A friend of mine was in USA (I am writing from Europe) and she was trying a kind of beer quite strange for me, called American Style India Black Ale, also knows as Cascadian Dark Ale (CDA), concretly the Hop in the Dark (Deschutes)
She speaks very well about this kind of beer, and I would like to get a recipe (or clone… ::)) and some tips to brew it.
I have found a couple of recipes, but I would like to compare, investigate and listen to you about the tips and correct method of brewering.
Here, in Europe is not easy to get a kind of beer like this…
I have not made one but as I understand it the recipe is basically an IPA recipe with the addition of some dark roasted malts for color only, the idea being to minimize the roasty bitterness while getting the color.
People do this by cold steeping some roasted grains and adding the steeping liqour to the boil or by adding the dark grains as the end of the mash for all grain brewers.
there are a few folks on here that probably have recipes to share.
Caraffa III will also do the trick. Some cold steep the dark grains to restrain any roastiness, but any Black IPA I’ve ever had, had some slight/subdued roast character, I’m gonna brew one soon, I’m just gonna mash the Caraffa with all the other grains. Stone Sublimely Self Righteous and Stone 15th Anniversary are two good examples.
Grain/Extract/Sugar
% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
90.1 14.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) America 1.036 2
5.0 0.77 lbs. Crystal 60L America 1.034 60
5.0 0.77 lbs. Carafa Special Germany 1.030 600
Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
1.50 oz. Chinook Pellet 11.80 74.8 60 min.
1.50 oz. Amarillo Pellet 8.20 8.7 5 min.
1.00 oz. Simcoe Pellet 12.20 8.6 5 min.
2.00 oz. Amarillo Pellet 8.20 0.0 Dry Hop
2.00 oz. Simcoe Pellet 12.20 0.0 Dry Hop
Yeast
White Labs WLP002 English Ale
Mash Schedule
Mash Type: Single Step
Qts Water Per Lbs Grain: 1.10 - Before Additional Infusions
Saccharification Rest Temp : 152 Time: 120