All Grain brewer - 1st recipe attempt

[cmscott]

Hi All,

I have been doing home brewing for about a year and have always done all grain. I have about 12 brews under my belt with the first few being kits and than the rest being recipe follows (the later few I did a few minor tweaks).

I am making my first attempt to do a recipe of my own. I am looking for a nice citrusy IPA with a decent malt backbone and little bit of creaminess to it.

Here is what I have

10 lb United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale 38 3.75 75.5%
0.75 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 40L 34 40 5.7%
2 lb American - White Wheat 40 2.8 15.1%
0.5 lb American - Carapils (Dextrine Malt) 33 1.8 3.8%
13.25 lb Total

Hops
0.5 oz Columbus 60 min
0.25 oz Amarillo 30 min
0.25 oz Citra 30 min
0.5 oz Columbus 30 min
0.5 oz Amarillo 5 min
0.5 oz Citra 5 min
0.25 oz Amarillo 0 min
0.25 oz Citra 0 min
1 oz Amarillo Dry Hop 7 days
1 oz Citra Dry Hop 7 days

I am getting about 65 Ibu's and a OG of 1.068


Does it look like I am on track? Any thoughts or suggestions for this newbie is much apprciated.

 

[narl79]

Looks good to me. What type of yeast are you going to use. Im all for making my own recipes and just seeing what happens.
I just brewd this

8lbs 2 row
1/2 lb carapils
1 oz centennial @ 60 min
1oz mt hood @ 10 min.
and its as pale and clear as a Budweiser but has a flavor and aroma of an ipa with a thick head on it. I really didnt expect anything special but I will be doing this again next week. Try it out you just might have something great.

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[cmscott]

I figured the only way to really understand malt and hops better is to start going on my own. I have a small brew space so finally just got the specialized equipment bought and built to make just throwing together a brew a lot more of a simple process.

Looking at the temp control I can get during fermentation at this time of year and with the thoughts I do not want much imparted from my yeast I am thinking of using White Labs San Diego Super Yeast - I have not used it before but the description is exactly what I want.

 

[narl79]

I just started that myself. I have a brew shed set up now as my get away and ive found no matter what you read about a product youll never lnow it until you use it. I dont think I can call myself a true brewer until ive tried about everything . Good luck and Plz post how it comes out.

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