PGHBrew

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What do you think about this IPA I am brewing on Friday?

OG - 1.066
Target FG - 1.015
IBU - 52
Mash Temp-153F
Brewhouse Eff. 75%
5.5 gal

11.70 # American 2-Row (87%)
0.70 # Carmel 40L (5%)
1.10 # Munich (8%)

.5 oz Nugget @ 60 min 13%AA - 26 IBU
.5 oz Cascade @ 20 min 5.9% AA - 6 IBU
.5 oz Amarillo @ 15 minu 8.6% AA - 8 IBU
1 oz Cascade @ 5 min 5.9% AA - 5 IBU
1 oz Amarillo @ 5 min 8.6% AA - 7 IBU

Dry Hop .5 oz Amarillo, .5 oz Cascade for 1 Week


Pitching onto WLP California Ale yeast cake.


Comments are appreciated.

Ketchepillar

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Definitely not hoppy enough for me, but that's just me. I would do at least a 1:1 grain:hop ratio. Also, I'd double (or triple) the dry-hopping.

Other things to note: I've been contemplating why my IIPA didn't dry out more. It was a pretty simple, and actually very similar grain bill to yours. It attenuated 84% but was left with too much sweetness in my opinion. I've narrowed it down to too high of a boil-off rate (1.5gal/h), causing increased melanoidin production. It was definitely darker than BTP's given SRM. Second, I just my tap water, which has a pretty even sulfate:chloride ratio. Next time I'm gonna bump up that sulfate to get the bitterness to really shine.

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I think he meant OG to IBU ratio, you are in the ball park so I think you will be fine. I would bump up the dry hops to 1 oz of each.

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Thanks for the input. My sulfate:chloride ratio here is a about 1. I have pretty soft water as well. I was thinking of adding a little table salt and burtonizing with gypsum. My reason for the salt was so my ratio doesn't get too high.

I will definately bump up the dry hops. If I am to up the IBU's would you recommend doing it in the bittering or flavor additions? I will have .5 oz of Nugget left over but was not sure about adding it in the later additions.

wizardofza

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Depends what you're looking for in hop characteristics. If you want more aroma/flavor as well as bittering, then up the later hop additions.

Myself, I prefer getting my IBUs from later hop additions because I enjoy the extra aroma and flavor you get out of them. But it does mean that you'll need more hops to reach a certain IBU than if you were to add them more towards the beginning of the boil.

PGHBrew

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I enjoy the hoppy aroma and flavor as well. I think I will bump up the 15 and 20 min additions to .75 oz each. That will put me around 60 IBUs and a BU:GU of 0.9. Thanks for the help.