Long Trail Limbo IPA Clone

Long Trail brewery up in Vermont recently came out with a new IPA called Limbo IPA. I fell in love, and I want to recreate the magic at home. The recipe is just based off of the website specs, so I could use some input from some more experienced brewers. This is only about my 8th all grain batch, and the first in which I've tried to figure out the ratios on my own. Let me know what you think!

Based on:
http://www.longtrail.com/family-of-ales/ales/limbo-ipa.aspx

Recipe: Limbo IPA Clone
Style: American IPA
TYPE: All Grain

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 7.32 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.82 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.25 gal
Estimated OG: 1.069 SG
Estimated Color: 6.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 84.1 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 66.2 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:

Grain

14 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 90.6 %
1 lbs White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 6.2 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 3.1 %

Hops

1.00 oz Bravo [15.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 51.1 IBUs
1.00 oz Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 15.6 IBUs
1.00 oz Galaxy [14.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 9.2 IBUs
1.00 oz Mosaic [12.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 8.2 IBUs
1.00 oz Galaxy [14.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Mosaic [12.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Galaxy [14.00 %] - Dry Hop 10.0 Days Hop 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Mosaic [12.50 %] - Dry Hop 10.0 Days Hop 0.0 IBUs

Yeast: WLP-001 (1 L starter)

Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 16 lbs
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 20.00 qt of water at 159.1 F 148.0 F 75 min

I'm not so sure about using the same number of mosaic and galaxy hops, as I don't know if one will overpower the other. I'm just looking for that Australian/West Coast tropical kick.

Did you brew this? I too like the limbo ipa. I was wondering how its coming along.


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You sure they use galaxy and chinook or just guessing?

While its not an exact clone, I brewed this a few months ago and it was real close. Very drinkable IPA.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/long-trail-limbo-ipa-clone.144656/#post-2283177

Looks nice.. Gonna be a while but I'll start gathering the goodies. Thanks.


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Got 12gallons bubbling away. Missed a few marks dialing in new equipment but all in all I'm figuring it to be delicious anyhow. Came in at 1.062.




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dry hopped a couple days ago.. Racking in the morning. Smells fantastic.


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Have more people tried this recipe? ? Limbo is one of my favorites!