First Recipe Attempt -Blood Orange IPA

[marvzuno]

So, this is my first Recipe Attempt. Please give me some input as I'm sure I messed something up

8oz Caramel/Crystal Malt ( steep)
6lb Light DME @60 min
1.5oz Columbus @60 min
.63oz Citra @55 min
.31oz Citra @50 min
3lb Light DME @45 min
1 Whirlfloc Tablet @45 min

1 pkg California Ale (White Labs wlp001)

Primary 4 days @ 67
Secondary 10 days with 3lb Blood Orange Puree
1oz Cascade dry hop 7 days
Bottle with priming sugar
Age 30 days @67

This is what Beer Smith gave me for the look and measurement I put in. This is a 5 Gallon recipe.

Thanks in advance!

 

[bigdawg86]

May I ask why only a 4 day primary? Granted I have less than 10 batches under my belt, but every brew I have made is still chugging along at 4 days. I have a american wheat 8 days in primary and the krausen just dropped out last night.

I'm curious about adding puree as well, since despite adding orange zest and pure orange essential oils to the boil I didn't find any orange taste from my hydrometer sample.

 

[marvzuno]

I think that was by default in Beersmith. My last couple batches took about 9 days to stop bubbling every couple seconds. I'd just wait until it slowed way down or stopped completely.

Ill report back on the purée as I'm starting that out on another IPA I brewed today @bigdawg86

 

[marvzuno]

May I ask why only a 4 day primary? Granted I have less than 10 batches under my belt, but every brew I have made is still chugging along at 4 days. I have a american wheat 8 days in primary and the krausen just dropped out last night.

I'm curious about adding puree as well, since despite adding orange zest and pure orange essential oils to the boil I didn't find any orange taste from my hydrometer sample.

I think that was by default in Beersmith. My last couple batches took about 9 days to stop bubbling every couple seconds. I'd just wait until it slowed way down or stopped completely.

Ill report back on the purée as I'm starting that out on another IPA I brewed today @bigdawg86

 

[marvzuno]

Double post

 

[Rob2010SS]

The only thing I'm noticing is you don't have many hops in the 20 minute mark or under. Are you going for more bitter and less flavor and aroma?

Here's a read i found really interesting about hop aroma. Highly recommend reading this one. If it were me i would add more hops at 20 min or less. However Im a noob as well. Still drinking my first batch lol

 

[Rob2010SS]

https://www.morebeer.com/category/secret-big-hop-aroma-flavor.html

Forgot the link lol

 

[marvzuno]

The only thing I'm noticing is you don't have many hops in the 20 minute mark or under. Are you going for more bitter and less flavor and aroma?

Here's a read i found really interesting about hop aroma. Highly recommend reading this one. If it were me i would add more hops at 20 min or less. However Im a noob as well. Still drinking my first batch lol

That's how Beersmith spit the recipe out. I'm assuming that it was to hit the target IBU's. I'm thinking I would add .5-1.0 oz during the last 15 minutes of the boil would help offset this, but I'm curious how that would work with the Blood Orange aroma.

I'm going to read the link you posted and might revise it before I brew this one. Thanks for the feedback!

 

[Rob2010SS]

I suppose you could leave it as is and you would get more of the blood orange nose. This is kind of how my first one turned out. There is minimal, if any, hop aroma coming from it. All I can smell is the grapefruit peel that I put in the secondary fermenter. If you could pair up a hop that would compliment the blood orange aroma, you could do that towards the end of the boil. Hopefully someone else can chime in on that as I don't know which hop you would use for that. I would think citra would be good but not sure on that.

 

[Scout]

When you say orange puree, are you throwing the entire orange in the blender?

 

[marvzuno]

When you say orange puree, are you throwing the entire orange in the blender?

I actually found this online and it had great reviews so this is what I'm going to try since fresh is out of the question.View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1501380379.329902.jpg

 

[Brewtallica]

I actually found this online and it had great reviews so this is what I'm going to try since fresh is out of the question.View attachment 409088

I've used that with great results. I reccomend either racking onto it, or put it in a sanitized pitcher and pour it down the side of the fermenter.