Criticize my IPA!!!

[CarbonTom]

Happy Monday all. This is a further tweaked version of a citra IPA ive been messing around with. It was originally 50/50 citra/centennial, but then I moved it more citra forward and liked it a lot. I want to experiment with galaxy and see if that keeps the juicy citrus forward while adding a different presence (Im bored of using centennial in my IPAs).

The original malt backbone was too sweet with the crystal I had used so I wanted to tweak that a bit. I am aiming the light burnt orange color I love for some reason. I have yet to achieve that in previous variants, but I have heard the Munich will help as well as victory.

What do you guys think? Is this balanced enough with the grain?

Batch Size: 5.00 gal Style: American IPA (14B)
Boil Size: 8.30 gal Style Guide: BJCP 2008
Color: 5.8 SRM Equipment: Pot on Dad's Cook top 10 gallon cooler mash tun
Bitterness: 51.5 IBUs Boil Time: 75 min
Est OG: 1.059 (14.5° P) Mash Profile: Single Infusion, Medium Body
Est FG: 1.011 SG (2.8° P) Fermentation: Ale, One Stage
ABV: 6.4% Taste Rating: 30.0


10 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)
4.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)
8.0 oz Victory Malt (25.0 SRM)
1 lbs Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM)
0.5 oz Citra [12.0%] - Boil 60 min
0.5 oz Citra [12.0%] - Boil 15 min
1.00 Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15 min)
1.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 15 min)
0.5 oz Galaxy [14.0%] - Boil 10 min
0.5 oz Citra [12.0%] - Boil 5 min
1.0 oz Citra [12.0%] - Steep 5 min
1.0 oz Galaxy [14.0%] - Steep 5 min
1 pkgs San Diego Super Yeast (White Labs #WLP090)
2.0 oz Citra [12.0%] - Dry Hop 7 days
2.0 oz Galaxy [14.0%] - Dry Hop 7 days

 

[jakeasaur]

Looks a lot like my Ipas except I use a clean bittering hop like Magnum or warrior. Looks good to me though

 

[edroberts]

Only criticism I can find is that I wouldn't dry hop for 7 days. I've found that more than 5 tends to pull more veggital astringency out.

 

[CarbonTom]

Only criticism I can find is that I wouldn't dry hop for 7 days. I've found that more than 5 tends to pull more veggital astringency out.

Good to know! I hadn't heard that before. If thats the case, I might be kegging my BIPA tonight then haha. Thanks

 

[CarbonTom]

In retrospect I should have named it Critique my IPA..