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Blacks

Name: Blacks
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 6.4 gallons
Cuisine: Homebrewing
Ingredients: 6 lb Pale Ale; 4 lb Pilsner; 1 lb Black Malt; 1 lb Munich Type I; 0.67 lb Midnight Wheat Malt; 0.5 lb Chocolate; 1 lb US - Briess - Blackprinz Malt; 1 oz Centennial Hops; 0.5 oz Simcoe Hops; 0.5 oz Simcoe Hops; 1 oz Citra Hops; 2 oz Citra Hops; 2 oz Mosaic Hops; 2 oz Citra Hops; 2 oz Mosaic Hops; 1 oz Simcoe Hops

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Method: All Grain
Style: Specialty IPA: Black IPA
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 6.4 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.61 gallons
Post Boil Size: 6 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.047 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.063 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 86% (brew house)
Calories: 198 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 19 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Tuesday June 23rd 2026

black IPA

by stevendpurdy@gmail.com

OG: 1.060 FG: 1.016 ABV: 5.9% IBU: 66

Original Gravity:

1.060

Final Gravity:

1.013

ABV (standard):

6.1%

IBU (tinseth):

64.1

SRM (morey):

50.0

Mash pH

5.5

Cost $

n/a

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
6 lb	Weyermann - Pale Ale6 lb Pale Ale	39	2.3	42.3%
4 lb	Weyermann - Pilsner4 lb Pilsner	36	1.5	28.2%
1 lb	Briess - Black Malt1 lb Black Malt - (late boil kettle addition)	27	500	7.1%
1 lb	Weyermann - Munich Type I1 lb Munich Type I	38	6	7.1%
0.67 lb	Briess - Midnight Wheat Malt0.67 lb Midnight Wheat Malt - (late boil kettle addition)	25	550	4.7%
0.50 lb	Briess - Chocolate0.5 lb Chocolate - (late boil kettle addition)	25	350	3.5%
1 lb	Briess - US - Briess - Blackprinz Malt1 lb US - Briess - Blackprinz Malt - (late boil kettle addition)	25	370	7.1%
14.17 lbs / $ 0.00

Hops

Amount	Variety	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
1 oz	Centennial1 oz Centennial Hops	Pellet	9.9	Boil	60 min	30.2	8.3%
0.50 oz	Simcoe0.5 oz Simcoe Hops	Pellet	12.5	Boil	15 min	9.46	4.2%
0.50 oz	Simcoe0.5 oz Simcoe Hops	Pellet	12.5	Boil	10 min	6.91	4.2%
1 oz	Citra1 oz Citra Hops	Pellet	13.4	Boil	5 min	8.15	8.3%
2 oz	Citra2 oz Citra Hops	Pellet	13.4	Whirlpool at 170 °F	0 min	9.41	16.7%
2 oz	Mosaic2 oz Mosaic Hops	Pellet	15.2	Whirlpool at 140 °F	0 min		16.7%
2 oz	Citra2 oz Citra Hops	Pellet	13.4	Dry Hop (High Krausen)	11 days		16.7%
2 oz	Mosaic2 oz Mosaic Hops	Pellet	15.2	Dry Hop (High Krausen)	11 days		16.7%
1 oz	Simcoe1 oz Simcoe Hops	Pellet	12.5	Dry Hop (High Krausen)	11 days		8.3%
12 oz / $ 0.00

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Mash Guidelines

Amount	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
4.1 gal	Strike	167 °F	152 °F	--
3 gal	Sparge	165 °F	152 °F	--
1.3 gal	Steeping	167 °F	167 °F	--
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 qt/lb

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Type	Use	Time
1 tsp	Irish Moss	Fining	Boil	15 min.
0.20 g	Servomyces	Other	Boil	10 min.
1.50 g	Calcium Chloride (dihydrate)	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
9 g	Gypsum	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
0.50 ml	Phosphoric acid	Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.

Yeast

Lallemand - LALBREW® BRY-97 WEST COAST ALE YEAST

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:
Attenuation (custom):	77%	Flocculation:	High
Optimum Temp:	59 - 72 °F	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	68 °F	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 125 B cells required

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Priming

CO₂ Level: 2.45 Volumes

Target Water Profile

Poland Spring 2026

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
83.3	1	9.7	39.6	162	0.1
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Notes

~1.6x scaling factor for dark grains to maintain ~50 SRM, accounting Total of 3.17lbs of dark grains needed from original estimate of 2lbs. Rounded up chocolate malt to 0.5lb.

Finely crush all dark grains and add to 6 1/3 quarts cold water (2 quarts per pound)

Steep for 24 hours.

Strain in steeping bag and collect steeped water. Do not squeeze. No sparge. Collected approximately 1.3 gallons

Add to last 10 minutes of boil.

OG numbers are inflated in calculations above. Dark grains were not mashed and thus unfermentable sugars inflating OG were not extracted. OG 1.060 targeted. Changing to "Late Addition" throws off calculations in the program as well.

Yielded 6.4 gallons. Use 0.4 gallons less sparge water in future.

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Cost for

Gallons

Cost by

Final Yield

	Cost $	Cost %
Fermentables	$
Steeping Grains (Extract Only)	$
Hops	$
Yeast	$
Other	$
Cost Per Barrel	$ 0.00
Cost Per Pint	$ 0.00
Total Cost	$ 0.00

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Amount	Variety	IBU	Bill %
1 oz	Centennial (Pellet)	30.2	8.3%
2 oz	Simcoe (Pellet)	16.37	16.7%
5 oz	Citra (Pellet) 4.9999999885628 oz Citra (Pellet) Hops	17.56	41.7%
4 oz	Mosaic (Pellet)	0	33.4%
12 oz / $ 0.00