1st IPA Recipe Feedback

[jblack138]

Attempted my first recipe using extract. Looking forward to input & tweaking it. Going to be interesting to see what everyone has to say. Start dry hopping tomorrow!

8 lb Light LME
1 lb Crystal 10L*
.5 lb Munich Light

1 oz Summit (16.3%) @ 60 min
1 oz Citra (14.5%) @ 20 min
.5 oz Citra (14.5%) @ 5 min
.5 oz Cascade (7.3%) @ 5 min
.5 oz Citra (14.5%) @ FO
.5 oz Cascade (7.3%) @ FO
1 oz Citra (14.5%) dry hop 5 days
1 oz Cascade (7.3%) dry hop 5 days

Safale US-05

Steep grains at 165° for 30 min. Add LME @ boil & follow hop schedule. 16 days in primary, then dry hop for 5.

OG: 1.062
FG: ??? Not checking until bottling day

*got excited & didn't pay attention to my numbers. This batch used 60L instead of 10L.

 

[rcsoccer]

Great to see you jumping into an extract recipe! Congrats!

I would say that is a good amount of crystal, but with the 60L it will be much darker than it probably should. Oh well, it will probably still be good! Also, with the Munich, you would need to actually "mash" that grain. That being said, 165 F isn't too far away from standard mash temps, but it is a bit high. Maybe try for 155 F next time. Hops are good, except that I like to add all of my aroma hops at flameout and do a whirlpool and hop stand for about 15-20 mins. I would also add more hops. Maybe double. It is an IPA... Other than that, it seems good to me. Just my $0.02. Everyone will have their way of doing things, and we all learn something new everyday. Ask 10 brewers how they brew a beer and you'll get 100 answers.....

Cheers!

 

[jblack138]

Thanks for the advice. Next time i brew this I'm going to shoot for a partial mash & I'll add the Munich then. Thanks again!