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I have brewed many batches so far and I mostly like to make IPA. I have done a Big Swell clone, an IPA with a ridiculous amount of hops and all have lowish type body with this sweet taste. I'm starting OG at around 1.068-82 and finishing in the teens. Why does it still taste sweet with not alot...

So I used 13 lbs of grain in my mash tun. Was the 4-5 gallons of water at 155 deg. for an hour too much???

I would take a wild guess that your problem was either an equipment issue (this is the first time you work with this mashtun, right?) or a process issue. By process issue I mean a wrong water-to-grist ratio, wrong mash temperature, or something like that. The other option is of course, that...

Does this also mean that with decreased efficiency, it will taste watery?!?!?!

Yes it was about that efficiency which I'm judging i didn't hit because of the addition of water at the end and not a full 5 gallon boil correct?? I Mashed with a mash tun cooler I made and used sparge water to drain through the grains after I ran off the cloudy stuff at the bottom.

Ok so nothing fancy but I did work with a lot of different hops and calculations to try to make my first custom batch and stop using all the kits. SO I had a mash that lead to about 4-5 gallons which I started boiling and then added a pound of extract on top of that and then a series of hop...

Did anyone finally get to sample this recipe or at least an outcome? I am trying to create my own Ranger IPA hybrid but the sugar i thought was a weird addition. So I'm just wondering to you guys who kegged it already, how it came out?