IPA Recipe Critique

[Lazer Wolf Brewing]

Hey Guys,

Please let me know what you think about the below recipe. It's based off of a recipe by Remmy and I have not tried this type of hop schedule yet (no early bittering charge - all IBUs coming from late additions). I usually do a small bittering charge and then whirpool everything, but this has me curious as whirpooling is kind of a pain with my system. Another thing to note is that my FG will probably be 1.010 or slighly below, not the 1.013 shown below. As always, thanks everyone.

Brew Method: All Grain
Style Name: American IPA
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 6 gallons (ending kettle volume)
Boil Size: 6.8 gallons
Boil Gravity: 1.053
Efficiency: 70% (ending kettle)


STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.060
Final Gravity: 1.013
ABV (standard): 6.25%
IBU (tinseth): 55.44
SRM (morey): 4.98

FERMENTABLES:
13 lb - American - Pale 2-Row (92.9%)
0.5 lb - American - Caramel / Crystal 20L (3.6%)
0.5 lb - American - White Wheat (3.6%)

HOPS:
3 oz - Columbus, Type: Pellet, AA: 15, Use: Boil for 5 min, IBU: 27.57
3.5 oz - Simcoe, Type: Pellet, AA: 13, Use: Boil for 5 min, IBU: 27.87
2 oz - Columbus, Type: Pellet, AA: 15, Use: Dry Hop for 5 days
2 oz - Mosaic, Type: Pellet, AA: 12.5, Use: Dry Hop for 5 days
0.5 oz - Simcoe, Type: Pellet, AA: 12.7, Use: Dry Hop for 5 days

MASH GUIDELINES:
1) Infusion, Temp: 150 F, Time: 60 min, Amount: 22 qt
2) Sparge, Temp: 170 F, Time: 20 min, Amount: 10.5 qt
Starting Mash Thickness: 2.7 qt/lb

OTHER INGREDIENTS:
0.5 each - Whirfloc, Time: 10 min, Type: Fining, Use: Boil
1 tsp - Gelatin, Type: Fining, Use: Primary

YEAST:
White Labs - California Ale Yeast WLP001
Starter: Yes
Form: Liquid
Attenuation (avg): 76.5%
Flocculation: Medium
Optimum Temp: 68 - 73 F
Fermentation Temp: 65 F

 

[atom]

i've never done no bittering charge either but it looks solid. i might cut the 5 min additions in half and use the other half in a 30 min whirlpool (you'll pick up IBUs from that).

 

[Build]

That looks like a winner, Lazer Wolf. A great Summer brew with flavor out the wazoo. I would try to do a whirlpool addition if you can, it will enhance it a lot.

I've done a couple no bittering addition IPAs and they were great. I started continually adding at 15 minutes to a monster whirlpool. Those two didn't even really need much of a dry hop.

Let us know how it comes out.

 

[Lazer Wolf Brewing]

Thanks guys, will let you know what happens. Debating adding half at flameout but we will see. I hate chilling below 180 and whirlpooling on my system so I'm definitely gonna skip that.

Anyone else out there have any feedback on this recipe?