i am attempting a half batch tomorrow of an ipa. so here is what i have so far, and if anyone has any input please let me know. and if this is not even an ipa, please let me know as well. this recipe's base started off as a chico style american ale. and i am basing my experiments around it.
.5lb 2 row
.25lb c60L
.25lb honey malt
.25lb aromatic malt
4lbs DME
hops:
warrior(17.2% aa)
amarillo (7.5% aa)
crystal(2.8% aa)
perle (6.5% aa)
cascade (5.0%aa)
yeast- safale us-05
irish moss at 15min
i will be steeping the grain for 45 min, then removing the bags and starting the boil, then adding the malt and rolling the boil.. at this point i will start the 60 min timer and add the hop additions. the hop additions are what i am still trying to firgure out. i would like to use the warrior as a bittering hops. but as a half batch, i have 1.0oz size bags of pellets of all the hops. so i was wondering which hops make good bittering and which ones will add to the flavor and aroma better. my chart says these hops are all good for both bittering and flavor, aroma. i would also like to dry hop this.
the original recipe calls for 5.0 gal at 1.059og, og 8.4 srm, 43 ibus, 5.9%abv. i have upped the malt extract quite a bit from the original and adding over twice the hops. so i know the numbers will all change as well. any input would be awesome. thanks
.5lb 2 row
.25lb c60L
.25lb honey malt
.25lb aromatic malt
4lbs DME
hops:
warrior(17.2% aa)
amarillo (7.5% aa)
crystal(2.8% aa)
perle (6.5% aa)
cascade (5.0%aa)
yeast- safale us-05
irish moss at 15min
i will be steeping the grain for 45 min, then removing the bags and starting the boil, then adding the malt and rolling the boil.. at this point i will start the 60 min timer and add the hop additions. the hop additions are what i am still trying to firgure out. i would like to use the warrior as a bittering hops. but as a half batch, i have 1.0oz size bags of pellets of all the hops. so i was wondering which hops make good bittering and which ones will add to the flavor and aroma better. my chart says these hops are all good for both bittering and flavor, aroma. i would also like to dry hop this.
the original recipe calls for 5.0 gal at 1.059og, og 8.4 srm, 43 ibus, 5.9%abv. i have upped the malt extract quite a bit from the original and adding over twice the hops. so i know the numbers will all change as well. any input would be awesome. thanks