Half wheat recipe critique?

[rockgardenlove]

Could I get some comments on my half-wheat beer? Lemme know what you guys think!

Thanks! I look forward to the thoughts of those more experienced than I.

Type: All Grain Date: 1/6/2012
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal Brewer:
Boil Size: 6.22 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Pots
End of Boil Volume 5.72 gal Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Final Bottling Volume: 4.75 gal Est Mash Efficiency 79.2 %
Fermentation: Ale, Single Stage Taste Rating(out of 50): 30.0
Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
7 lbs 1.3 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 51.5 %
4 lbs 16.0 oz White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 2 36.3 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz Wheat, Torrified (1.7 SRM) Grain 3 10.9 %
2.8 oz Caramel Wheat Malt (46.0 SRM) Grain 4 1.3 %
0.25 oz Summit [17.00 %] - Boil 90.0 min Hop 5 12.4 IBUs
0.27 oz Willamette [5.50 %] - Boil 45.0 min Hop 6 3.7 IBUs
0.84 oz Mt. Hood [6.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 7 6.8 IBUs
0.27 oz Willamette [5.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 8 2.0 IBUs\

5 minute hop addition and dry hop with some unspecified hops. Suggestions?

0.8 pkg Nottingham (Danstar #-) [23.66 ml]


Thanks for any opinions!

 

[Bierliebhaber]

That's a lot of Caramel malt. I would drop it at least by half.
Also, you can't have a 90 min bittering addition in a 60 min boil. That will throw off your anticipated IBUs just a bit.
For the "unspecified" hops, sticking with the Mount Hood wouldn't hurt. A little crystal or Tett might be nice too.

 

[MrOH]

I'd say simplify. A 60-40 ratio of wheat malt to whatever other base malt is pretty classic. Also what are you hoping to get out of the hops? For a hoppy beer I like "C" hops or amarillo, for something not so hoppy but with a noticiable hop character, noble-type hops work well.

 

[rockgardenlove]

Bierliebhaber - there're only 2.8 oz of caramel wheat malt - that doesn't seem like much to me, did you perhaps read lbs instead?

In regards to the 90 minute boil and general grain bill complexity, those attributes are derived from this Lagunitas Sumpin Sumpin recipe:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/can-you-brew-recipe-lagunitas-little-sumpin-sumpin-218399/
My friend wanted me to brew something in that vein and I'm trying to give it my own twist.

Thanks for the comments!

 

[Bierliebhaber]

My mistake, that's exactly what I did (read lbs).

Under the specs you list it as a 60 min boil. If you want to add 90 min hops, you will need to adjust your preboil volume to account for the extra evaporation. But it's late, I could be misreading something again...

 

[rockgardenlove]

Oops, you're correct. Boil should be 90 minutes and increased evaporation will be noted. Thanks!

 

[rockgardenlove]

Latest version:

7 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 50.9 %
5 lbs White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 2 36.4 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz Wheat, Torrified (1.7 SRM) Grain 3 10.9 %
4.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 4 1.8 %
0.25 oz Summit [11.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 9.6 IBUs
0.25 oz Willamette [5.00 %] - Boil 45.0 min Hop 6 3.8 IBUs
0.80 oz Mt. Hood [6.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 7 7.9 IBUs
0.25 oz Willamette [5.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 8 2.3 IBUs
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 9 3.6 IBUs

Gonna head to LHBS tomorrow. Let me know any last minute thoughts!