I just brewed my first Black IPA. I did a Black Oatmeal IPA though and used some flaked oats and Blackprinz. It's in secondary right now with a bunch of Mosaic, but I'd have to agree that the Blackprinz gives more complexity right now. I'm super excited for the finished product!!
I have made two brews with the Robobrew Gen 3 now and love it! It's super clean and simple. I'm having trouble figuring out my efficiency though. I'm at 50% right now and I should be getting upwards of 72%. I use a little thinner mash because of the false bottom on the kettle so I have been...
I just did my first homebrew a week ago and I did a Rye IPA. I think that might be too much rye. I used only 1# of rye with 1# of munich and 7#'s of LME. Hopped with Chinook, Williamette, Glacier and orange peel. Dry hopping with Citra. It's been just over a week and is tasting really good...
My co-worker just gave me a pound of Pride of Ringwood to try out for some homebrewing. I want to do a Pilsner for the summer and like Papazian's Honey Pilsener recipe(pg 186-187). I'm thinking of tweaking it though and using 1 1/2 oz POR(60 min) and then Honey at 10 min and Crystal at 5 min...