First try...need opinions

Well, I decided to try and play around with Beersmith a little and "produce my own" for a change. This is my first cut at my take on a hoppy American Pale Ale. I need soe feedback from the experts here before I actually brew it.

The Legend of Bigfoot IPA
Ingredients

Amount / Item / Type / % or IBU
3.50 lb / Amber Dry Extract (12.5 SRM) / Dry Extract / 36.8 %
5.00 lb / Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) / Extract / 52.6 %
1.00 lb / Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) / Grain / 10.5 %
2.00 oz / Centennial [10.00%] (60 min) / Hops / 23.7 IBU
1.50 oz / Centennial [10.00%] (30 min) / Hops / 13.7 IBU
1.50 oz / Fuggles [4.50%] (15 min) / Hops / 4.0 IBU
1.00 oz / Fuggles [4.50%] (2 min) / Hops / 0.5 IBU
1.00 oz / Goldings, East Kent [5.00%] / (Dry Hop 3 days)
1 Pkgs / Irish Ale (Wyeast Labs #1084) Yeast-Ale



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.067 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.017 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.5 %
Bitterness: 41.8 IBU
Est Color: 14.9 SRM

Sounds good. My local brewpub uses EKG in their IPA, it works well. Nice change from Cascades, which seems to dominate the Left Coast IPAs.

All those hops give me 138+ IBUs using Promash. Is there really that big of a discrepancy between those 2 programs?

ORRELSE said:

All those hops give me 138+ IBUs using Promash. Is there really that big of a discrepancy between those 2 programs?

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Sorry, in my calulations, I am doing extract with a 2-gallon boil. Big difference is in the boil volume. I need to go huge on the hops to compensate for the lower volume.

-Todd

HomerT said:

Sorry, in my calulations, I am doing extract with a 2-gallon boil. Big difference is in the boil volume. I need to go huge on the hops to compensate for the lower volume.
-Todd

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Gotcha.

You can always boil some of the hops separately in straight water for better extraction. Start the bittering hops in a gallon of water when you start steeping the crystal.

Well, I made a few tweaks based on some input I recieved various places.

The Legend of Bigfoot IPA
Ingredients

Amount / Item / Type / % or IBU
3.50 lb Amber Dry Extract (12.5 SRM) Dry Extract 36.8 %
5.00 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 52.6 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 10.5 %
1.75 oz Centennial [10.00%] (60 min) Hops 20.7 IBU
1.25 oz Centennial [10.00%] (30 min) Hops 11.4 IBU
1.25 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00%] (15 min) Hops 10.3 IBU
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00%] (2 min) Hops 1.4 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50%] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops -
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
4.00 oz Oak Chips (Secondary 7.0 days) Misc
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) Yeast-Ale

Est Original Gravity: 1.067 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.016 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.7 %
Bitterness: 43.8 IBU
Est Color: 14.9 SRM
Color: Color