RecipeDB - 62 Black IPA

[np1962]

62 Black IPA

IPA - India Pale Ale
All Grain

7 Votes

Brewer's Notes

Batch size is 25 Litres post boil, 22 Litres into Fermenter
0 min Hops are Dry Hop in Secondary
Beersmith gives me 70 IBU and 55EBC. Not quite totally Black.
Went down well at 2010 SA Xmas Case Swap, 46 points and Best Mash Beer at 2011 Tanunda Show.

Malt & Fermentables

%	KG	Fermentable
	5.7 kg	JWM Traditional Ale Malt
	0.4 kg	Weyermann Munich I
	0.4 kg	Weyermann Caraamber
	0.4 kg	JWM Chocolate Malt

Hops

Time	Grams	Variety	Form	AA
	30 g	Magnum (Pellet, 14.0AA%, 60mins)
	24 g	Amarillo (Pellet, 8.9AA%, 20mins)
	18 g	Amarillo (Pellet, 8.9AA%, 1mins)
	15 g	Amarillo (Pellet, 8.9AA%, 0mins)
	12 g	Simcoe (Pellets, 12.0AA%, 60mins)
	12 g	Chinook (Pellet, 13.0AA%, 60mins)

Yeast

1000 ml

White Labs WLP001 - California Ale

25L Batch Size

Brew Details

• Original Gravity 1.074 (calc)
• Final Gravity 1.017 (calc)
• Bitterness 75.5 IBU
• Efficiency 85%
• Alcohol 7.45%
• Colour 51 EBC
• Batch Size 25L

Fermentation

• Primary 10 days
• Secondary 10 days
• Conditioning 4 days

 

[np1962]

Really happy with this beer, hence the db addition.
May go a good bit heavier on the Dry Hop addition next time although this is so well balanced I could easily do it the same way again.
Cheers
Nige

 

[loikar]

Brewing this today.

using cascasde instead of amarillo and swapped the simcoe for citra.
mash smells awesome!

Cant wait to throw in some hops!!

 

[chunckious]

Hey Fingers, can you post pics when she's up n gushin'. Farkin love Black IPA's.

 

[loikar]

Hey Fingers, can you post pics when she's up n gushin'. Farkin love Black IPA's.

Sure, it's carbing up in the keg now.

I came 10 points under my OG due to a hellish sparge, so it's not as IPA as I would like, but it's very tasty so far.
Looking forward to some bubbles in it.

 

[loikar]

Tried taking a photo of this last night, but after 6 pints the world became slippery in my eyes and I had to give up.

Will try again tonight on the first pour...

 

[np1962]

Tried taking a photo of this last night, but after 6 pints the world became slippery in my eyes and I had to give up.

Will try again tonight on the first pour...

That explains last nights text message

 

[loikar]

That explains last nights text message

Just checked my sent items LOL!
I have no recollection of sending that!

I need my phone taken off me after a session on brews

Was true though, definitely brewing this again!!

 

[MitchDudarko]

How dark did this actually end up? I'm keen to do a Black IPA but want it to actually be black like Stout. ie. Between 60 - 70 EBC...

 

[katzke]

How dark did this actually end up? I'm keen to do a Black IPA but want it to actually be black like Stout. ie. Between 60 - 70 EBC...

You just want it to look black, or taste black?

I fine grind carafa special if I can get it. I then added it slowly at mash out until I get the color I wanted. I got a nice dark porter color. Different recipe.

 

[2much2spend]

i used 150g of midnight wheat. close to black
the thing is still fermenting away (so slow now)
for almost 20 days.
cold conditioning now ready for the keg.

so far nice coffee flavor :icon_drunk: .

 

[loikar]

How dark did this actually end up? I'm keen to do a Black IPA but want it to actually be black like Stout. ie. Between 60 - 70 EBC...

Mine ended up looking pretty much exactly like Coke.
I sent Nige 2L of it in a coke bottle. It looked the real deal.

I Plan on brewing this again soon (and not telling my mates this time... bastards)

 

[Wolfman]

Hey Nige I don't have Weyermann Caraamber would caramalt be ok for a swap?

 

[merls3]

This sounds tasty..I don't suppose anyone has a recipe handy whilst the DB is out of action?
Cheers

 

[Kieren]

NigeP62 Black IPA

 

[merls3]

Champion..thanks Kieren!

 

[Phoney]

Speak of the devil!

I have this on tap right now. Lovely drop, It has quite a lot of roast character to it, I would almost call it a hoppy porter. Certainly not a bad thing, but next time I will add the chocolate malt into the last 10 minutes of the mash so that I only extract the colour and not the flavour. I also wouldn't be afraid of upping the aroma hops by 50% and mashing at 64C to get a slightly drier finish.

 

[merls3]

I like the sounds of the roasted character..I'm new to AG so i'll stick to the recipe this time but I already know its one i'll be brewing again Upping the aroma hops I think i can manage though