Hey fellow brewers 
I've been brewing a couple of kit brews, but haven't really gotten into the flavour of the beer too much.
I think it was largely dependent on my fermentation temperatures not being kept at the right level (e.g. approximately 24C!!)
So I sorted a thermostat controlled brew fridge and tried my luck at partial mashing.
I really enjoyed the mashing process, and I thought I might as well jump right into a BIAB setup.
This is the first brew I'll do, controlling grain, hops and that all important fermentation process, I'm pretty excited about this
My recipe started out as Bull's Tail Pale Ale (SMaSH). I was going to stick pretty much with it, but change the Pride of Ringwood hops for Citra, as I like that hop better.
I called up the local brew shop, who unfortunately only had expensive 5g packets of Citra... (bought some of eBay but will have to wait for those to arrive for the next brew)
Using the recipe calculator on BrewersFriend.com I concocted something slightly different.
It's a 12L Batch Size, because I want to make more brew batches to get my skills up.
I anticipate on doing approximately a 60 minute boil.
Bosco IPA
2.5 Kg Cracked Pale Malt
0.5 Kg Cracked Crystal Malt
10 g Amarillo @ 60min
25 g Amarillo 45min
15 g Galaxy 5min
1 packet US-05 Yeast
Stats
Original Gravity 1.057
Final Gravity 1.014
ABV 5.62%
IBU 58.70
SRM 14.29
I love American IPAs, and a smack in the mouth with hops is definitely not a bad thing hehe
I'm curious to hear your thoughts on this. I'm also tossing up if I should chuck Whirfloc in the last 10 mins of the boil. Also wondering if I should use half a yeast packet or a whole one...
Input is very welcomed!
Cheers
Martin
