Recipe Tweak....feedback?!?

You guys know I love some feedback from you all! I tweaked my IPA recipe; it needed some more "umph" and a little more flavor, so I upped the grains a bit and added some Citra. Let me know what you think!


Recipe: HopNaughty IPA (Higher Gravity w/ Citra)


Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 3.50 gal
Estimated OG: 1.078 SG
Estimated Color: 8.6 SRM
Estimated IBU: 71.5 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.00 %
ABV: 7.54%


Ingredients:
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Amount Item
8.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (1.8 SRM)
2.00 lb Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM)
0.80 lb Rye Malt (3.5 SRM)
0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (1.3 SRM)
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM)
0.50 oz Citra [10.30 %] (Dry Hop 7 days)
0.50 oz Simcoe [12.20 %] (Dry Hop 7 days)
0.60 oz Simcoe (HAA) [12.20 %] (60 min)
0.50 oz Centennial [9.20 %] (Dry Hop 7 days)
0.40 oz Cascade [5.40 %] (20 min)
0.40 oz Simcoe [12.20 %] (20 min)
0.40 oz Centennial [9.20 %] (20 min)
0.35 oz Centennial [9.20 %] (10 min)
0.35 oz Cascade [5.40 %] (10 min)
0.40 oz Citra [10.30 %] (10 min)
0.35 oz Citra [10.30 %] (0 min)
0.35 oz Cascade [5.40 %] (0 min)
0.35 oz Centennial [11.40 %] (0 min)
1 Pkgs California Ale V (White Labs #WLP051)

Thanks guys!

You doing a starter with that 051? That's a lot of OG for one pack to chew through...

Citra totally dominates IMO, since I don't care for it I would not use it in dry hopping.

Joemama474 said:

You doing a starter with that 051? That's a lot of OG for one pack to chew through...

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Hadn't planned on it...thought about using the 1084 from wyeast. Never had to much of a problem with such a small batch....if not making a starter, can I just double up packs?!

samc said:

Citra totally dominates IMO, since I don't care for it I would not use it in dry hopping.

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Dominates as in will overpower the other hops?!

brentt03 said:

Hadn't planned on it...thought about using the 1084 from wyeast. Never had to much of a problem with such a small batch....if not making a starter, can I just double up packs?!

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According to the mrmalty.com calculator 2 packs would be just about perfect.