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Blackeye
Blackeye
On the 27th of November my Mom and I made a hoppy Black Ale that for lack of any better name was dubbed Blackeye. I have been quite enamored with a new style out this year that seems to go under several names: Black IPA, Cascadian Dark Ale or simply India Dark Ale. I also love moderate alcohol style beers that I can consume several pints of and still make it to work on time the next day. So naturally the next step was a black ale that resembled the flavor profile found in an American Pale ale. I wanted this to have a bit of roast and chocolate flavors as well but be fairly tame. I wasn't looking for a hoppy stout, though. What I ended up with was a bit more chocolate and roast than I wanted but it worked very well.
Blackeye
11.25 gal. batch size
13 gal. pre boil
90 min. boil
85% Brewhouse eficiency
OG: 1.054
FG: 1.011
SRM: 32.2
IBU: 34.1
5.61% ABV
14 lbs. American 2 row
1.03 lbs. German Wheat
1.02 lbs. Carafa II
1.02 lbs. Pale Chocolate
.53 lbs. Flaked Maize
.5 lbs. Black Patent
.5 lbs. Crystal 120 L
1 lb. Table Sugar
1/2 tsp. Super moss boil 10 minutes
1 tsp. Yeast nutrient boil 10 minutes
1 oz. Cascade whole hops 5.7% First Wort
.54 oz. Magnum pellet hops 14.4% 60 minutes
1 oz. Cascade whole hops 5.7% 60 minutes
1 oz. Cascade whole hops 5.7% 10 minutes
1 oz. East Kent Goldings pellet hops 5.5% 10 minutes
2 ozs. Cascade whole hops 5.7% Hop Back
4 ozs. Home grown Cascade whole hops Dry hop 10 days
3 pkgs. SafAle US-05 (rehydrated
Mash at 151 for 90 minutes
Mash out at 167 for 10 minutes
Ferment at 67 F
Nice recipe.
I just kegged my homegrown hop ale. I found the hops in the freezer while I was at mid boil, so I just threw all 5 oz. of Cascade in at 15 minutes. It turned out great. I was brewing an all late hop addition beer anyway.
Im so glad that I grow hops now. The aroma quality of fresh hops is amazing.
If you want to stay away from the roasted flavors maybe next time try the dehisced carafe special II. Use the darker carafe special III and drop the black patent. Just thoughts.
brewchez wrote:
If you want to stay away from the roasted flavors maybe next time try the dehisced carafe special II. Use the darker carafe special III and drop the black patent. Just thoughts.
That is what I do when I want to avoid roasted flavors. On this beer I did want the roasted and chocolate character in there but got a bit more than I wanted. If you look at my recipe I did use carafa in conjunction with the roasted malts. I think next time I would just cut back a bit (on the black and chocolate) and use more carafa II or as you suggest try the carafa III with the black patent and chocolate malts.
I am confused. I thought there was carafa and carafa special. Not all carafa are dehusked right? Maybe I am wrong. Are you saying that you used the carafa special II?
Sorry for any confusion. Yes, I used Carafa Special II. http://www.williamsbrewing.com/1_LB_420 … 045C61.cfm
Apparently, according to Weyermann's website there are Carafa Special I, II and III are all dehusked. There is plain Carafa which does not denote that it is dehusked. To be honest I've only used the Special so I tend to look past the conotation.
http://www.weyermann.de/eng/produkte.as … ;sprache=2
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