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c.n.budz

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For my first non-kit brew I wanted to brew something that will be good ice cold in the middle of the summer and came up with this on brewsmith. Anyone see any major problems with it?

6.50 lb Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 96.2 %
0.13 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 1.9 %
0.13 lb Pale Malt (6 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1.9 %
0.65 oz Nugget [13.00%] (55 min) Hops 23.8 IBU
0.50 oz Centennial [10.00%] (40 min) Hops 12.6 IBU
0.25 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00%] (30 min) Hops 7.7 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50%] (1 min) Hops 0.3 IBU
0.25 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00%] (Dry Hop 14 days) Hops -
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 45.0 min) Misc
4.00 lb Blackberrys (Primary 10.0 days) Misc
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) Yeast-Ale



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.057 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.010 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.014 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.005 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.7 %
Bitterness: 44.5 IBU
Est Color: 4.5 SRM
 
Only thing I can see is that your OG will be effectively somewhere in the low 50's after fermenting all those blackberries. Don't know how much juice is in a pound of blackberries, but the juice itself is going to be about 1.028 SG, so we'll call it about a half-gallon, which "dilutes" your recipe to 5.5g or so. 5g of 1.057 plus .5g of 1.028 leaves about 5.5 of 1.050.
Also, I get more like 58 IBU's but after the dilution should be around 52. With the tart berries and the high IBU's, it may be good, but it might not be all that refreshing. Cut the Nuggets in half if that's a concern for you.
Good luck!
 
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