DOUBLE IPA critique

Style: Imperial IPA
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 7.94 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.24 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 4.25 gal
Estimated OG: 1.077 SG
Estimated Color: 15.7 SRM
Estimated IBU: 195.7 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 86.4 %
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 80.0 %
2 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 2 13.3 %
1 lbs Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 6.7 %
2.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 90. Hop 4 87.6 IBUs
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 60. Hop 5 40.9 IBUs
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 38.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 15. Hop 7 10.2 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 8 9.4 IBUs
0.50 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 5.0 Hop 9 4.1 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 10 3.8 IBUs
0.50 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 1.0 Hop 11 0.9 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 1.0 min Hop 12 0.8 IBUs
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Dry Hop Hop 14 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 12.0 Days Hop 15 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Dry Hop Hop 16 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 17 0.0 IBUs
2.0 pkg American Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1272) [124 Yeast 13 -


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Total Grain Weight: 15 lbs
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 21.95 qt of water at 163.5 F 150.0 F 75 min

Sparge: Fly sparge with 5.05 gal water at 168.0 F

probably brewing this this weekend. just seeing if anyone had any thoughts on it

Much, much less crystal. Replace with 2 row. More hops in the finish, more dry hops. Otherwise it looks really good. That will be a very dank beer. Toss a little centennial in near the finish and in the dry hop, and you basically have Pliny the Elder.

So say:
14lbs 2-row
8oz Crystal 80
8oz Carapils
3-4oz hops combined for your 1min addition (1.5oz-2oz each)
4-6oz hops dry hopped (not joking here). I'd add 2oz ea of columbus and Simcoe, wait 5-7 days then repeat.
All other hop additions look fine
If you can't find more Simcoe, use some centennial, the three together are basically the Pliny hop bill.

The one thing I can't stress enough is lower the crystal malt amount. In a Double or Imperial IPA, you absolutely don't want that much crystal.

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
16 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 91.4 %
.75 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 90L (80.0 SRM) Grain 2 5.7 %
8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 2.9 %
2.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 90. Hop 4 79.8 IBUs
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 60. Hop 5 37.3 IBUs
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 34.7 IBUs
0.50 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 15. Hop 7 9.3 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 8 8.6 IBUs
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 5.0 Hop 9 7.4 IBUs
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 10 6.9 IBUs
1.50 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 1.0 Hop 11 2.4 IBUs
1.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 1.0 min Hop 12 2.2 IBUs
1.50 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Dry Hop Hop 14 0.0 IBUs
1.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 12.0 Days Hop 15 0.0 IBUs
1.50 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Dry Hop Hop 16 0.0 IBUs
1.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 17 0.0 IBUs
2.0 pkg American Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1272) [124 Yeast 13 -

hows that (hit the 1lb mark on hops)

That should be fantastic. Expect a big, dark, pungent hop aroma, with a fair amount of citrus.