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American IPA BierMuncher's Outer Limits IPA

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So I bottled this last night after a total of 22 days in the primary of which 11 days was on a dry hop. I tweaked the recipe very slightly to suit my system but it should be very close to the original. One thing i did was mash at 154F for a total of 75 minutes where I got a positive iodine test.

I usually prefer a "drier" IPA than this one but this thread keeps popping up with good reviews that I thought what the heck. My OG was 1.074 and my FG at bottling was 1.017 giving me right around 7.5% ABV.

The sample I tasted was right around what I expected. Very malty, fairly low perceived bitterness as a result of all the specialty malts, and hot alcohol taste and aroma. But i really think this is going to be a good beer in the end. Giving it 4 weeks in the bottle to reduce some of that hot alcohol and then having a taste.

Thanks to the OP for this recipe!
 
Just bought the grains for this recipe to brew in the next week or two. I have quite a big of bulk hops, but no Amarillo, or any direct substitutes, so I changed up the hop schedule to the following but kept total IBU's at 63.

Hops

Amount Variety Type AA Use Time IBU
0.75 oz Nugget Pellet 13.5 First Wort 19.46
0.5 oz Nugget Pellet 13.5 Boil 45 min 19.66
0.5 oz Centennial Pellet 10 Boil 30 min 12.19
0.5 oz Cascade Pellet 7 Boil 15 min 5.51
0.5 oz Cascade Pellet 7 Boil 10 min 4.03
0.5 oz Cascade Pellet 7 Boil 5 min 2.21
0.5 oz Centennial Pellet 10 Boil 0 min
0.5 oz Centennial Pellet 10 Dry Hop 5 days
0.5 oz Cascade Pellet 7 Dry Hop 5 days
1 oz Willamette Pellet 4.5 Dry Hop 5 days

How's this look?
 
I'd love some help converting this 5.5 gallon IPA recipe to a one-gallon fermenter volume (1.5 gallon boil). 1 gallon works most conveniently for me, so it's what I do, but this recipe is proving challenging for me to convert because it's so hoppy (hop utilization changes), and so a simple "scale to volume" on brewersfriend.com really messes with the IBUs.
 
This is my first time brewing this and since the FG was designed to be slightly higher I Ended up using the following Hop schedule to get the IBU's up to 82:

Hops
Amount Variety Type AA Use Time IBU
0.5 oz Nugget Pellet 13.5 First Wort 12.97
1 oz Nugget Pellet 13.5 Boil 45 min 39.33
0.5 oz Centennial Pellet 10 Boil 30 min 12.19
0.5 oz Columbus Pellet 15 Boil 15 min 11.81
0.5 oz Cascade Pellet 7 Boil 10 min 4.03
0.5 oz Cascade Pellet 7 Boil 5 min 2.21
0.5 oz Centennial Pellet 10 Boil 0 min
0.5 oz Centennial Pellet 10 Dry Hop 5 days
0.5 oz Columbus Pellet 15 Dry Hop 5 days
1 oz Willamette Pellet 4.5 Dry Hop 5 days

I also mashed at 154f/60m. This has now been on tap for 7-10 days and I am really enjoying it. Bitterness is well balanced with the residual sweetness and matches the aroma from the dry hop addition well.

I'd brew this again, just don't expect a dry, west coast hop bomb style IPA. Surely a nice change of pace from IPA's that only focus on the hops, whereas this one lets you notice the hops, while also allowing the grain profile to shine.
 
Wanted to add a shot of the beer held up to the light so you can see a hint of the beautiful ruby red color of this grain bill. In person it's much more impressive. Just brew it!

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