my single hop black dipa recipe....

Beer Recipes
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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

safale us-05 x 2

estimates are: 8.4% 100 ibu

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Yowza! I really want to try some single hop beers to learn more about their flavors/aromas.

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I personally would use more carafa II and no black patent. The less roast, the better.

Have you seen or read this article about late hop additions. Mrmalty.com

I now save a majority of my hops for late hop additions. By using a hopstand, I personally think you get much more of the hop flavor and aroma.

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thanks for the link.  i’ve heard chatter about that recently, which is what i’m hoping for here.  i’ll have to look into hopstands.  i’m not familiar.

i have de-bittered black, but no lhbs.  :frowning:

would that help?

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i have de-bittered black, but no lhbs. :frowning:

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lhbs? I’m bad at decoding.

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i have de-bittered black, but no lhbs. :frowning:

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lhbs? I’m bad at decoding.

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local homebrew store

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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.

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ok.  thanks!  i’ll use the de-bittered black i have.