Black IPA recipe suggestions

[ColMack]

Guys,
Father's Day on Sunday so traditionally I get a few hours to myself for brewing.
Has anyone got a good Black IPA recipe?  It's more the grain bill I'm looking for.
I have some carafa special III which I believe is the right thing to use for colour.  How much should I add?

[Rossa]

This is one I did last summer. It is one of the best beers I have ever made.

Big Ears Black IPA
14-B American IPA
Author: rossa
Date: 01/08/2012

Size: 23.0 L @ 20 °C
Efficiency: 67.97%
Attenuation: 83.3%
Calories: 197.37 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.060 (1.056 - 1.075)
Terminal Gravity: 1.010 (1.010 - 1.018)
Color: 48.3 (11.82 - 29.55)
Alcohol: 6.56% (5.5% - 7.5%)
Bitterness: 66.3 (40.0 - 70.0)

Ingredients:
4 kg (57.1%) Pale Ale Malt - added during mash
1.5 kg (21.4%) Munich Malt - added during mash
0.5 kg (7.1%) Wheat Malt - added during mash
.5 kg (7.1%) Crystal 55 - added during mash
.5 kg (7.1%) Carafa Special® TYPE I - added during mash
14.0 g (6.5%) Magnum (14.1%) - added during boil, boiled 60 m
20 g (9.3%) Galaxy (13.7%) - added during boil, boiled 20 m
20 g (9.3%) Cascade (7.8%) - added during boil, boiled 20 m
20 g (9.3%) Galaxy (13.7%) - added during boil, boiled 10 m
20 g (9.3%) Cascade (7.8%) - added during boil, boiled 10 m
20 g (9.3%) Galaxy (13.7%) - added during boil
20 g (9.3%) Cascade (7.8%) - added during boil
1.0 ea Fermentis US-05 Safale US-05
1.0 g Irish Moss - added during boil, boiled 15 m
40 g (18.7%) Galaxy (13.7%) - added dry to secondary fermenter
40 g (18.7%) Cascade (7.8%) - added dry to secondary fermenter


Notes
3l/kg 26l mash. 
30l gathered. 3/4 l lost due to trub. collected 23/22l after boil.
Dry hop for 1 week.
Bottles on 19/8/12

[delzep]

I posted my recipe from the competition in the recipes forum. Was delicious

[ColMack]

Plenty to think about there.
Thanks lads.

[ColmR]

So Col, Did you brew the Black IPA? What was your recipe? I'm loving this style at the moment...

[delzep]

Against the grain have sierra nevada blindfold black ipa on draught at the mo and its excellent

[ColMack]

So Col, Did you brew the Black IPA? What was your recipe? I'm loving this style at the moment...

Yup, brewed it on Sunday.  Had a disaster with the hop filter (again!) so ended up having to dump from the boiler into the fermenter through a sieve.  Lucky it's black so wont notice the flippin chill haze so much.
Here's what I ended up with:

HOME BREW RECIPE:
Title: Black IPA
Author: ColMc

Brew Method: All Grain
Style Name: American IPA
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 24 liters (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 28.5 liters
Efficiency: 71% (brew house)

STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.050
Target Final Gravity: 1.014
ABV (standard): 4.74%
IBU (tinseth): 69.8
SRM (morey): 34

FERMENTABLES:
4 kg - United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale (72.7%)
0.5 kg - United Kingdom - Wheat (9.1%)
0.35 kg - United Kingdom - Crystal 15L (6.4%)
0.5 kg - German - De-Husked Caraf III (9.1%)
0.15 kg - United Kingdom - Extra Dark Crystal 120L (2.7%)

HOPS:
15 g - Magnum for 60 min, Type: Leaf/Whole, Use: Boil (AA 15, IBU: 23.18)
15 g - Apollo for 20 min, Type: Leaf/Whole, Use: Boil (AA 19, IBU: 17.78)
15 g - Citra for 15 min, Type: Leaf/Whole, Use: Boil (AA 11, IBU: 8.44)
20 g - Apollo for 10 min, Type: Leaf/Whole, Use: Boil (AA 19, IBU: 14.2)
20 g - Citra for 5 min, Type: Leaf/Whole, Use: Boil (AA 11, IBU: 4.52)
20 g - Apollo for 1 min, Type: Leaf/Whole, Use: Boil (AA 19, IBU: 1.69)
20 g - Citra for 0 min, Type: Leaf/Whole, Use: Boil (AA 11)

MASH STEPS:
1) Infusion, Temp: 67 C, Time: 60 min, Amount: 15 L
2) Sparge, Temp: 80 C, Time: 10 min, Amount: 10 L
3) Sparge, Temp: 80 C, Time: 10 min, Amount: 10 L

YEAST:
Fermentis / Safale - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05
Starter: No
Form: Dry
Attenuation (avg): 72%
Flocculation: Medium
Optimum Temp: 15 - 23.89 C
Fermentation Temp: 18 C

TARGET WATER PROFILE:
Tesco Bottled water



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[nigel_c]

I'd say apollo and citra would be lovely. I always cold steep special 2 for by black IPA's. soak overnight and add to boil.

[ColMack]

I'd say apollo and citra would be lovely. I always cold steep special 2 for by black IPA's. soak overnight and add to boil.

Cold steeping is probably a good idea alright.  I found the de-husked carafa III to be very bitty, so was impossible to keep it out of the boiler when transfering from mash tun, even with a load of recirculation.

I'm hopeful about the apollo and citra though.  Will proably dry hop with another 20g of each.

[ColmR]

Cheers for posting that Colin. Hopefully you'll be bringing this one to an NCB meet . I like the way the ABV isn't too high.

[irish_goat]

Lads, just wondering, if I was to brew an IPA would I be able to turn half of it into a black IPA by transferring it to a secondary and adding new (boiled)wort from roasted malts?

[Covey]

  Had a disaster with the hop filter (again!) so ended up having to dump from the boiler into the fermenter through a sieve. 

I had them too for long enough, so when i got sick of them i got a nylon bag and and use that for Hop addtions, which is great for tiding up to. I then got a bigger nylon bag for my Mash tun which means no more scooping out grain and my effichency went up 10pts

[Ciderhead]

How are you filtering at the moment?
Got one of these bad boys from the US from HB's recommendation and haven't looked back even though my nylon hopper bag was great and I still use it for something else. It was a pain trying to fit it inside my coil if I had a big hop loading.

[Hop Bomb]

Lads, just wondering, if I was to brew an IPA would I be able to turn half of it into a black IPA by transferring it to a secondary and adding new (boiled)wort from roasted malts?

Ive done this but it went in on transfer from BK to carboy.  Steep 300g of carafa special 3 in hop bag or similar in 3 litres of 60c water for half hour. Take the grain bag out & boil for as long as you like (min 15 mins) then chill. Add to the fermentor with your regular IPA. I reduced my 3 litres down to 1 litre over an hour boil. It added 1 gravity point compared with the other half of the batch with no carafa.

(300g is 4.5% of my 1.077 OG grain bill)