1st Recipe

[jdgapc]

i am putting together my first recipe, i have done a few Mr Beer bacthes and a couple simple wheat/hefe ones from this forum. I am looking to to put together a 2 gallon batch of an APA/IPA, any feedback would help alot:
Batch size: 2 gallon
Yeast SafeAle - 05
3 lbs of Light DME or 3.3 lbs of Light LME (which is better for a small batch)

1/3 oz Cascade or Centennial or Amarillo 60 minute boil
1/3 oz Cascade or Centennial or Amarillo 30 minute boil
1/3 oz Cascade or Centennial or Amarillo 10 minute boil
or
1/4 oz Cascade or Centennial or Amarillo 60 minute boil
1/4 oz Cascade or Centennial or Amarillo 40 minute boil
1/4 oz Cascade or Centennial or Amarillo 20 minute boil
1/4 oz Cascade or Centennial or Amarillo 10 minute boil

can anyone give some advice on which hop will work best to create a blonde-ish APA type ale?

 

[dcp27]

if you only have 1oz, I'd do 1/3 @60, 15, 0 for the hops. i prefer amarillo of the 3, but any of them would work well. if you're going for an IPA, it definitely needs more hops

 

[pivovar]

Those 3 hops are all great for a citrusy APA. They may be a bit harsh for bittering though. Add them late for flavour/aroma, and use a small amount to bitter if you don't have other hops.
0.25 @ 60
0.25 @ 10 or 15
0.5 @ 5
0.5 @ 0
This is my typical hop schedule for a 2 g batch of my house APA.
Though I use Warrior or Magnum or Galena for the 60 min addition and also dry hop with remaining Cascade/Amarillo.

 

[jdgapc]

ok so either the DME or LME, which ever ends up more cost effective, and i can get my hand on pretty much any hop at the local brew shop so i can do warrior and use the cascade etc for aroma near the end of the boil, great thanks

Those 3 hops are all great for a citrusy APA. They may be a bit harsh for bittering though. Add them late for flavour/aroma, and use a small amount to bitter if you don't have other hops.
0.25 @ 60
0.25 @ 10 or 15
0.5 @ 5
0.5 @ 0
This is my typical hop schedule for a 2 g batch of my house APA.
Though I use Warrior or Magnum or Galena for the 60 min addition and also dry hop with remaining Cascade/Amarillo.

 

[jonmohno]

It depends on the aau's of your bittering hops, if you use dme over lme, use 1/3 oz or use your higher alpha's hops for your bittering with dme @ .25 oz. Since all you have is dme or lme i would stick to .25 oz any way because you dont have a lot of body or unfermentables to balance more bitterness.Ive found my lme/dme has a good low finish.Depends on your yeast too, o5 should attenuate pretty well around 1.01 maybe a little less.