Extract NE style IPA recipe help

[leveilmc]

Hello,

I am hoping to brew a NE style IPA in the next few weeks. I have tried to put together a recipe and am looking for some feedback. This will only be my second time without a "kit". Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated.

Type: Extract (full boil)
Batch size: 5 gallons
Boil size: 6.25
Boil duration: 60 min

8 lbs golden light DME (SRM 4)
.5 lbs cara-pils (SRM 2)
.5 Munich malt - 10L (SRM 10)
.25 lbs crystal - 10L (SRM 10)

.5 oz Magnum (first wort)
.5 oz citra (15 min)
.5 oz citra (10 min)
1 oz Amarillo (5 min)
1 oz mosaic (1 min)
1 oz Amarillo (whirlpool)
1 oz citra (whirlpool)
2 oz citra (dry hop)
1 oz mosaic (dry hop)

London ale III yeast

Initial numbers from calculator
OG: 1.072
FG: 1.018

Steep grains for 30min @155
Add Magnum with 5 min left in steep
Bring to boil and add extract
Add hops as scheduled
Cool to 180F and add whirlpool hops
Whirpool/steep for 15 minutes
Cool down, pitch yeast.
Dry hop for 5 days

 

[TravelingLight]

I'd look at adding some wheat if you're going for an NEIPA.

Hop selection looks good. But I would move all the hop additions (except for your bittering charge) to FO or WP/HS. I would also double the amount for the dry hop.

ETA: I'd drop the crystal as well.

 

[leveilmc]

Thanks for the input. What type of wheat? Something like this?

http://www.midwestsupplies.com/briess-dried-malt-extract-bavarian-wheat-1-lb

And how much? Should I sub out some of the DME with the wheat?

 

[TravelingLight]

Thanks for the input. What type of wheat? Something like this?

http://www.midwestsupplies.com/briess-dried-malt-extract-bavarian-wheat-1-lb

And how much? Should I sub out some of the DME with the wheat?

Yeah, that would work. Or you could go with this one (I'd prefer this one): http://www.midwestsupplies.com/munton-and-fison-uk-wheat-dme

As far as how much, it really depends on your preference. For example, your current recipe, by my quick calculations, has 1.066 OG, 1.017 FG (6.54% ABV).

If you went with 8# Light DME, 1.5# Wheat, and 1# Sugar, you'd have 1.081 OG, 1.020 FG (7.96% ABV). I like sugar in my IPAs to dry them out, but that's personal preference. You could just do Light DME and Wheat and still have 1.073 OG, 1.018 FG (7.14% ABV).

So it really depends on what you want out of the beer. Personally, I'd just go with Light DME and Wheat. Add the sugar if you want to dry it out more.

 

[murphyslaw]

Check out the latest edition of brew your own. There's an extract clone of tree house Julius on there.