El Dorado Session IPA Critique
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technobabble66
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Looks about right.
The estimated ratio people seem happiest to target is roughly 1:1 for IBU:OG. You've got that.
I've not tried El Dorado to know whether it'll stand well by itself. I'd be tempted to also chuck something else in at 20mins or 0mins to add a bit more complexity.
Fwiw, I'd suggest a session IPA is basically an APA. So I'd say this looks more like an APA technically. Not that it matters really.
Also, not everyone likes crystal in their hoppy IPAs/APAs. Sometimes it works well, other times it sort of detracts or distracts a bit from the hops. So it's not a bad thing, it's just whether you think it'll work the way you want, or if you should go for a non-Crystal approach (if so, use some (5-10%?) Munich instead). Either way, you've only got ~3%, so it's not much to stress about.
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Good luck and report your results!
Ps: Is gladfield med Crystal only EBC 78?
The estimated ratio people seem happiest to target is roughly 1:1 for IBU:OG. You've got that.
I've not tried El Dorado to know whether it'll stand well by itself. I'd be tempted to also chuck something else in at 20mins or 0mins to add a bit more complexity.
Fwiw, I'd suggest a session IPA is basically an APA. So I'd say this looks more like an APA technically. Not that it matters really.
Also, not everyone likes crystal in their hoppy IPAs/APAs. Sometimes it works well, other times it sort of detracts or distracts a bit from the hops. So it's not a bad thing, it's just whether you think it'll work the way you want, or if you should go for a non-Crystal approach (if so, use some (5-10%?) Munich instead). Either way, you've only got ~3%, so it's not much to stress about.
2c
Good luck and report your results!
Ps: Is gladfield med Crystal only EBC 78?
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I'm yet to make one but from my research, mainly brewing podcasts they say to add 8% carapils for body and 5% wheat for mouthfeel.
These 2 combined with heaps of late hop additions will be worth while. Maybe just use a bittering hop like magnum, warrior or Columbus to 10ibu but via first wort to reduce the edge.
These 2 combined with heaps of late hop additions will be worth while. Maybe just use a bittering hop like magnum, warrior or Columbus to 10ibu but via first wort to reduce the edge.
technobabble66
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Yep missed that. Replace the calcium chloride with calcium sulfate (ie: gypsum).
+1 to the idea of Fresh Wort Hopping. I'd just do several grams and then get most of your IBUs from late hopping
+1 to the idea of Fresh Wort Hopping. I'd just do several grams and then get most of your IBUs from late hopping
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