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I've come up with my own IPA recipe and I'm going to go purchase the ingredients Thursday. For the past week, I've been set on using American 2-Row pale malt as my base, but then tonight I've started to consider switching to Maris Otter. If I do that, should I change my quantities? This is my first all-grain batch, so sorry for the newbie question. Here's the recipe if interested:

Batch Size: 5 Gallons
Type: All Grain
Target OG: 1.060
Boil Time: 60 Mins
Anticipated Efficiency: 70%

grains:
10.0 lbs Pale Ale Malt
1.0 lbs Vienna Malt
0.75 lbs Caramel 60
0.5 lbs Victory Malt
0.25 lbs Carapils

Mash at 152F.
Mash Volume 3.75
60 Min mash.

Batch sparge with enough 172F water to achieve a boil volume of 6.5 gal.

Boil
Target Boil Volume: 6.5 gallons

Hop Additions:

0.75 Oz Magnum 60 min
0.50 Oz Cascade 20 Min
0.75 Oz Centennial 15 min
0.50 Oz Cascade 10 Min
1 Oz Cascade 5 Min
0.75 Oz Centennial 2 Min

1 Packet Dry Nottingham Yeast


Primary Ferment 14 days
Dry Hop Additional 5-7 days
1.0 Oz Cascade
0.75 Oz Centennial

passedpawn

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One thing that bugs me is a IPA with no malt backbone. I like hops, but I like some malt to add complexity to the thing.

Maris Otter has a bit of that. However, with your grain bill, you won't need it. The Crystal 60 and Victory will be plenty. Save the $$ and get the cheap 2-row.

BTW, looks like a great beer.

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bgburdman9

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I just put together an IPA recipe that is about 50:50 2 row and maris otter plus some other specialty grains.

Yooper

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I like the looks of that recipe! A little victory malt for the biscuity/toasty flavor, a little caramel malt for sweetness, and a great hops schedule. don't change it!

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FlemingsFinest

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thanks alot for the input. my aim with this IPA recipe was to give it the classic hop kick, but not at the expense of my malt bill. i love IPAs that have some serious "backbone" as you have said. I think too often, IPAs are judged solely on their hops, but true depth and complexity comes from the malt bill IMO. I'll let you all know how it goes.

philrose

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Dude, I want to brew your beer! Mind if I give her a shot also?

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FlemingsFinest

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I would be honored! Please just PM me with feedback as you go, I'm very passionate about my brewing so I really want to improve all the time. Good luck and cheers!

oceanselv

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Great recipe. I would only change to a Maris Otter malt and a slightly more British hop schedule if you were trying for an English IPA. Most English IPAs use a combination of East Kent Goldings and Fuggles.

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lumpher

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great recipe. but stick with pale malt. the price is there, the taste difference isn't

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redalert

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I recently made an IPA using Canada 2-row and it was one of the best homebrews I have made since I started brewing.