Does My Aipa Need Rescuing?

[kymba]

I brewed an AIPA on the weekend and used my cubes to guesstimate how much water i started with

I used 3 cubes of water, and so assumed there was 60L in pot, whereas in reality there was actually about 70L - i remembered yesterday that the cubes actually hold 23L

So now my FUPA has a starting gravity of 1.047 instead of 1.059, and IBU's at 44.2 instead of 55...is it gunna be farked? or just a different style now?



original recipe

Batch Size (L): 40.0
Total Grain (kg): 10.000
Total Hops (g): 250.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.059 (P): 14.5
Final Gravity (FG): 1.015 (P): 3.8
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.80 %
Colour (SRM): 7.2 (EBC): 14.2
Bitterness (IBU): 51.3 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 75
Boil Time (Minutes): 90

Grain Bill
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5.000 kg Perle Malt (50%)
2.500 kg Vienna (25%)
2.250 kg Pale Malt (22.5%) (could be munich I, there was no label on the bag)
0.250 kg Crystal 80 (2.5%)

Hop Bill (adjusted by 10 minutes on brewday for no-chill)
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5.0 g Falconers Flight Pellet (10.5% Alpha) @ 90 Minutes (Boil) (0.1 g/L)
25.0 g Falconers Flight Pellet (10.5% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.6 g/L)
30.0 g B Saaz Leaf (6.8% Alpha) @ 50 Minutes (Boil) (0.8 g/L)
30.0 g Cascade Pellet (5.5% Alpha) @ 40 Minutes (Boil) (0.8 g/L)
30.0 g B Saaz Leaf (6.8% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil) (0.8 g/L)
30.0 g Cascade Pellet (5.5% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil) (0.8 g/L)
20.0 g Falconers Flight Pellet (10.5% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil) (0.5 g/L)
30.0 g B Saaz Leaf (6.8% Alpha) @ 0 Days (Dry Hop) (0.8 g/L)
30.0 g Cascade Pellet (5.5% Alpha) @ 0 Days (Dry Hop) (0.8 g/L)
20.0 g Falconers Flight Pellet (10.5% Alpha) @ 0 Days (Dry Hop) (0.5 g/L)

Misc Bill
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8.0 g Calcium Chloride @ 0 Minutes (Mash)
2.0 g Epsom Salt (MgSO4) @ 0 Minutes (Mash)
8.0 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) @ 0 Minutes (Mash)
3.0 g Koppafloc @ 0 Minutes (Boil)

Single step Infusion at 64C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 16C with Safale US-05

 

[HeavyNova]

So now my FUPA has a starting gravity of 1.047 instead of 1.059, and IBU's at 44.2 instead of 55...is it gunna be farked? or just a different style now?

I wouldn't worry about it. You made a lot of beer - and that's a good thing!

 

[argon]

sounds like you just made a hoppy pale ale now... leave it as is and enjoy having more beer

 

[bconnery]

You've got a decent malt base to support the hops and because your overall ratios have remained, so your 40somethingOG is matched to 40 something IBUs instead of 50ish/50ish you'll probably have hoppier APA style beer.
The strong flavour of the hops might make me wrong but I think you'll be ok.
I made an IPA for my first AG which was a little under spec as an IPA due to me learning my equipment and process, but as an English Pale it took 2nd at AABC

 

[kymba]

thanks guys

thought i'd be ok with the perle and vienna in there but wanted to check that i wouldn't end up with a dry dock super blonde or something

 

[chappo1970]

It's completely ruined! :icon_vomit:

Better send the lot to me for analysis. I let you know how it turned out! PM me your address and I will remove the offending beer from your property.

 

[kymba]

might take you up on that...only if it turns out shit though