Hop Schedule Advice/help

[hijax]

Hi guys,

planning on putting down a brew tonight with ingredients i have on me. Just wondering what people thoughts are on this hop schedule. I dont really have any idea, just trying things. can anything be improved? Ive got stacks of nelson and centenial and also got 20grms of amarillo.

Thanks in advance.

Type: Extract Date: 2/11/2012
Batch Size (fermenter): 20.00 l Brewer: Jack
Boil Size: 9.82 l Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Pot ( 3 Gal/11.4 L) - Extract
Final Bottling Volume: 19.05 l Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage Taste Rating(out of 50): 30.0


Ingredients

3.00 kg Pale Liquid Extract (15.8 EBC) Extract 1 93.8 %

10.00 g Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min 9.7 IBUs

10.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min 8.1 IBUs

15.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min 7.4 IBUs

10.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min 2.9 IBUs

10.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min0.0 IBUs

1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) [50.28 ml] Yeast 9 -

1.11 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 6 -

0.20 kg Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (0.0 EBC) Sugar 2 6.3 %

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.049 SG Measured Original Gravity: 1.046 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.009 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.2 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.7 %
Bitterness: 28.2 IBUs Calories: 427.1 kCal/12 oz
Est Color: 14.3 EBC

 

[glaab]

looks ok but way low on bitterness for me. If it's coopers LLME it'll finish more like 1014-16 so the IBU/SG ratio will make it too sweet. Don't use whirfloc in extract.

 

[Pennywise]

yeah I'd up the bitterness to maybe 35 IBU, looks good otherwise