Style: Black IPA
Brewed: June 2, 2013
Bottled: June 27, 2013
OG: 1.078  FG: 1.018
IBUs: 100  ABV: 7.9%

Grains
12 lbs 2-Row Pale Malt
1 lb Caramel Malt (120L)
8 oz Belgian Wheat Malt
8 oz Flaked Barley
4 oz Black Patent Malt
4 oz Roasted Barley
1 oz Chocolate Malt

Hops
60 min: 1 oz Green Bullet (12.5% AA)
60 min: 1 oz Sorachi Ace (10.5% AA)
30 min: 0.5 oz Green Bullet (12.5% AA)
30 min: 0.5 oz Sorachi Ace (10.5% AA)
10 min: 0.5 oz Green Bullet (12.5% AA)
10 min: 0.5 oz Sorachi Ace (10.5% AA)
14 day dry hop: 1 oz Green Bullet (12.5% AA)
14 day dry hop: 1 oz Sorachi Ace (10.5% AA)

Yeast
1600 ml starter of Denny's Favorite 50 (Wyeast #1450)

Black IPA (American Black Ale, Cascadian Dark Ale…whatever) has become one of my absolute favorite styles of beer. Hoppy, malty, roasted, not low in alcohol…it’s decadent. However, this is NOT to style, because this does not use hops from the Cascades, it uses hops from New Zealand and Japan. Japanese Sorachi Ace (lemon/bubblegum/dill) and New Zealand Green Bullet (similar to British hops) are combined to create Ace of Bullets.