StrongBad42
Well-Known Member
I bought the Citra Pale Ale kit from Morebeer.com and I'm trying to turn it into a DIPA. I'm looking for some suggestions to improve it as I'm not very familiar with creating recipes yet. Here's what I have so far:
Citra DIPA
Imperial IPA
Type: Extract Date: 8/31/2013
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 2.30 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
Ingredients
Grains:
8 lbs Ultralight Malt Extract [Boil for 10 min] (2.2 SRM) 60.4 %
3 lbs Munich Malt Extract (9.0 SRM) 22.6 %
8.0 oz Sugar, Table (Sucrose) (1.0 SRM) 3.8 %
Steeping Grains:
12.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 15L (15.0 SRM) 5.7 %
8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) 3.8 %
8.0 oz White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) 3.8 %
Hops:
0.50 oz Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min 6 8.3 IBUs
1.00 oz Citra [14.00 %] - Boil 25.0 min 11.6 IBUs
1.00 oz Citra [14.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min 8.2 IBUs
1.00 oz Citra [14.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min 3.3 IBUs
2.00 oz Citra [14.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 12 0.0 IBUs
Yeast:
1.0 pkg California Ale (White Labs #WLP001)
Beer Profile:
Est Original Gravity: 1.082 SG Measured Original Gravity: 1.080 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.016 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.016 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 8.8 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 8.5 %
Bitterness: 82.2 IBUs Calories: 274.0 kcal/12oz
Est Color: 8.1 SRM
Citra DIPA
Imperial IPA
Type: Extract Date: 8/31/2013
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 2.30 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
Ingredients
Grains:
8 lbs Ultralight Malt Extract [Boil for 10 min] (2.2 SRM) 60.4 %
3 lbs Munich Malt Extract (9.0 SRM) 22.6 %
8.0 oz Sugar, Table (Sucrose) (1.0 SRM) 3.8 %
Steeping Grains:
12.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 15L (15.0 SRM) 5.7 %
8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) 3.8 %
8.0 oz White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) 3.8 %
Hops:
0.50 oz Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min 6 8.3 IBUs
1.00 oz Citra [14.00 %] - Boil 25.0 min 11.6 IBUs
1.00 oz Citra [14.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min 8.2 IBUs
1.00 oz Citra [14.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min 3.3 IBUs
2.00 oz Citra [14.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 12 0.0 IBUs
Yeast:
1.0 pkg California Ale (White Labs #WLP001)
Beer Profile:
Est Original Gravity: 1.082 SG Measured Original Gravity: 1.080 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.016 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.016 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 8.8 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 8.5 %
Bitterness: 82.2 IBUs Calories: 274.0 kcal/12oz
Est Color: 8.1 SRM