BLACK HOP HEAD

[dynamic dave]

After brewing HOP HEAD and BLACK IPA I thought a lower IBU on BLACK IPA was due using CARAFA SPECIAL 3 using CASCADE HOPS as main bittering am not 100% on using both the other two hops.

BLACK HOP HEAD

Date:8/8/2013

Gyle Number:
Fermentable----------------- Colour --------------Grams--------Ratio
Pale Malt marris otter------ 5 EBC -------- 4100 grams---------- 84.1%
CARAFA SPECIAL 3--------150 EBC ------------ 190 grams ----------4%
Torrefied Wheat----------- 4 EBC ----------------340 grams----- 7%
Crystal Malt------------- 130 EBC -----------------240 grams-----------5%


Hop Variety Type------- Alpha------------ Time ------------- grams-----------------Ratio
Cascade -----Whole------- 5.7 % --------- 90 mins ------30 grams------- 69.6%
Bobek ----Whole -------------5 % --------- 10 mins ------- 20 grams -----------13.8%
NZ PACIFICA-- Whole-------6 % --------10 mins -----------20 grams ------------16.6%


Final Volume: 23 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.042
Final Gravity: 1.010
Alc Content: 4.2% ABV
Total Liquor: 33.2 Litres
Mash Liquor: 12.2 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 70 %
Bitterness: 28.2804650058734 EBU
Colour: 25 EBC

[jmc]

Are you going to cold extract the Carafa special 3?

[dynamic dave]

Hello John
I am planning on using it by cold steeping and adding it to the boil 15 minutes from the end or should I just add it to mash before sparging ?

[Rookie]

Hello John
I am planning on using it by cold steeping and adding it to the boil 15 minutes from the end or should I just add it to mash before sparging ?

Either will work.

[jmc]

Hello John
I am planning on using it by cold steeping and adding it to the boil 15 minutes from the end or should I just add it to mash before sparging ?

Either will work.

+1

Small amount of colour absorbed by mash but not likely to be noticeable.

[Rookie]

Last month I brewed an American IPA. Once the fermentation was done I racked a gallon to a seperate carboy. I cold steeped 8 ounces of midnight wheat overnight in a quart of water. After boiling the midnight wheat extract for five minutes I added it to the gallon. I was very happy with the results.
I entered both in a home brew compitition: the black IPA scored 40.3 and the plain IPA scored only 34.3.

[dynamic dave]

Last month I brewed an American IPA. Once the fermentation was done I racked a gallon to a seperate carboy. I cold steeped 8 ounces of midnight wheat overnight in a quart of water. After boiling the midnight wheat extract for five minutes I added it to the gallon. I was very happy with the results.
I entered both in a home brew compitition: the black IPA scored 40.3 and the plain IPA scored only 34.3.

Thanks for the advice I have never seen midnight wheat here in the UK maybe similar to carafa 3 malt,nice scoring for the Black IPA.