Help me tweak this DIPA recipe

[griffi]

#grain
13 - 2 row
.75 - Cara 20
.5 - carapils
.5 - Victory
.25 - melanoiden

oz. hops
2 - chinook @60
1 - cascade @15
1 - simcoe @ 5
1 - Amarillo @5
2 - centennial - whirl 15
1 - simcoe - whirl 15

Yeast WLP001, 8oz dextrose at high, dry hop 1 oz each simcoe, Amarillo, centennial

Any thoughts appreciated

 

[Hudini56]

I have had great success FWH, I have used .5 oz apollo on 2 diff batches and it has produced some nice bittering for me. Seemed to mellow the bite of bittering if that makes sense, comparing it to adding at boil on 2 other batches. Could FWH your chinook..

 

[Redlantern]

drop melanoiden and replace half your two row with golden promise. GP adds a nice soft bready flavor that goes well in DIPA.

Have to say that I have started using Apollo for bittering. I am a big Chinook fan, but the Apollo for bittering just works. Not as harsh

 

[griffi]

Thanks guys. I failed to mention I'm tweaking a kit: The 2 row and c20 are in one kit bag, but I might try the GP/MO idea anyway. Also subbing Apollo sounds like it's worth a try.

 

[griffi]

Water profile: just planning on going with brunwater amber bitter. Any good tips here?

 

[eric19312]

sounds tasty. I struggle with attenuation on big beers so would probably not add carapils. Might change that into wheat malt if you are looking for improved head retention.

 

[griffi]

Did not know that about carapils...
But, since I'll mash at 148-150 not sure attenuation will be a problem.