my next beer is going to be a black dipa, hopped only with apollo, which i understand has huge grapefruit and orange notes. i usually name my beers and this one is going to be “showtime at the apollo”…
.75 lbs black patent
1 lb crystal 10
.5 lbs crystal 60
.25 lbs carafa ii
6 lbs extra light dme
2 lbs pilsen dme
.25 oz apollo @ 60
.25 oz apollo @ 55
.25 oz apollo @ 50
.25 oz apollo @ 45
.25 oz apollo @ 40
.25 oz apollo @ 35
.25 oz apollo @ 30
.25 oz apollo @ 25
.25 oz apollo @ 20
.25 oz apollo @ 15
.25 oz apollo @ 10
.25 oz apollo @ 5
2 oz apollo @ 0
2 oz apollo dry hop
Debitter is what I would use instead of the Black paten. By using debittered black malt, a dark malt with the husk reduced, you don’t get the bitter astringency that sometimes comes with dark grains.
I use carafa sp. II because that’s what my lhbs carries.