Muleyinoz Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Reading another thread about dark ale got me thinking (dangerous) about doing one. A little research came up with THIS what some are called a new style. A dark ale with strong NW hops varieties so I knocked one up with what I had to hand; 1 can Coopers Dark Ale 2 KG Dark DME 500 G CaraAmber steeped 30m 20G Cascade boil 20 20G Simcoe boil 20 Yeast BRY-97 West Coast Ale or your favorite Dry hop with about 30G of Amarillo (if I can find some) or Cascade. OG 1.062 FG 1.014 ECB 61.7 IBU 62.6 ABV 6.3% (keg) 23 ltrs Will let you know how it goes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Hey Muley, Looks Great. Way to be the first amongst to attemt one of these CDA's. I sampled one the other day. Very malty and rich with a real good blast of hops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleyinoz Posted April 14, 2013 Author Share Posted April 14, 2013 I have never tried one that I know of being here in the far off land of OZ. Sounded like something new to try with lots of varaiation. I am sure going to be giving them all a go in less than a month! [biggrin] I'm also sure someone can come up with a better one but that is half the fun. We all know where the rest of the fun comes from! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 I made a Cascarillo Dark a few years ago which turned out ok. Probably closer to 5%ABV though. Turned out ok but I don't recall much about it other than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleyinoz Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 Sounds pretty similar Muddy. The article linked was 2010. Don't think it has been added as a style yet. First tasting was promising though. Malty, nice hop, with a bit of choc. Maybe a bit more dry hopping would be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Sounds interesting. I might have to come up with an AG recipe for something like it. I have a ton of Cascade in my freezer, also got Centennial but no Amarillo at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleyinoz Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 Take a look at the link Otto, a couple all grains there. The Cascade will do, I just really like the Amarillo but not easy to find at the moment. [annoyed] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I'll probably have to get some Carafa grains to do one. I've got roast barley, Munich and obviously base malt. Also have black patent, carared and caramalt. Could probably use caramalt in place of the crystal since it's basically the same thing anyway. I have Magnum so a combination of that and Cascade would probably work alright (Looking at the second recipe in the link there). [cool] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleyinoz Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 9 months down the road I cracked one of the few bottles open that wasn't kegged. Still black as sin but very ale like and tastes even better than I remember. Think I'd up the dry hop a bit next next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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