First recipe...How does it look??

[HopHound12]

Been brewing for several years but have mostly been tweaking recipes off HBT. Here's my first original recipe wanted to see what y'all think. Going for a nice house pale ale with lots of hop flavor and aroma. Any feedback is appreciated!

10 pounds 2-row
12 oz honey malt
8 oz crystal 40
8 oz cara pils

1oz citra 20
1oz mosaic 10
1 oz citra 0
1 oz citra dry hop
1 oz mosaic dry hop

WL-001

OG: 1.056
IBU: 44
SRM: 8

 

[RonPopeil]

Looks good to me. Don't know about that hop combo but I believe mosaic is super fruity like citra. Combined with honey malt and you have a beer that could be an umbrella drink.

I say go for it. You may want a bittering addition. From my experience, skipping the bitter addition to save ibu for flavor additions resulted in intensely strong hop flavors that didn't seem to bring much bitterness. Maybe 10-15 ibu tops from bittering just to establish some bitterness.

Good luck

 

[Irishwhiskey]

Been brewing for several years but have mostly been tweaking recipes off HBT. Here's my first original recipe wanted to see what y'all think. Going for a nice house pale ale with lots of hop flavor and aroma. Any feedback is appreciated!

10 pounds 2-row
12 oz honey malt
8 oz crystal 40
8 oz cara pils

1oz citra 20
1oz mosaic 10
1 oz citra 0
1 oz citra dry hop
1 oz mosaic dry hop

WL-001

OG: 1.056
IBU: 44
SRM: 8

I like the recipe when I use citra I do do a 60 min addition for bittering say half an ounce or 1 ounce (i go for about 70ish IBU's but that's me) I hear Mosaic is fantastic I have used motueka to dry hop with citra and they blend together great good luck looks like a winner to me

 

[Hello]

You may want a bittering addition.

This. Even if only .5 oz of one of the hops you're using, I would do it. I'd probably use cascade though at 60 min. You won't raise the IBUs up extensively so it surpasses an easy drinker house ale but you'll add a little depth.
It looks very good. When did you plan on brewing? Be sure and report back please.

 

[Stovetop535]

Have you used that much honey malt before in other brews? The first time I used honey malt I used 8 ounces in the cream of three crops recipe on here and that s definitely more than enough. The honey malt, to me, seemed to give more of a nutty and grainy taste rather than sweet.

 

[HopHound12]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I used a .75 pound of honey malt in a honey orange wheat recipe off HBT a while back and it turned out pretty good. I'm going to dial it back to .5 pound in this recipe though because I do not want it to turn out too sweet. As for the bittering addition I will go with .5 of cascade that way I will bring up my ibu's some yes still let the citra and mosaic shine through. The reason I did not have one previously was just because I was trying to stay within the style guidelines in Beersmith.

Per the changes:

OG:1.054
IBU: 55 ( ten points from the .5 cascade bittering addition)

Plan is to brew this week, I'll keep you guys posted.