Black IPA

[Lucas]

Shared a bottle of this last night at the monthly meeting.

22L batch

Grains

5.0kg Canadian 2-row
0.46kg Special B
0.45kg Special Roast
0.45kg Carafa Special II
0.3kg Malted Wheat

Hops

60min 21g Simcoe 13.3% AA
20min 11g Simcoe + 14g Falconer's Flight 10.8% AA
10min 21g Citra 12.5% AA
5min 11g Simcoe + 14g Falconer's Flight
1min 21g Amarillo 8.8% AA
Dry Hop 56g Amarillo for 14 days

Yeast

Wyeast 1056 American Ale

Infusion mash at 67C for 60min. Batch sparge at 77C. Boil for 75 min. I let this sit in primary for 2 weeks and secondary for 2 weeks. Didn't write down the carbonation level I was aiming for when I bottled.

Stats

OG: 1.067
FG: 1.014
ABV: 7%
IBU: ~74

This is a fairly roasty black IPA and the hop character is there but it is not overly strong. I quite like it but next time I might trim down the specialty malts and amp up the hops a little bit more, particularly with more flavour hops. I think I just threw in the Special B because I had it left over after brewing a Dubbel. It probably doesn't quite fit and I would probably swap it for more 2-row next time. If you tried this last night and have any comments feel free to share. Cheers!

[CartoonCod]

I tried this one at the last meeting. As mentioned it is a black IPA with an actual roasty character, but without being a hoppy porter. The hop character was a bit low but still well in range for IPA standards and the hop character and bitterness seemed to go very well with the roasty malts. It was well made and I'd definitely by a pint of this black IPA over lots of commercial ones that I have tried.