Black As Your Soul - Recipe

Black As Your Soul (6 ratings)

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Submitted By: KevT (Shared)
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Brewer: Kevin
Batch Size: 6.00 gal	Style: American Black IPA (14B)
Boil Size: 9.29 gal	Style Guide: BJCP 2008
Color: 48.0 SRM	Equipment: Nine Inch Ales Equipment
Bitterness: 138.0 IBUs	Boil Time: 60 min
Est OG: 1.076 (18.4° P)	Mash Profile: Single Infusion, Full Body, No Mash Out
Est FG: 1.020 SG (5.1° P)	Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage
ABV: 7.4%	Taste Rating: 48.0

Ingredients
Amount	Name	Type	#
12.04 gal	San Jose, CA	Water	1
8.00 oz	Rice Hulls (0.0 SRM)	Adjunct	2
12 lbs	Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)	Grain	3
2 lbs 8.00 oz	Rye Malt (4.7 SRM)	Grain	4
1 lbs 8.00 oz	Rye, Flaked (2.0 SRM)	Grain	5
1 lbs 8.00 oz	Wheat, Roasted (425.0 SRM)	Grain	6
12.00 oz	Carafa II (412.0 SRM)	Grain	7
12.00 oz	Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM)	Grain	8
12.00 oz	Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM)	Grain	9
12.00 oz	Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM)	Grain	10
1.00 oz	Simcoe [13.7%] - Boil 60 min	Hops	11
1.00 oz	Simcoe [13.7%] - Boil 50 min	Hops	12
1.00 oz	Northern Brewer [10.6%] - Boil 40 min	Hops	13
1.00 oz	Northern Brewer [10.6%] - Boil 30 min	Hops	14
1.00 oz	Amarillo Gold [9.9%] - Boil 20 min	Hops	15
1.00 oz	Amarillo Gold [9.9%] - Boil 10 min	Hops	16
1.00 oz	Cascade [6.7%] - Steep 5 min	Hops	17
1.00 oz	Cascade [6.7%] - Steep 0 min	Hops	18
1.0 pkgs	California Ale (White Labs #WLP001)	Yeast	19
1.00 oz	Cascade [6.7%] - Dry Hop 14 days	Hops	20
1.00 oz	Centennial [9.2%] - Dry Hop 14 days	Hops	21
1.30 items	Tequila Soaked Oak Spirals (Secondary 7 days)	Misc	22

Taste Notes

Held the tequila oak out and experimented with just adding it to a couple of bottles. After 21 days, In the bottle we put the most wood (3 ~ 0.5 inch pieces), the wood started to add some interesting additional layers of flavor. In the couple of bottles we opened sooner than 21 days, the flavor contribution was negligable. Next time we brew this beer, the tequila oak is going into the secondary or keg. Without the tequila oak this is a beautiful beer. The hop bitterness and the roasted malt flavors are in perfect harmony. There is a hint of hop aroma, in a future batch in which the tequila oak is not used, I will increase the aroma additions.