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Tips on Brewing a Very Dark IPA with little roastiness

Tchamberlin

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I have tasted several dark IPAs ( Otter creek Apline, Clowshoes HoppyFeat, ect) and I still think those beers are too roasty- sort of a hoppy stout. I want to brew a borderline hop bomb( with wet Citra) that is only midly roasty. Any thoughts?  I am thinking that Carafa II would be the best specialty grain but I am open to ANY suggestion.

Thanks All ;D
 
http://www.northernbrewer.com/brewing/brewing-ingredients/grain-malts/toasted-roasted-malts/weyermann-dehusked-carafa-ii.html

For this use, you'd want the dehusked version.  It's tumbled to remove a lot of the husk. 
 
Maltlicker( nice name)- what percentage of the grain bill would you recommend for this? I would am brewing a 5 gall extract brew.  Thanks,
 
See if you can find carmelized beet sugar syrup. Williams brewing is putting out a kit that uses it for a Belgian Strong Dark with dark coloration and no roasted malt. A cursory google search for it found several jars available for sale from vendors like amazon.
 
Definitely go with the Carafa II. In a 5 gal. extract brew, I used about a pound and that worked really well for me. In addition, I used Belgian Specialty coffee grain to get a little bit more roast flavor as well. Of course, you just have to make sure that you use plenty of hops to equal/ offset the malt. My total IBU was 88.
 
Tchamberlin said:
Maltlicker( nice name)- what percentage of the grain bill would you recommend for this? I would am brewing a 5 gall extract brew.  Thanks,

I'd use BeerSmith to figure out the SRM for me.  Depends on the other grains used obviously and your target darkness. 

Style-wise, it's a black IPA and not a roasty IPA, but your preferences will drive the flavor to your liking.  Let us know how it went.
 
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