1st Beersmith made IIPA recipe. What do you think?

[nisk916]

OK, I usually brew on the fly, and make recipes in my head. I am horrible about writing anything down, and have few notes. Since I have never made the same brew twice, consistency was non-existent. I decided to change all that. I purchased Beersmith, and have cranked out a few basic recipes. I have yet to brew a big IPA, so I put together a recipe. I just want to know what everyone thinks about it, good or bad. Thanks!


Type: All Grain Date: 1/8/2012
Batch Size (fermenter): 6.00 gal Brewer: Noah Kirchner
Boil Size: 7.25 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 90 min Equipment: 9 gal pot,10 gal cooler mash tun
End of Boil Volume 6.50 gal Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Final Bottling Volume: 6.00 gal Est Mash Efficiency 75.0 %
Fermentation: Conical fermenter Taste Rating(out of 50): 30.0
Taste Notes:
Ingredients


Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
14 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 81.5 %
1 lbs 10.1 oz Carapils (Briess) (1.5 SRM) Grain 2 9.5 %
1 lbs 0.9 oz Caramel Malt - 60L (Briess) (60.0 SRM) Grain 3 6.1 %
8.0 oz Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 4 2.9 %
0.50 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Mash 75.0 min Hop 5 3.9 IBUs
1.00 oz Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 34.9 IBUs
1.00 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 7 24.7 IBUs
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 8 8.9 IBUs
1.00 oz Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 9 7.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 10 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) [50.28 ml] Yeast 11 -
2.00 oz Motueka [7.00 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Days Hop 12 0.0 IBUs

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 17.774 Plato
Est Final Gravity: 2.955 Plato
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 8.2 %
Bitterness: 79.4 IBUs
Est Color: 15.2 SRM

 

[Poobah58]

I think 18.5% crystal malts is WAY too much. Drop the C-pils. It's not needed in a big beer. Replace it with some sugar. If you keep the remaining C-malts, mash no higher than 150F.

 

[day_trippr]

I use all of those hops extensively, and I would move the Citra to either dry hop or flame-out, it's more suited to aroma and/or flavor than as an early addition...

Cheers!

 

[elproducto]

I think 18.5% crystal malts is WAY too much. Drop the C-pils. It's not needed in a big beer. Replace it with some sugar. If you keep the remaining C-malts, mash no higher than 150F.

I dunno.. the Green Flash West Coast IPA clone is similar, and it's a fantastic IPA. I've made it multiple times.

14 lbs US 2 row
1.31 lbs Crystal 40 (substituted for Carastan)
1.31 lbs Carapils

 

[Jwood]

depends how you like your IIPA's. For me, i believe a IIPA emphasizes hops and thats it.

That amount of carapils is not needed. You could do 3-4% of C-60 and then 3-4% of Carapils, drop the Special B. Add some dextrose to the boil to increase the ABV and dry out the beer. And then up your hopping a bit (IIPA i would go anywhere from 80-100 IBU's). You will get the most bang (aroma, flavor wise) out of dry hopping and 2 oz. for 6 gallons is a little weak. I would do at the very least 3-4 ounces.

Your FG looks good, i would still aim for about that. These are my opinions though. I again believe that IIPA's should be hop dominant, not necessarily overly bitter, but a nice bitterness and an abundant amount of hop flavor and aroma.

 

[weirdboy]

I cannot critique the recipe effectively until I know how you plan to mash & ferment the beer.

 

[nisk916]

Mash would be done on a round cooler @150 for 75 minutes, batch sparge.
Fermentation would be controlled temp in a Inductor conical. Most likely 65 stepped to end at 70.

I do like the idea of dropping the carapils. I've used it frequently in my smaller beers, but I think the sugar would be more beneficial. May sub in some dextrose instead.

 

[baldben]

Sounds delicious. Just out of curiosity, what does BeerSmith say your bitterness ratio is? (found to the right of the style comparison)

 

[nisk916]

1.078