenly Scourge Black IIPA

[brrman]

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[gugguson]

Thank you very much - work's like a charm

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[jhw_murphy]

Brewed a batch Sunday, looks great can't wait to try it.

 

[Frikkieman]

This recipe looks so good. I never knew I wanted to make a black IIPA till I saw this I'm going to have to make a hop substitution for the Amarillo. Any thoughts on a good sub for it. I see most people use Cascade as a go to instead of Amarillo. I have some Simcoe, Summit, CTZ, Falconers Flight and Falconers 7C's. I read that the Summit has monster Citrus/Tangerine notes but I have never tried it but there is that garlic/onion issue some people have. I can get cascade but I wanted to know if anyone has used any of the ones I listed with awesome results.

Thanks

 

[WhiteCliffsBrewery]

I'm going to have to make a hop substitution for the Amarillo. Any thoughts on a good sub for it. I see most people use Cascade as a go to instead of Amarillo.

Just brewed this yesterday and subbed Amarillo with 50/50 Cascade & Ahtanum.

 

[temple240]

I've found the amarillo to be perfect for this beer and wouldn't sub it unless i was unable to get it.

 

[WhiteCliffsBrewery]

Just brewed this yesterday and subbed Amarillo with 50/50 Cascade & Ahtanum.

I've found the amarillo to be perfect for this beer and wouldn't sub it unless i was unable to get it.

That's why it was subbed...

 

[Frikkieman]

I wanna sub it because I'm gonna have to import it as I live in South Africa and the people who I can purchase/import from dont have stock, almost always SOLD OUT. Could probably get off ebay but I dont want to spend as much money on importing them as I do on the rest of the grain/hop bill, haha. So, any other suggestions for a substitution. Im leaning towards cascade but has anyone tried any other interesting hops that might work as well.

Thanks

 

[Duffman870727]

This brew turned out fantastic! The head on it is gorgeous and lasts forever! Hop flavor and aroma is delicious and perfect! I recently tried a local brewery's BIIPA and found it, while enjoyable, much too roasty. Like 2 minutes after a sip all I can taste still is roast. Contrast to here there is very little roasted character despite being pitch black. I brewed this up again, 3 gallon batch, and added in 6oz of black malt to get a little more roast into the recipe which is something I think I'd really like for this recipe. Can't wait to see how it turns out, this will definitely be a regular brew!

 

[WhiteCliffsBrewery]

Just brewed this yesterday and subbed Amarillo with 50/50 Cascade & Ahtanum.

As Duffman commented, the finished product was quite enjoyable. If forced carbing, ready for consumption in 3 weeks but I did a set and forget and was ready in 4.

A 10 gallon batch was shared with my associate Brewmeister and he fermented his @ 68 degrees while mine was @ 64. After a taste test, his fiancee preferred mine to his. Hope that doesn't create any turmoil in their relationship!

On a side note, need to be a little more diligent siphoning off after secondary. Had a stuck dip tube when first tapping the keg since the week it was on the gas, any hops introduced while racking settled to the bottom. All is good now and there are plans to introduce a filtering process in the future to eliminate this problem.

 

[brrman]

Glad everyone is enjoying this recipe!!
I have another brew of this planned for next week.

 

[Duffman870727]

Just wanted to comment about my addition of 6oz Black malt to a 3 Gallon batch, I find it gives a nice touch of roast to the brew. I definitely wouldn't want to add any more than that, we're not making a hoppy stout after all! Good stuff!

 

[mitchmen]

Anyone convert this to extract recipe with success.? Thanks

 

[tripplehazzard]

Going to give this a try. I love the wookie Jack and want to do a similar type.thanks!!

 

[lilgreenthumb]

Just started fermentation of this on thursday (let it sit a night via no-chill). Fermenting happily right now, smells delicious.

 

[tripplehazzard]

How would this compare to the Firestone walker Wookie Jack?

 

[sawbossFogg]

I've been looking for a black IPA template and thread and this is the most helpful so far. I've tried to read most of it, but I have couple questions I'd love to get some feedback on.

First it sounds like most are in favor of the late addition roast malts to import color more than roast character, true? And second the big one for me without Carafa on hand are ideas on quantities and proportions of malts I do have around including black patent, special B, and a handful of others.

Definitely not looking to make hoppy stout, just impart color and some roast character to my house IPA.
GREAT THREAD, thanks.

 

[sawbossFogg]

How would this compare to the Firestone walker Wookie Jack?

Wookie Jack has rye if I'm not mistaken.

 

[tmags711]

Brewed this up on Sunday. Followed the OP recipe pretty closely. My efficiency has been crap lately so I added one pound of Amber DME and hit 1.080 OG exactly. Also threw in maybe 6 oz of Black Patent I had laying around. It was bubbling like mad for the first 48 hours but has settled down now. I am REALLY excited to try this. Thanks brrman!

From reading the posts it seems like it can be a quick-turnaround beer, but a couple months of bottle conditioning do it well. My impatience means I'll be making a comparison (can't wait three months to try this).

 

[nrwalter]

What has everyone used for their mash in and sparge amount for this brew?

 

[beerslave]

This is the second time I have brewed this recipe and this time I made a couple of changes. I replaced a portion of the base malt with 1kg sucrose to lighten the body a touch and fermented it with Wyeast 3787 Trappist High Gravity to make my first Belgio Black IPA. The best beer I have ever made!!! Perfect balance and drinkability for such a hefty brew. Thanks to the OP for the recipe.

 

[brrman]

wow - nice changes. Wish I could taste that one!

 

[chriscam]

From reading the posts it seems like it can be a quick-turnaround beer, but a couple months of bottle conditioning do it well. My impatience means I'll be making a comparison (can't wait three months to try this).

has anyone done a quick turnaround w/ this? like 3-5 weeks? have a party in 3 weeks and then another around xmas and wondering if this would be close to go for either (i can force carb).

 

[crusader1612]

has anyone done a quick turnaround w/ this? like 3-5 weeks? have a party in 3 weeks and then another around xmas and wondering if this would be close to go for either (i can force carb).

I'd go with Christmas.

 

[brrman]

If you force-carb you could have this done for Christmas, no problem.
But three weeks is a little tight - It can be done, depending on your force-carb schedule.

 

[marvinsjunk]

The wife and I brewed this one up on Friday as our first IPA. Had an OG of 1.085, even with BIAB and no extra grain, and we had an extra oz of cascade taking up space in the freezer so we threw it in as a FWH. We're hoping this is our winning entry in a homebrew competition with friends on Jan 4th. It's happily bubbling away at 65°, and we will dry hop in about 2 weeks, which will leave 3 weeks to condition and carb in the bottle before the competition. I'm super excited about this one.

Thanks for the awesome recipe, brrman, and greetings from a fellow Indy resident!

 

[brrman]

Awesome, marvin. Good luck in the competition! Let me know how the beer places.

 

[speedy2782]

Update on the Competition?
I love this recipe - I cut the Magnum by one ounce and love love love it.
Gonna be using Belgium Yeast next round.

 

[temple240]

I'll be brewing this again tomorrow using Wyeast 1450 and Zythos instead of Amarillo (just because I have a pound of it). This is still my favorite beer that I brew!

 

[gocardinals]

I just finished brewing an IPA with Wyeast 1056. Would that yeast work well with this recipe?

Id like to try using the yeast cake from that batch in a slightly heavier beer once that batch finishes in about 2 weeks.

Thanks for the advice.