Bordering on blasphemy right there.
Ha, yeah. I couldn't live with myself as a Pacific NW architect if I got there with dye. We're really big on that whole "honesty of design and materials" thing. A green St. Patty's day beer knows what it is and that's fine, but I want to know the "real" way to do it.
I went to the brew shop with your suggestions yesterday then tweaked some stuff based on what they had in stock. This is what I ended up with:
Amalickiah
Recipe specifics:
Style: Imperial IRA
Batch size: 5.0 gal
Boil volume: 4.5 gal
OG: 1.090
FG: 1.022
Bitterness (IBU): 63.6
Color (SRM): 19.9
ABV: 8.8%
Grain/Sugars:
10.00 lb Two-row (US), 63.7%
4.00 lb Light LME, 25.5%
1.00 lb Crystal 60L, 6.4%
0.50 lb Cara-red, 3.2%
0.20 lb Midnight Wheat, 1.3%
Hops:
2.00 oz Magnum (AA 12.0%, Whole) 60 min, 42.8 IBU
1.00 oz Perle (AA 8.3%, Whole) 20 min, 9.0 IBU
2.00 oz Saaz (AA 3.5%, Whole) 10 min, 4.5 IBU
1.00 oz Perle (AA 8.3%, Whole) 1 min, 0.6 IBU
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I know I have some more hops in my freezer and I may throw in another once or so in at the 60 just to get the IBU up to IIRA standards. I don't know. I fully expect to make some more changes to the recipe and try it again. (plus maybe I'll get a bigger cooler so I can fit my whole grain bill)