India Black Ale Beer Kit

Description

Your India Black Ale gives you a full-bodied brew with deep dark color and smooth creamy texture from the roasted malts grain bill. The hop forward profile from Columbus, Warrior, and Cascade hops meshes well with the dark roasted flavors normally found in a porter or stout.

Your Label Peelers Indian Black Ale Original Beer Kit never sits on a shelf. Your grains are crushed to order. Your ingredients are packed fresh and you don't pay for a flashy box. It's all about providing you with the freshest ingredients for you to make your best beer.

Beer Specifications

• ABV: 8.1% - 8.3%
• Original Gravity: 1.076 - 1.080
• Final Gravity: 1.014 - 1.018
• IBUs: 129.4 IBU
• SRM: 38° SRM Black

Ingredients

Extracts

• 5 lbs - Amber DME
• 3 lbs - Dark DME

Specialty Grains (combined into one bag)

• 1 lb - Brewers 2 Row Malt
• 8 oz - Crystal 120L Malt
• 8 oz - Victory Malt
• 8 oz - Chocolate Malt
• 4 oz - Midnight Wheat

Hops (substitutions based on availability)

• 2 oz - Columbus Hops (60 Mins)
• 1 oz - Warrior Hops (60 Mins)
• 1 oz - Cascade Hops (30 Mins)
• 1 oz - Cascade Hops (15 Mins)
• 1 oz - Cascade Hops (5 Mins)
• 1 oz - Cascade Hops (Dry Hop)

Yeast (substitutions based on availability)

• 2 - Safale US-05

Also Included

• 5 oz - Priming Sugar
• 2 - Grain Bags

Instructions

Hop Schedule

• 60 minutes: 2 oz - Columbus Hops
• 60 minutes: 1 oz - Warrior Hops
• 30 minutes: 1 oz - Cascade Hops
• 15 minutes: 1 oz - Cascade Hops
• 5 minutes: 1 oz - Cascade Hops
• Dry Hop: 1 oz - Cascade Hops

1. Heat 2-3 gallons of water to 155°F.
2. Place specialty grains in a muslin grain bag and steep in the hot water for 30 minutes.
3. Remove the grain bag, sparge (rinse the grains) with water into the kettle, and discard.
4. Stir in the dry malt extract until it is fully dissolved.
5. Bring your wort to a rolling boil.
6. Add the hops according to the hop schedule listed above.
7. Boil for 60 minutes, stirring occasionally.
8. Once the 60 minute boil is complete, cool the wort to around 70°F with an ice bath or immersion wort chiller.
9. Transfer the wort to a sanitized fermenter and top off with cold water to 5 gallons.
10. Pitch the yeast (both packs) and seal the fermenter.
11. Ferment at 68-70°F for 10-14 days or until fermentation slows. (3-4 Days before bottling, add in 1 oz Cascade to dry hop)
12. Transfer to a bottling bucket and stir in 5 oz. priming sugar. Mix until evenly distributed and bottle your beer.
13. Once bottled, allow 2 weeks for carbonation in a cool, dark room. Enjoy!