Help with APA recipe

[jorgeft]

Recipe: BurrApa TYPE: All Grain
Style: American Pale Ale
---RECIPE SPECIFICATIONS-----------------------------------------------
SRM: 7,5 SRM SRM RANGE: 5,0-14,0 SRM
IBU: 31,0 IBUs Tinseth IBU RANGE: 30,0-45,0 IBUs
OG: 1,049 SG OG RANGE: 1,045-1,060 SG
FG: 1,012 SG FG RANGE: 1,010-1,015 SG
BU:GU: 0,633 Calories: 157,4 kcal/12oz Est ABV: 4,9 %
EE%: 72,00 % Batch: 23,78 gal Boil: 25,23 gal BT: 60 Mins

---WATER CHEMISTRY ADDITIONS----------------

Amt Name Type # %/IBU
30,00 gal ipa Water 1 -
55,00 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60,0 mins Water Agent 2 -
12,70 g Epsom Salt (MgSO4) (Mash 60,0 mins) Water Agent 3 -
2,60 g Calcium Chloride (Mash 60,0 mins) Water Agent 4 -

Total Grain Weight: 44 lbs 8,3 oz Total Hops: 15,87 oz oz.
---MASH/STEEP PROCESS------MASH PH:5,40 ------
>>>>>>>>>>-ADD WATER CHEMICALS BEFORE GRAINS!!<<<<<<<
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
36 lbs 14,8 oz Pale Ale (Dingemans) (3,3 SRM) Grain 5 82,9 %
3 lbs 6,0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2,0 SRM) Grain 6 7,6 %
2 lbs 4,5 oz Vienna Malt (3,5 SRM) Grain 7 5,1 %
1 lbs 15,0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60,0 SRM) Grain 8 4,4 %


Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 55,65 qt of water at 163,7 F 152,0 F 60 min

---SPARGE PROCESS---
>>>>>>>>>>-RECYCLE FIRST RUNNINGS & VERIFY GRAIN/MLT TEMPS: 72,0 F/72,0 F
>>>>>>>>>>-ADD BOIL CHEMICALS BEFORE FWH
Drain mash tun, Batch sparge with 3 steps (16,66gal, 5,55gal, 5,55gal) of 168,0 F water
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
0,71 oz Columbus/Tomahawk/Zeus (CTZ) [15,50 %] - Hop 9 9,7 IBUs

---BOIL PROCESS-----------------------------
Est Pre_Boil Gravity: 1,046 SG Est OG: 1,049 SG
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
2,82 oz Ahtanum [6,00 %] - Boil 35,0 min Hop 10 11,6 IBUs
1,76 oz Cascade [5,50 %] - Boil 20,0 min Hop 11 4,8 IBUs
3,53 oz Cascade [5,50 %] - Boil 5,0 min Hop 12 3,2 IBUs
1,76 oz Ahtanum [6,00 %] - Boil 5,0 min Hop 13 1,7 IBUs


---FERM PROCESS-----------------------------
Primary Start: 22/08/2014 - 7,00 Days at 65,0 F
Secondary Start: 29/08/2014 - 5,00 Days at 65,0 F
Style Carb Range: 2,30-2,80 Vols
Bottling Date: 03/09/2014 with 2,5 Volumes CO2:
---NOTES------------------------------------
Would like to know what's your thoughts on this recipe, and if it will be hoppy enough, at least in the aroma. Note that I'm using Tasty water profile:
Ca-110ppm, Mg-18ppm, Na-17ppm, SO4-350ppm, Cl-50ppm
This will be my final water after dilution and salt addition:
Ca-120ppm, Mg-19ppm, Na-45ppm, SO4-260ppm, Cl-56,3ppm Bicarbonate (as HCO3) - 165

Is sodium level high enough to worry?

Cheers in advance for the help, trying to do the right things back here in Portugal

 

[Chris_Primavera]

That's a pretty big batch to run for an unknown recipe.

Why not make a 3 or 5 gallon batch and see if it is what you are trying to accomplish.

 

[jorgeft]

I've made this already, yet used centennial instead of ahtanum. The recipe came out really nice, especially flavor wise, in the aroma it lacked some hoppiness and there comes the dry-hopping, and my doubt resides on how much hops to use there

 

[Gnomebrewer]

1. That's a really hard format to read.
2. Way too much salt. Unless, of course, you are very experienced and know exactly what each salt adds and want to enhance particular flavours. Otherwise, keep it simple (as per the sticky in the brewing science forum).
3. What's the purpose of the 35min hop addition? It's a waste, IMO. Make it a late addition, or a bittering addition.
4. Too much carapils, not enough vienna.
5. Pretty solid otherwise, though not overly interesting. If you haven't been brewing for long, I'd suggest trying a proven recipe from the recipe database (eg. biermunchers centennial blonde....with some hop changes if you want).

 

[jorgeft]

This is mostly based on Biermuncher Centennial Blonde, with some personal changes. As for the format it was exported from Beersmith and I'm not quite used to export stuff from there.

Regarding salts I've calculated the additions to get to my target water based on a water profile proven to be accurate and successful, am I wrong on this thought?

Thanks for the Vienna/Carapils tip, I'll rearrange that.