First recipe- New Years ESB

[thadass]

Hey all, working on making my first recipe, a simple (but not necessarily traditional) ESB I plan on brewing on New Years.

Quasi-non-standard hop selection.. I am pretty sure Willamette will work fine as it's a Fuggles derivitive, but curious on anyone's experience with Northern Brewer in this kind of beer.

Pushing the top end of IBU for an ESB based on the calculations, but hoping doing FWH for the bittering charge softens it a tad.

Thanks for any input you have. Here's the recipe so far:


Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: WY1469 West Yorkshire Ale
Yeast Starter: Yes 0.78L on stir plate
Batch Size (Gallons): 5G
Original Gravity: 1.056
Final Gravity: 1.015
IBU: 46.8
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 12.6 SRM
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 66F until done
Possibly raise it a bit for a diacetyl rest depending on its prevalence after/during primary (I do not believe this yeast will need it)
Estimated ABV: 5.4%

Efficiency 80%

Grain Bill:
8 LB Maris Otter (85%)
13.5 oz US Crystal 60 (9%)
6 oz Biscuit (4%)
3 oz Special B (2%)

Mash:
Single Infusion mash for 60 minutes at 150 degrees.
Mash out 170 for 10 minutes
"Dunk sparge" (BIAB)

Boil & Hops:

60 Minute boil

FWH 1 oz 7.9% Northern Brewer
20 min 1 oz 4.7% Willamette
5 min 1 oz 4.7% Willamette

 

[badlee]

Looks fine.
I think that NB work very well as FWH and work well with most any other verieties.
Dont like Willamette though,with a passion,but woyld be hard pressed to tell you exactly why.