02.14.2010

I’ve called it a Black IPA, and its been called Cascadian Dark Ale by others, as well as a handful of other names. It’s a dark colored ale with very little roast flavors, tons of hop flavor and bitterness and finishes clean. Hopefully the american homebrewer association will establish a beer style category for this soon.. I’m guessing it would land in the American Ale category as sub-category Black Ale.

Past results from competition were that my bitterness was a little lower than judges preferred.. This one is definitely a bit more aggressive on the hop bitterness although it isn’t very sharp or harsh though it does seem to linger a bit.. Changed out the yeast to use English as well, this should leave the beer with a little more sweetness which I’m hoping will help maintain a good balance.

Oregon Black Ale
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Brewer: Josh Gum
Style: American IPA
Batch: 5.25 galAll Grain

Characteristics
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Recipe Gravity: 1.059 OG
Recipe Bitterness: 99 IBU
Recipe Color: 28 SRM
Estimated FG: 1.015
Alcohol by Volume: 5.7%
Alcohol by Weight: 4.5%

Ingredients
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American chocolate malt 0.50 lb, Grain, Mashed
American two-row 11.00 lb, Grain, Mashed
Carafa III malt 0.50 lb, Grain, Mashed
German Munich 1.00 lb, Grain, Mashed

Centennial(7.8aa) 0.50 oz, Whole, 5 minutes
Centennial(7.8aa) 0.50 oz, Whole, 10 minutes
Chinook(12.7aa) 0.75 oz, Whole, 5 minutes
Chinook(12.7aa) 0.10 oz, Whole, 10 minutes
Chinook(12.7aa) 0.35 oz, Whole, 30 minutes
Chinook(12.7aa) 0.75 oz, Whole, 60 minutes
Magnum(15aa) 0.40 oz, Whole, 10 minutes
Magnum(15aa) 0.25 oz, Whole, 30 minutes
Magnum(15aa) 0.50 oz, Whole, 60 minutes
Simcoe(12.9aa) 1.00 oz, Whole, 5 minutes

Calcium Chloride 1.00 unit, Other, 1tsp @ 60min
English Ale Yeast (WLP002) 1.00 unit, Other, 1 tube
Gypsum 1.00 unit, Other, 1tsp in mash
Yeast Nutrient 1.00 unit, Other, 1tsp @ flameout

Notes
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Recipe Notes:
Bumping up the bitterness a touch for competition brewing.

Batch Notes:
Mashed at 156f for 60min
OG 1.059, fermenting at 64f
The sample has a great assertive bitterness and plenty of hop flavor.. with some dry hopping, this is going to shape up to be a tasty beer!

3/7: FG 1.020, dry hopped, tasting good.. a little more toasted notes with the grain from a new supplier.

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