IPA recipe help

[technobabble66]

Aahh good.
Then i just need to read a little more on the flavour chemistry

...Or is it just easier to accept the minimums in Bru'n Water and focus on other stuff, do you think?

EDIT - or rather: mants, why do you chose to add extra to the boil, rather than just stick it all in the mash/sparge?

 

[manticle]

Like everything - brew, taste, think, relate results to reading and tweak, brew, taste, read.
The levels of nerd you apply are up to you but the principles are the same.

 

[technobabble66]

Went with the recipe in thread#10, with a modified Mash schedule of 65/72/78 for 70/20/2.
It'll then probably sit in the cube, in the queue, for ~3-4wks.
Fingers crossed!

Thanks to everyone for their help & suggestions!! Most appreciated

 

[droid]

and the results? curious minds and all

 

[technobabble66]

Was sampled by a few at the MM xmas bash on sunday. It'd had ~3 weeks in the bottle by then.
All good feedback, i believe.
All the basics were good - carb, mouthfeel, etc
Bitterness seemed definitely on the strong side, but quite smooth.
Hops flavour & aroma good, but was lower than the XPAs & DIPAs at the bash. However, they all seemed to have 50-100% more dry hopping than mine, so it might be i just need to up my dry hopping. Good balance of fruity & resin/herbal.
Nice malty backbone, but i'd like to bring out a little more oomph next time - whether that's more Munich or Wheat to get the specific effect I'm after (e.g.: like Yob's APAs/IPAs) i'm not sure.
Pretty happy with the results, tbh.
I now just need to do a 2nd batch using the chiller, then compare.

 

[droid]

thanks mate :beer: