Help deciding what to brew today. Need help fast

[hubbs]

I want to brew this afternoon, but I am not feeling very decisive. I want to brew something sessionable (I am thinking 1.050 or less), and hoppy at the same time. I have a large slurry of Nottingham and my 13 gal conical is open.

I have the following base grain:
~20lb Pale
~20lb Wheat
~15lb Vienna
~5lb Munich
~5lb MO
Plus some C40 and Carapils.

I have the following hops:
CTZ
Cascade
Chinook
Amarillo
Magnum
Meridian
Columbia
Summit
Sterling
Santium
Tett
Hellertau
Goldings
Fuggles

Please help, what would you brew?

 

[Yooper]

I'd brew 11 gallons of "session IPA". Just because I like it, and I'm brewing something like that tomorrow.

15 pounds pale malt
4 pounds vienna malt (or light Munich)
1 pound wheat malt (for head retention)

CTZ for bittering- 25 IBUs with this addition
2 oz chinook 15 minutes
2 oz amarillo 10 minutes
2 oz cascade 5 minutes
1 oz amarillo flame out
1 oz chinook flame out

I'm actually doing a 1.054 IPA with pale malt and a tad of victory malt (2%) with magnum for bittering and then amarillo/simcoe in the late additions. I love amarillo, and I like it alot with chinook as well as simcoe.

 

[hubbs]

Sold.

Thanks, I'll report back my findings

 

[hubbs]

Session IPA

Style: American IPA OG: 1.048
Type: All Grain FG: 1.012
Rating: 0.0 ABV: 4.72 %
Calories: 157 IBU's: 55.36
Efficiency: 65 % Boil Size: 12.98 Gal
Color: 5.8 SRM Batch Size: 11.00 Gal
Preboil OG: 1.043 Boil Time: 60 minutes

Fermentation Steps
Name Days / Temp
Primary 28 days @ 62.0°F

Grains & Adjuncts
Amount Percentage Name Time Gravity
17.00 lbs 73.91 % Briess 2-Row Pale Ale Malt 60 mins 1.037
4.50 lbs 19.57 % Briess Vienna Malt 60 mins 1.036
1.50 lbs 6.52 % White Wheat Malt 60 mins 1.040

Hops
Amount IBU's Name Time AA %
1.00 ozs 21.82 Columbus (Tomahawk) First Wort 13.00
2.00 ozs 18.33 Chinook 15 mins 11.00
2.00 ozs 10.35 Amarillo Gold 10 mins 8.50
2.00 ozs 2.68 Cascade 5 mins 4.00
1.00 ozs 0.00 Amarillo Gold 0 mins 8.50
1.00 ozs 0.00 Chinook 0 mins 11.00

Yeasts
Amount Name Laboratory / ID
1.0 pkg Nottingham Danstar

Additions
Amount Name Time Stage
1.00 each Whirlfloc Tablet 15 mins Boil
1.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient 15 mins Boil

Mash Profile
Light Body Infusion In 75 min @ 152.0°F
Add 28.75 qt ( 1.25 qt/lb ) water @ 166.1°F
Light Body Infusion Out 10 min @ 168.0°F
Add 12.13 qt water @ 212.0°F
Sparge
Sparge 25.00 qt of 168.0°F water over 60 mins

Carbonation
Amount Type Beer Temp CO2 Vols
24.1 psi Force Carbonation 80.0°F 1.90

Notes

www.iBrewMaster.com Version: 1.534

I just doughed in with the above. I upped the grain bill a little as I have been struggling with low efficiencies the last couple of brews.

 

[Yooper]

That looks really good to me! I think it'll be a very drinkable hoppy beer, and now I'm rethinking MY plan for tomorrow. :cross: