Black IPA / Cascadian Dark Ale recipe - any tips?

[alsch890]

Hi there,

I have amassed a decent selection of odd amounts of various malt and hops and want to use some up in a Cascadian Ale.

Currently my recipe looks something like this:

Predicted wort: 20l
predicted OG: 1.056
predicted abv: 6%

3.6kg pale ale malt
400g Cara-aroma (like crystal 120)
250g chocolate
125g carafa III (like black patent)

60 min boil
20g Nugget @ 60
20g Nugget @15
30g Cascade @5
30g Cascade Dry Hop (7 days)

US-05 yeast

IBU comes out approx 45 plus whatever I get from the dry hop.

Any tips at all? The hop additions don't have much room for leeway as I don't have much else (some Sladek and Saaz and an unopened Mosaic). I don't really want to open the Mosaic for this brew unless there is a compelling argument for doing so as its not so easy to come by over here. Wondering whether to reduce the cara-aroma for more pale?

 

[Sadfield]

This pretty much has all the info..

http://www.port66.co.uk/black-ipa-brewing-tips/

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[IainM]

That is quite heavy on the dark malts. I would half the amount of chocolate and cara-aroma (my personal preference). I'd also up the dry hop, a lot. Best option would be pungent American/Antipodean hops (Simcoe, Citra, Amarillo, Mosaic, Galaxy, Nelson Sauvin, Centennial, Chinook or Eukanot), but if these are hard to find then Cascade or Ahtanum would work.