All late-addition IPA (Simcoe, Amarillo, Citra)

Just brewed this on Sunday. My actual mash temp ended up being 154, and my boil was only 75 minutes because I spilled some of my sparge water (on my HAND-ouch. ). OG was 1.064. Yeasties had me scared for a moment but fermentation started showing signs this morning. We'll see how it turns out!

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Recipe: Lauren's Titty IPA (all late hops)
Brewer: Craig and Lauren
Asst Brewer:
Style: American IPA
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 7.31 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.50 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 4.60 gal
Estimated OG: 1.062 SG
Estimated Color: 7.4 SRM
Estimated IBU: 59.6 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 60.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 69.0 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
12 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 84.2 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 3 3.5 %
0.25 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 mins) Fining 10 -
2.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 15 -
1 lbs 8.0 oz Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 2 10.5 %
0.30 oz Citra [13.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 9 6.7 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 8 10.7 IBUs
0.50 oz Citra [13.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 13 4.5 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 14 4.3 IBUs
2.00 oz Amarillo Gold [9.20 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Day Hop 17 0.0 IBUs
3.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Primary 3.0 days) Other 16 -
0.30 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 6 7.9 IBUs
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [9.20 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 7 7.6 IBUs
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [9.20 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 12 3.1 IBUs
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [9.20 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 11 5.6 IBUs
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [9.20 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 5 9.3 IBUs
4.0 oz Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 4 1.8 %


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 14 lbs 4.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 4.79 gal of water at 162.9 F 152.0 F 60 min

Sparge: Drain mash tun, Batch sparge with 1 steps (4.48gal) of 168.0 F water
Notes:
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I'd bump up the IBUs and addition there. I have found that when you only late hop the bitterness is smooth to the point where it can appear nonexistant. If that is what you are after....go for it. I just popped open my DIPA at 88 IBU and it has a mild bite at best. Very good but if you enjoy the bitter bite of IPAs you can go a lot higher than you think without it being too powerful. Just what I've found. I have done maybe 30 late hop only ales in the last year.

10 days ago I did a somewhat similar hop attack as you did. I also used about 2 lbs less grain and hope that wasn't a mistake. I was trying to keep the ABV down so I can slam more down without getting stupid but won't know for a bit. Here's what I did and it was the BEST smelling brew day ever. I'm about to dry hop and I can still smell the fermenter 6 feet away.

Here's where I was going with this. I had just made a beer with 13.5 oz of hops and hopbursting and wanted to come close to that using much less hops so I hit this with a 60 minute (really FWH) then did more of a traditional late hopburst.

Recipe: NOLA Hopocalypse
Brewer: Paul
Asst Brewer:
Style: American IPA
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 8.76 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.76 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal
Bottling Volume: 4.75 gal
Estimated OG: 1.059 SG
Estimated Color: 6.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 104.4 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 85.1 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
10 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 80.0 %
1 lbs Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 8.0 %
8.0 oz Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) Grain 3 4.0 %
8.0 oz Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 4 4.0 %
8.0 oz Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 5 4.0 %
1.00 oz Chinook [13.00 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 6 44.1 IBUs
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 7 7.9 IBUs
0.50 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 8 11.2 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 9 12.1 IBUs
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 10 4.8 IBUs
0.50 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 11 6.7 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 12 7.3 IBUs
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 13 2.6 IBUs
0.50 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 14 3.7 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 15 4.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 16 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 17 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 18 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) [35. Yeast 19 -
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Day Hop 20 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 21 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 22 0.0 IBUs


Mash Schedule: BIAB, Full Body
Total Grain Weight: 12 lbs 8.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Saccharification Add 42.70 qt of water at 162.1 F 156.0 F 60 min
Mash Out Heat to 168.0 F over 7 min 168.0 F 10 min

Here's mine:

11 lb 2 row
1 lb white wheat
.5 lb munich 10
.5 lb crystal 10
.75 oz citra FWH
.5 simcoe 15 min
.5 citra 10 min
1 oz amarillo 5 min
2 oz citra 0 min
1 oz citra 0 min

dry hop: 2.25 citra, 2 amarillo, 0.25 simcoe for 10 days
wlp 007
mash 154
ferment ~64

It turned out great, especially the aroma. Pouring a pint would make my whole basement stink. Can't wait to make it again.

1.062/1.014 42 IBU