First Recipe - IIPA- Suggestions before I brew please!

12 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 75.0 %
1 lbs Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 2 6.3 %
8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 3.1 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 4 3.1 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 5 3.1 %

1.00 oz Simcoe MH
1.00 oz Citra FWH
1.00 oz Simcoe FWH
1.00 oz Citra 45.0 min Hop
1.00 oz Simcoe 45.0 min Hop
1.00 oz Citra 15.0 min Hop
0.50 oz Centennial [10.80 %] - 15.0 min Hop
0.50 oz Centennial [10.80 %] - 0.0 min Hop
0.50 oz Citra [13.70 %] - 0.0 min Hop
1 lbs 8.0 oz Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (0.0 SRM) Sugar 17 9.4 %

2.00 oz Centennial [10.80 %] - Dry Hop 7.0
2.00 oz Citra [13.70 %] - Dry Hop 7.0
(Split into two Dry Hops, 1oz of each in the first week, the rest in week two of secondary)


Just kinda thrown together. Looking for something dry and hoppy. Would love some tips and advice before I attempt it!

Svenhook said:

12 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 75.0 %
1 lbs Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 2 6.3 %
8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 3.1 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 4 3.1 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 5 3.1 %

1.00 oz Simcoe MH
1.00 oz Citra FWH
1.00 oz Simcoe FWH
1.00 oz Citra 45.0 min Hop
1.00 oz Simcoe 45.0 min Hop
1.00 oz Citra 15.0 min Hop
0.50 oz Centennial [10.80 %] - 15.0 min Hop
0.50 oz Centennial [10.80 %] - 0.0 min Hop
0.50 oz Citra [13.70 %] - 0.0 min Hop
1 lbs 8.0 oz Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (0.0 SRM) Sugar 17 9.4 %

2.00 oz Centennial [10.80 %] - Dry Hop 7.0
2.00 oz Citra [13.70 %] - Dry Hop 7.0
(Split into two Dry Hops, 1oz of each in the first week, the rest in week two of secondary)

Just kinda thrown together. Looking for something dry and hoppy. Would love some tips and advice before I attempt it!

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I would move the vast majority of your hops to 15 min and later or your beer will be very bitter with little or no flavor/ aroma.

Here is an updated version. Anyone else have any thoughts? Thanks for the recommendation!


11 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 68.8 %
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 2 6.3 %
1 lbs Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 3 6.3 %
8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 4 3.1 %
1.00 oz Simcoe [11.90 %] - Mash 60.0 min Hop 5 6.9 IBUs
1.50 oz Simcoe [11.90 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 6 56.9 IBUs
1.00 oz Centennial [10.80 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 7 15.5 IBUs
1.00 oz Citra [13.70 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 8 19.7 IBUs
1.00 oz Centennial [10.80 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 9 11.3 IBUs
1.00 oz Citra [13.70 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 10 14.4 IBUs
1.00 oz Centennial [10.80 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Citra [13.70 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 12 0.0 IBUs
2 lbs 8.0 oz Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (0.0 SRM) Sugar 13 15.6 %
1.00 oz Centennial [10.80 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 14 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Citra [13.70 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 15 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Simcoe [11.90 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 16 0.0 IBUs

Hey, we live in the same town! The updated version looks good, though you may want to cut back on the Crystal malt. You've got 2.5# of it, but then again you have 2.5# of corn sugar, so those will kind of counter-balance. I'd say just go for it and let us know how it turns out.

What temperature are you planning to mash at?

Why bit shoot for a lb of the Carapils? Take this with a grain of salt, I have only built two recipes