Advice on Xmas DIPA

[thehaze]

Hello,


I am planning on brewing the following beer in the next 10 days: https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/561179/hybrid-ipa

I will mash high at 154.4 F/68C and will split the dry hopping in two charges, 3 days each.

I do not have kegs, so I bottle using a bottling bucket where the sugar solution is poured first and then siphon the beer on top of it, ever so slow and without splashing.

I also will not dry hop during fermentation as this seems to be a problematic step when not kegging. Exposuree to CO2 will corrupt those hop oils during fermentation and the beer will go brown a few days after bottling.

This is why I will let the beer ferment and then dry hop and proceed with bottling.

I am thinking 2 weeks in the fermenter, then check gravity and dry hop. Bottle at days 6 from dry hopping and the beer should be ready in 10 days.

Is there something I can change, to make this brew better? besides keggin, that is*

 

[kev211]

Seems like a lot of wheat to me. Also, if you're calling it a DIPA then those IBU's are definitely not right. They need to be bumped up probably by 30IBUs. Toss in another 15-25g of Columbus at 60 mins.

Another point to make, if its going to be a big DIPA (8% as the recipe calls for) then I would not mash that high. Even with the Pilsner I think it will have plenty of body due to the wheat. If it were me, I would mash at 150 or lower, but my DIPA's I always mash at 148.

Also, with Pilsner malt you probably want to boil for more than 60 mins to help boil off that extra DMS that pilsner supposedly carries

 

[radwizard]

kev211 has all good info. I'd limit the wheat to 20% max. Boiling longer could get you better color, as well. I would mash lower, as mentioned, and use DIPA IBU levels.

 

[thehaze]

Why is it too much wheat? Does the Wheat not work with hoppier beers or is it merely " unusual " for the style?

But YES, it is not a Double IPA, if you look at the IBUs, but it is a Double IPA as it is 8% ABV and contains lots of hops. I love the higher alcohol and the fruitty hops, but have come to dislike the bitterness. This is why the IBUs are lower than normal, but everything else is there.

I like Wheat as it adds great taste and body to beer, but possibly could be misplaced here. As long as it will not ruin the beer, I think this would be a good experiment to make.

Regarding the colour: I prefer a hazy, bright yellow colour or at least this is what i am trying to do with my latest brews.

I was thinking of double dry hopping: 3-4 days for each charge and then bottle.