Black IPA extract recipe critique

[joshyposhy]

Hi guys,
Been brewing since 2014, a bit of extract and a bit of BIAB grain brewing. Since I moved out, I've been restricted to just extract brewing. Never made a Black IPA so I thought I'd ask for feedback if I'm on the right track. I've also wondered if I could optimise my hop amounts and boil schedule so let me know your thoughts. I've got too much Galaxy, Chinook, Columbus and Amarillo on hand so I can either put more or less in it.

Recipe: Joshy's Black IPA
OG: 1.055
Batch size: 23L
Boil size: 7 litres
IBU: 63
Est ABV: 5.2%

3kg Dry LME
0.5kg Dry Wheat ME
0.4kg JW Crystal
0.4kg Weyermann Carafa Special III

Hop Schedule:

60m- 40g Columbus (29ibu)
15m- 40g Chinook (13ibu)
15m- 40g Amarillo (9ibu)
5m- 45g Galaxy (6ibu)
5m- 45g Amarillo (4ibu)

Dryhop 5 days:
45g Amarillo
45g Galaxy

MJ West Coast Yeast

Cheers!

 

[manticle]

I would halve the crystal, use just enough carafa (and/or midnight wheat) to hit the colour you want and bump the og up to around 1060 - 1065. Using a shade of dex to bump the og a few points won't hurt.

Pitch adequate yeast for the higher gravity.

Chinook and amarillo combine well (pine resin balances stone fruit and citrus). I dislike galaxy so I'd best not offer advice on its use.

 

[spryzie]

Looks good. Here's what bubbling away in my fermenter right now. It's my first attempt too.

Black IPA. 21 litres. Extract. 1061 OG 1015 FG (estimated). 6% ABV.

1 x cooper's 1.5kg LME.
1.7kg LDME
300g dextrose

Steeped grains:
250g carafa 3 (cold steeped)
500g munich, 150g chocolate and 100g dark crystal (at mash temperatures)

100g Columbus @ 15.
100g Amarillo @ 5.

Something like 60 IBUs.

2 packets BRY97.

 

[spryzie]

I've gone for the short boil idea which I am finding better results for me.

Lessen your crystal a bit.

I was going to go more carafa too but advice was to use minimum to make it black.

I like chocolate malt in everything so far so put some in!

 

[Benn]

I'm only a novice but I do like to tinker with the Black IPA, I've had good results with adding 300g of Midnight Wheat to basic All grain IPA recipes. Colour is good and it adds a bit of dark/roasty flavour that's easy drinking.