APA - partial mash/biab recipe critique

[flushdrew42]

hey all, i'm prepping this recipe, and would like an HBT "onceover" to make sure it looks good.

i brew 1.5gal batches (in a 2gal brewbucket)

Recipe BIAB NB - APA Style American Pale Ale
Brewer four deuce homebrews Batch 1.50 gal
Partial Mash

Recipe Characteristics
Recipe Gravity 1.059 OG Estimated FG 1.015 FG
Recipe Bitterness 36 IBU Alcohol by Volume 5.7%
Recipe Color 10° SRM Alcohol by Weight 4.5%

Ingredients
Quantity Grain Type Use
0.50 lb Dextrose Sugar Other
0.50 lb Ger vienna Grain Mashed
0.25 lb Crystal 20L Grain Mashed
1.00 lb Light D.M.E. Extract Extract

Quantity Hop Type Time
0.25 oz Northern Brewer Pellet 60 minutes
0.25 oz Northern Brewer Pellet 20 minutes
0.25 oz Northern Brewer Pellet 5 minutes


Quantity Misc Notes
1.00 pack US-05 Yeast
1.00 tsp Irish Moss Fining



QBrew estimates:
OG: 1.051 FG: 1.015 ABV: 5.7% Bitter:36 Color: 10
which puts it in the ranges for the style...


my plan is to follow DeathBrewer's partial mash instructions on temps etc.
strike @ 162 - mash @ 150 - 45min
additional pot w/ sparge water @170 - "tea bag sparge"
combine wort. boil 60 min.
follow hops schedule.
cool to 80
transfer to fermentor
aerate - check temp
pitch US-05 at 75
Lid/Ferment 2weeks primary 1week secondary, bottle for 2 weeks.


anything anyone would change?

 

[Yooper]

That seems like a lot of sugar. I don't use sugar at all in my APAs but if you're going to use it, I'd cut it to no more than about 10% of the total.

 

[TopherM]

Style wise, you are perfect on everything except IBUs are a little low for a true APA. I'd bump up that 60 minute addition to 0.5 total, and you'll be right in the middle of the spectrum.

 

[flushdrew42]

yooper: so, basically, i should up the ratio of grains to dme and/or dextrose?

TopherM: thanks! i'll do that.

 

[TTB-J]

yooper: so, basically, i should up the ratio of grains to dme and/or dextrose?

TopherM: thanks! i'll do that.

You'll want less dextrose and more DME. You don't want your specialty grains or simple sugars going much past 20% or so of your total bill.

 

[flushdrew42]

ok. that helps. thanks!

 

[flushdrew42]

i brewed this last night.
mashed @ 155-158 for 60 mins.
sparged with 170.
60 min boil
changed my hops to
1/4 Cascade for 60
1/4 Willamette 30
1/4 Willamette 5.


OG of 1.050.
pitched 1/3 of a packet of US-05.
this morning it was bubbling like crazy nearly 3 inches of krausen on top.

can't wait to see how this one turns out. (except i'm going to have to wait.)

i also plan to harvest my yeast from this one.