CDA recipe critque

[radwizard]

I'm working on a CDA recipe. How does this look?

76.6% 2 Row (2 srm)
10.4% Wheat Flaked 1.6 srm)
5.6% Carafa II (412 srm)
3.7% Choc. Wheat Malt (400 srm)
3.7% Dark Candy Sugar (275 srm)

1 oz Magnum FWH
.5 oz Cascade @ 10 min
1.5 oz Chinook @10
1 oz Cascade Hopstand
.5 oz Chinook Hopstand
1 oz Cascade Dry Hop
1 oz Centennial Dry Hop

California Ale Yeast


I'm hoping to get something hoppy, but smooth. It comes out to 7.2% abv right now. I already do a Hoppy Stout that I am happy with , so I want this to not come out to Stouty. Suggestions?

 

[atom]

looks alright to me. 5 gallons? carafa II special? personally i would probably double up on the late hops, but what you have will work.

 

[m00ps]

defintiely use some cane sugar to help dry it out and differentiate from a hoppy stout. Mash low for high attenuation

 

[radwizard]

looks alright to me. 5 gallons? carafa II special? personally i would probably double up on the late hops, but what you have will work.

Yeah, it's five gallons. I added another oz. to to the Hopstand (simcoe) Also yes Carafa II Special. I usually do a bit lower of a dry hop on new recipes and kinda go up or down from there. I've found it hard to standardize a dry hop ammount, even on the same styles. I always get different effects depending on the beer.

 

[radwizard]

defintiely use some cane sugar to help dry it out and differentiate from a hoppy stout. Mash low for high attenuation

Would that give me a different effect from the Candy Sugar? I decided to try the Dark Candy Sugar thinking I could dry it out and get the beer a little darker. I've recently been adding cane sugar to my IIPA's , and been pleased with the outcome. I'm basically trying to slightly modify that process into a CDA. The amount of Candy Sugar I added is a bit lower then what I've been using with the cane sugar, but I was just gonna see how dry it ended up.

 

[ArkotRamathorn]

I've had success with candi sugar in my CDA recipes. Though some additional sugar won't hurt, it'll help if anything. Keeping it dry is key otherwise it definitely will seem more stout-y.