A Newb Hope IIPA - critique please

[arbadarchi]

4 gallon batch

7.5 lb 2row
2lb Pilsner
.5 lb flaked oats
.5 lb crystal 15
1lb corn sugar

.3 oz chinook @ 60

1 oz each of chinook, centennial, cascade @ 15
2 oz each of chinook, centennial, cascade @ 180f for 30 min hopstand
2 oz each of chinook, centennial, cascade for 5 days dry hop.

us05 start at 62f and increase to 70 by end of fermentation.

I have already Brewer this and got an OG of 1.078 which should put this at around 8.2%

I am wondering how the Pilsner is going to taste along with the classic hop flavors but it smelled fantastic going into the fermenter.

Let me know what you think!

 

[arbadarchi]

Bump

 

[SLFcentralOH]

Im a newb myself, but I'm thinking the pilsner is not really going to show up in this recipe.

 

[Jimbodaman]

I'd stick to just one base malt, or if you want to be noticeably unique do 50/50 Pale Malt/Vienna, It would make things interesting

 

[rnm410]

Why the pils, why the oats?

 

[arbadarchi]

I had an IIPA from deschutes that was pils and oats. I really liked it, but thought the pils taste should be toned down. And read that oats is good for mouthfeel and head retention

 

[Bosh]

Looks fine. Did some beers with all hops at 60 min and some at a 180 hop stand and got great aroma but not quite the flavor I was hoping for. Maybe some hops at flame out?

 

[slym2none]

Dry-hopping adds a good amount of flavour as well as aroma.

I would say, move the 30-minute additions down to 20- or even 15-minutes. Also, try a contrasting hop in place of one or two of the dry-hops. Like, keep the Centennial but try Citra/Simcoe for the other two instead of Cascade & Chinook. Or keep the Cascade & use Columbus/Mosaic, or Galaxy/Nelson.

 

[arbadarchi]

I didn't have a 30 minute addition, I did have a 15 though

 

[slym2none]

Pardons, my mistake.

 

[chickypad]

I mainly wanted to say I like the name
But the recipe looks good too. I agree the pils probably won't show itself but nothing wrong with mixing light base malts in something like this if you're using up ingredients.