Captain's Order IPA

[Arska]

Hey. Im new to this forum, but I have been brewing about two years now.
I need a little evaluation about my ipa recipe and perhaps some advices with the hops. My plan is to do 18l/4 gallons (yes I use metric system, because I live in Finland) patch, I have an 16l kettle to use, so it's kind a like a minimash/partial mash. (I tryed to convert the measures).

Recipe:

1,8kg/ 3,97lb LME
0,5kg/1,1lb DME

1kg/2,2lb Finnish 2-row Pale-ale malt
0,6kg/1,32lb Munich malt
0,2kg/7oz Carapils
0,125kg/4,4oz Cara-aber
0,125kg/4,4oz Cara60L
0,2kg/7oz Dextrose

Hops:

FWH (90min boil) 15g Columbus /0,5oz
30min 10g Chinook /0,35oz
15min 25g (each) Columbus, Amarillo, Centennial, Cascade, Chinook /0,88oz each
5min 25g Cascade /0,88oz
0min 25g Centtennial/0,88oz

Dryhops: 20g (each) Amarillo, Columbus, Centtennial, Chinook /0,7oz each

Yeast: Safale US-05

I planned to mash it kinda like: 30min protein rest 50c/122f, 60min Saccharification 68c/155f and mashout 76c/168f (I do this in bag, like a biob method, but I also sparge it for better efficiensy).

Any thoughts? comments?

Sorry if my english isn't so good.
Oh and if you are keen to know about the beer scene in Finland or about sahti, Im happy to answer.

 

[Bubba]

Sounds like a nice amber color hoppy ipa ......should be a fine beer let us know how it turns out.

 

[Arska]

I made a few changes:

I add 25gm more of cara60->150g (0,33lb) and maybe I add some biscuit malt, perhaps (150g/0,33lb) too?

I also made some re-scheduling to hop additions:

FWH (90min boil) 15g Columbus /0,5oz (maybe 10g/0,35oz of northern brewer too?)
20min 20g Chinook /0,7oz and 0,7oz Cascade
10min 20g (each) Columbus, Amarillo, Centennial, /0,7oz each
5min 25g Cascade /0,88oz and 0,35oz Chinook
0min 25g Centtennial/0,88oz

Dryhops: 20g (each) Amarillo, Columbus, Centtennial, Chinook /0,7oz each

Otherwise same grainbill as above.
Maybe I adjust my mashwater with very small amount of gypsum (1-2g/0,04-0,08oz)

Do you think that I should use one or two package of US-05?

 

[Arska]

Tomorrow is finally the brewday.
I have water repor from my local tap water and need some help adjusting it.

Calsium: 33ppm
Magnesium: 5ppm
Sodium: 3,1ppm
Sulfate: 8,6ppm
Chloride: 4,0ppm
Bicarbonate: 11ppm

alkalinity: 0,9mmol/l -> 45ppm (?)
hardness: 3,1'dh

I have only gypsum, baking soda and table salt to adjust the water. Im mashing with 8l of water (1,76 gallons) and going to sparge it with 2-3l of water (0,44-0,66 gallons). Boil and add about 6-7l (1,32-1,54 gallons) water. I was going to add 2g (0,07oz) of gypsum and 1g each (0,04oz) of bakingsoda and table salt to the mash.

Any thoughts of it?

 

[Arska]

Finally bottled. The FG was a little bit high, 1.020, for an IPA. It's now a week old, time to open the magical first bottle of the batch. Carbonation is pretty nice on this stage, heavy hop aroma, citrus and pines, lot of pines. Taste is little "green" lots of piney flavor, some floral and citrusy notes too. A little too harsh bitternes on a mouthfeel. There's slightly malttiness background and some warming alcohol in the end.
Looks nice, it could be more bitter and fruity and less piney and "harsh". Well its still green and young, we shall wait and see what a few weeks do for it.

 

[ayoungrad]

The FG is probably (at least partially) high because you used Carapils and extract. Many extracts will not ferment as completely and some even Carapils.

Just a thought.