Black IPA

Beer Recipes
1

What do you think guys/gals? Looking for some roast but not over the top. I am worried a bit about the BU-Gu ratio, 1.36 too high? I was thinking of throwing some more hops in at whirlpool too. What about water profile from Bru’n water for this, regular pale ale profile of something else?

American IPA
Type: All Grain Date: 3/16/2013
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal Brewer: Opposition Brewing Co.
Boil Size: 8.41 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: My All grain Setup
End of Boil Volume 7.28 gal Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Final Bottling Volume: 5.00 gal Est Mash Efficiency 91.6 %
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage Taste Rating(out of 50): 30.0
Taste Notes:
Ingredients

Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
10 lbs Pale Malt, Golden Promise (Thomas Fawcett) (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 80.0 %
1 lbs Carapils 6-Row (Briess) (1.3 SRM) Grain 2 8.0 %
8.0 oz Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM) Grain 3 4.0 %
8.0 oz De-Bittered Black Malt (Dingemans) (550.0 SRM) Grain 4 4.0 %
8.0 oz Munich 20L (Briess) (20.0 SRM) Grain 5 4.0 %
1.00 oz Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 35.1 IBUs
1.00 oz Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 7 21.3 IBUs
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 8 6.7 IBUs
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 9 12.7 IBUs
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 10 2.7 IBUs
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 11 0.0 IBUs

2

Looks pretty good. Maybe consider cold steeping the roasted malts to keep the roastiness under control.

3

+1 I cold steep with my Black IPA comes out real nice.

4

how long do i cold steep them, will that affect gravity?

5

An overnight steep should be sufficient. The general rule of thumb I follow is about 2 qt of water per pound. I don’t think it would have a significant effect on gravity, but theoretically you wouldn’t be able to convert any unconverted starches. Still, that would be no different than using them for steeping grains in an extract batch.

6

Good to know, I am brewing today, so I think for this time I will just add them to the mash for the last 10 Min.  What water profile am i shooting for here?

7

Honestly, I would’ve cut out the chocolate malt and called it good. I think with a pound of roasted malts, it’s gonna be pretty roasty, even with the debittered black.