Help with experimental IPA recipe (2row/wheat)

[luizffgarcia]

Guys, what do you think of this IPA recipe?

My goal is to have a very drinkable and aromatic IPA, it will be my first attempt of using Wheat, also first time with late addition hops for bittering.

Its a 90 minute boil, but the first hop addition is only at the final 15 min

Thanks for the help!

 

[kristiismean]

As silly as it sounds, that's actually a very normal recipe. I've brewed it, so have many others. the 50% to 40% 2 row and wheat is normal, I would drop the caramel wheat malt, and only use acid malt if you need it for your water profile.

as far as the hop additions go, you should still do a 60 minute bittering hop. use warrior, magnum, or even a hop shot.

the amarillo and simcoe hop combo is quite common, move that 15 minute addition to 5 minutes to get more of the hop flavor.

 

[luizffgarcia]

As silly as it sounds, that's actually a very normal recipe. I've brewed it, so have many others. the 50% to 40% 2 row and wheat is normal, I would drop the caramel wheat malt, and only use acid malt if you need it for your water profile.

as far as the hop additions go, you should still do a 60 minute bittering hop. use warrior, magnum, or even a hop shot.

the amarillo and simcoe hop combo is quite common, move that 15 minute addition to 5 minutes to get more of the hop flavor.

Thanks, i do need acidulated malt for my ph, using 100% distilled water and brun water, target mash ph is 5.3.

Just curious, why do you think i still need the 60 min addition? If beersmith says i will still get 65 ibu out of this hops?

 

[kristiismean]

with amarillo, simcoe, galaxy, citrus, later the better. once you move that 15 minute addition up to 5, your IBU's will be pretty much cut in 1/2. (my calculator has it from 55.47 dropping it to 22.72)

bump up at the beginning to where you want the IBU.