Recipe Critique Please...Jackhammer IPA

Recipe: Jackhammer IPA
Style: American IPA
TYPE: All Grain

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 7.22 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.72 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.063 SG
Estimated Color: 8.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 60.5 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 80.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
10 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 87.5 %
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 2 8.3 %
8.0 oz Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 3 4.2 %
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Mash 75.0 min Hop 4 4.0 IBUs
0.75 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 60. Hop 5 36.8 IBUs
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 6 5.8 IBUs
0.50 oz Ahtanum [6.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 7 5.2 IBUs
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 8 3.5 IBUs
0.50 oz Admiral [14.75 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 9 5.1 IBUs
2.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 10 -
0.50 oz Ahtanum [6.00 %] - Dry Hop 14.0 Days Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Dry Hop 14.0 Days Hop 12 0.0 IBUs


Mash Schedule: BIAB, Medium Body
Total Grain Weight: 12 lbs
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Saccharification Add 7.97 gal of water at 159.7 F 152.1 F 75 min
Mash Out Heat to 168.0 F over 7 min 168.0 F 10 min

Sparge: Remove grains, and prepare to boil wort


What do you think?

You have over 8% medium crystal and over 4% honey malt... This is too sweet for a low OG IPA mashed at 152 F... at least for me. Replace some of that with carapils or wheat malt and/or mash a little lower.

Am I reading this right? Are you mash hopping? What is your goal there? The hop schedule as is, is my highest concern. You'll need more hops all around.

Yes, I wanted to try mash hopping for aroma. Just thought I would try it. I was not shooting for a "huge" IPA, but something more than a APA

Good point about the Crystal and Honey I dropped to 8/4 oz and added 8 oz Carapils

Mash hopping won't give you aroma. If you want though, you can try something unconventional... mash hop, first wort hop, and bitter with the same 1.0 to 1.5 oz. or so of hops throughout...Never discard them. I tried this twice for my smooth hoppy beers, and it worked well. For a smooth APA with a ton of aroma, the only other additions you need to add would be a bunch of flameout and dryhop additions. Nothing between 59-1 min. I found this method to work rather well for your goal.