IPA – Never used some of these hops

[JumpingComet]

Hey all. I'm beginning to develop a new IPA recipe. While I really like the fruity, juice bomb kind of stuff, I want to give a go at a something with some of that classic hop bite. Never used Chinook or Warrior before. What do you think?

Still doing the extract thing for now.
60 minute boil, 2.5 gallon boil, 5 gallons in the fermenter.
Target OG 1.053
Target FG 1.010
Target ABV 5.61%
Target IBU 69


Fermentables
6 lb. Light LME
1 lb. Light DME (late addition)

Steeping Grains
1 lb. Crystal 30

Hops
1 oz Warrior (60 min)
1 oz Chinook (15 min)
1 oz Chinook (5 min)
.5 oz Cascade (5 min)
.5 oz Cascade (Dry Hop)

Yeast
US-5

 

[Br3w4u]

Looks like a classic IPA recipe. Personally I would reduce the crystal malt.

 

[ProblemChild]

OK - you will definitely get hoppy bite.

look at your ratio of OG and IBU. That rates a 1.3. Should shoot for about a 0.9. (right now too bitter for the OG) IBU should be probably 90% of the OG number for an IPA. can push up to even a 1.0 at that OG with no real imbalances.

The hop types are fine, but ratios are a little skewed

Cut your Warrior to bring IBU to about 55.

Move your Chinook to 10 min

Increase flame out to an ounce and definitely increase the dryhop to two ounces.

Also agree with above - reduce crystal a bit

 

[Br3w4u]

What he said LOL. A half ounce dry hop probably wouldn't do much. Warrior is very bitter. I love cascade and would probably use more of it in the boil and put the chinook in the dry hop. I'm not a fan of chinook.

 

[JumpingComet]

Sorry; that's supposed to say 1 lb Crystal 30. I fixed it.

 

[JumpingComet]

I made a few tweaks. Moved the dry DME so it's no longer a late addition and moved the Warrior to 10 minutes to lower the IBUs. As for the Cascade dry hop, it's just so I don't have a half ounce of something lying around; might as well do something with it.

Here's what I'm looking at now.

Target OG 1.053
Target FG 1.010
Target ABV 5.61%
Target IBU 55.37


Fermentables
6 lb. Light LME
1 lb. Light DME (late addition)

Steeping Grains
1 lb. Crystal 30

Hops
1 oz Warrior (60 min)
1 oz Chinook (10 min)
1 oz Chinook (5 min)
.5 oz Cascade (5 min)
.5 oz Cascade (Dry Hop)

Yeast
US-5