Ipa Recipe Thoughts - Mashing In Soon.

[adryargument]

Alright, i have put together the following.
Going to be pushing my system to its limits really.

Hows the grain bill / hops look?

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 75.12 l
Post Boil Volume: 55.12 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 50.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.071 SG
Estimated Color: 14.0 SRM
Estimated IBU: 84.1 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 79.5 %
Boil Time: 120 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
45.00 l Ideal Pale/IPA Water 1 -
11.25 kg Pale Malt, Traditional Ale (Joe White) ( Grain 2 75.0 %
1.80 kg Carared (Weyermann) (24.0 SRM) Grain 3 12.0 %
1.80 kg Munich I (Weyermann) (7.1 SRM) Grain 4 12.0 %
0.15 kg Chocolate Malt (Thomas Fawcett) (508.0 S Grain 5 1.0 %
40.00 g Cascade [4.80 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 6 7.1 IBUs
40.00 g Columbus (Tomahawk) [12.90 %] - Boil 30. Hop 7 19.0 IBUs
20.00 g Chinook [10.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 8 7.3 IBUs
40.00 g Cascade [4.80 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 9 5.6 IBUs
40.00 g Columbus (Tomahawk) [12.90 %] - Boil 20. Hop 10 14.9 IBUs
20.00 g Chinook [10.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 11 5.8 IBUs
40.00 g Cascade [4.80 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 12 3.3 IBUs
40.00 g Columbus (Tomahawk) [12.90 %] - Boil 10. Hop 13 8.9 IBUs
20.00 g Chinook [10.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 14 3.5 IBUs
40.00 g Cascade [4.80 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 15 1.8 IBUs
40.00 g Columbus (Tomahawk) [12.90 %] - Boil 5.0 Hop 16 4.9 IBUs
20.00 g Chinook [10.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 17 1.9 IBUs
4.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 18 -
40.00 g Cascade [4.80 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 19 0.0 IBUs
40.00 g Columbus (Tomahawk) [12.90 %] - Dry Hop Hop 20 0.0 IBUs
20.00 g Chinook [10.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 21 0.0 IBUs

Total Grain Weight: 15.00 kg
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash Step Heat to 65.0 C 65.0 C 60 min
Mash Step Heat to 67.8 C over 15 min 67.8 C 15 min

 

[mje1980]

12% each of carared and munich might make it a little cloying/sweet. However, there seems to be 2 different options here, some like to up the crystal to balance the high IBU, while others like to lower the crystal to dry it out, and bring out the bitterniess/hoppiness. I prefer to dry them out, so i'd drop it to 5% max of the grist as munich and/or carared. Remember, at 1.070 you're going to have a good malt backbone already. Hops look fine

 

[adryargument]

Cheers,
I had just crushed the grain so i'm not to fused.

However i have reduced the mash temp to 63 to compensate a tad.

 

[BreathingHeat]

I would consider replacing the late addition and dry chinook with more columbus. Chinook is one of the few hops that does next to nothing late in the game. Should be used exclusively as a bittering hop IMO.

Next time consider way less crystal. I was using <3%, but just brewed a big IPA w/no crystal. 2/3 two row, 1/3 vienna.

I also personally dislike choc malt in IPAs. Find it distracting.

 

[Fourstar]

drop the chocolate malt unless your brewing a hoppy american red?

Oh, i think you also need more cascade, chinook and Columbus!

 

[Nick JD]

A sprinkle of roast barley is delicious in an IPA. Like 30g.

 

[mje1980]

I didn't even see the choc malt. Need to squint more when reading!. I wouldn't add choc, but its done now. Let us know how it goes. Keep the ferment cool too.

 

[adryargument]

Cheers guys, will keep all the notes in mind for next time.
Mash ended up running around between 63-64, Pid really didn't like the abnormal amount of grist/water.

Ended up losing a bit of efficiency due to the small mash tun.

She's in the fermenter at 20'C.
Pitched with around 400ml of solid thick US05 slurry.