Brewing a Black IIPA tomorrow

Discussion in 'Homebrewing' started by Jgrody, Nov 27, 2013.

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  1. koopa

    koopa Initiate (0) Apr 20, 2008 New Jersey

    It will be barely detectable (if at all) to the average palate underneath all of those hops.
     
    #21 koopa, Nov 28, 2013
  2. axeman9182

    axeman9182 Initiate (0) Aug 5, 2009 New Jersey

    My first reaction is that's way too much in the way of dark grains that will contribute a roasty flavor to what's still supposed to be a hop forward beer. I brewed a black double IPA that used 1/2lb each of Midnight Wheat and Carafa III special. I was happy with the subtle amount of roast, but I probably could have upped the Carafa to get it to be absolutely black rather than dark brown.
     
    #22 axeman9182, Nov 29, 2013
  3. koopa

    koopa Initiate (0) Apr 20, 2008 New Jersey

    I brewed an 11g batch using 1# of carafa III special + 1# of midnight wheat. Great black color and tolerable, albiet a tiny touch too much roast character for my taste. Next 11g batch will be 12oz of each.
     
    #23 koopa, Nov 29, 2013
  4. Jgrody

    Jgrody Initiate (0) Sep 5, 2013 California

    MY Black IPA came out EPIC, just the right about of roast, a bit of chocolate, not overly thick. And a huge citrus hop profile. Coming in at 7.8% I am going to tweek it a little and make it more chocolaty and lessen the cost by useing cheaper hops at the 60 and 30 markers, and subtracting the candi sugar. Thanks for the input guys.
     
    #24 Jgrody, Jan 8, 2014
  5. GreenKrusty101

    GreenKrusty101 Initiate (0) Dec 4, 2008 Nevada

    There are at least "2 Carastans" also...one is ~ C-15 and the regular is ~ C-35 (Bairds)
     
    #25 GreenKrusty101, Jan 8, 2014
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