First off, I'm making this for my SO. She loves Abita's Grapefruit IPA, so to keep my obsess... hobby going, I figured I'd try to make her something similar.
Recipe type: Extract w/ Speciality Grain Steep
Yeast: Dry s-04 or s-05? (first question - which would be better)
Batch Size: 3 gallons
OG: 1.053
FG: 1.015
IBU: 47
Boil time: 60 min
Color: ?
Primary ferment: 4 weeks at room temp (~70F), dry hop at week 3
Grains:
4 lbs Pale LME
.5 lbs 120L Crystal Speciality Grains steeped for 30 min (second question - too dark? Should I go with 60L?)
Hop schedule:
.5 oz centennial (7.8%) @60min
.5oz cascade (7%) @20min
.5oz Amarillo (8.6%) @10min
.5oz cent (7.8) @5min
.5oz am (8.6) / .5oz cascade (7) at 0 min
Dry hop with which one of the three above?. (I don't know which one, but really want the grapefruit aroma to come through.) Third question.
Last question: do you think she will get the grapefruit flavor she's looking for with just the hops, or should I also "dry hop" with zest of one grapefruit (pith removed)?
Thanks for the help guys and gals! I'm just trying to please.
Recipe type: Extract w/ Speciality Grain Steep
Yeast: Dry s-04 or s-05? (first question - which would be better)
Batch Size: 3 gallons
OG: 1.053
FG: 1.015
IBU: 47
Boil time: 60 min
Color: ?
Primary ferment: 4 weeks at room temp (~70F), dry hop at week 3
Grains:
4 lbs Pale LME
.5 lbs 120L Crystal Speciality Grains steeped for 30 min (second question - too dark? Should I go with 60L?)
Hop schedule:
.5 oz centennial (7.8%) @60min
.5oz cascade (7%) @20min
.5oz Amarillo (8.6%) @10min
.5oz cent (7.8) @5min
.5oz am (8.6) / .5oz cascade (7) at 0 min
Dry hop with which one of the three above?. (I don't know which one, but really want the grapefruit aroma to come through.) Third question.
Last question: do you think she will get the grapefruit flavor she's looking for with just the hops, or should I also "dry hop" with zest of one grapefruit (pith removed)?
Thanks for the help guys and gals! I'm just trying to please.