I'm thinking of brewing the following recipes back to back to use up grain inventory and to compare Amarillo and Mosaic hops. Shooting for 35 IBUs on both and basically using the same hop schedule. Two ounces of hops in each recipe. I brewed a similar pale earlier this year and it was real good so I want to do it again, twice. Besides any recipe critique or suggestions, I'm looking at how to handle the hop additions. Listed below is something more or a traditional hop schedule I think. Or, I was thinking of trying something along the lines of one ounce at flameout and steep for 30 minutes and then either dry hop with 1 oz four days before bottling or throw in a 1/2 ounce at day 3 of fermentation, like "they" are doing with NE IPAs, and then 1/2 ounce dry hop four days before bottling. I've only used Cali V on one batch, a Vienna/Cascade SMaSH, but I have a couple of jars of it to use up. The hydrometer sample of the SMaSH tasted really good. Thoughts on grain bill, hop schedule, or yeast? My main deal right now is figuring out how to handle the two ounces of hops per batch, traditional or try something new?
2.5 gallon batches
Honey Pail (Amarillo)
4 lb Maris Otter 2 row
4.5 oz Honey Malt
4 oz Cara-Pils
WLP051 Cali V
2 g Magnum 60 min
10 g Amarillo 10 min
12 g Amarillo 5 min
10 g Amarillo 0 min + 10 minute steep
24 g Amarillo Dry Hop four days before bottling
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Honey Pail (Mosaic)
4 lb Maris Otter 2 row
4.5 oz Honey Malt
4 oz Cara-Pils
WLP051 Cali V
4 g Magnum 60 min
10 g Mosaic 10 min
12 g Mosaic 5 min
10 g Mosaic 0 min + 10 minute steep
24 g Mosaic Dry Hop four days before bottling
2.5 gallon batches
Honey Pail (Amarillo)
4 lb Maris Otter 2 row
4.5 oz Honey Malt
4 oz Cara-Pils
WLP051 Cali V
2 g Magnum 60 min
10 g Amarillo 10 min
12 g Amarillo 5 min
10 g Amarillo 0 min + 10 minute steep
24 g Amarillo Dry Hop four days before bottling
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Honey Pail (Mosaic)
4 lb Maris Otter 2 row
4.5 oz Honey Malt
4 oz Cara-Pils
WLP051 Cali V
4 g Magnum 60 min
10 g Mosaic 10 min
12 g Mosaic 5 min
10 g Mosaic 0 min + 10 minute steep
24 g Mosaic Dry Hop four days before bottling