help with hops

[spottedbass]

heres what i got 6.6 pounds amber l.m.e. [unhopped] will steep 1 pound crystal 60. i need help with hop addition, how much and where, with my current stock. i no this is a personal taste issue, but can u guys set me somewhere in the middle, not ipa bitter, and not all malt taste. current stock=all pellets, amarillo 1 oz, centennial 1 oz, northdown 1 oz, willamette 1 oz, challenger 2 oz, perle 1 oz. any help please. thanks in advance.

 

[Joker]

There are a bunch of brew calculators you can find online. Build your recipe and see what you can do for mild IBU's.

 

[Drunkensatyr]

Real neutral beer you could go with the Amarillo for bitterness..... .75 @ 60 and then I would drop .5 Willamette @ 10

 

[cubbies]

Do you know what type of yeast you plan to use?

 

[RoaringBrewer]

See below. Doubel post.

 

[RoaringBrewer]

Looks like this will be an amber/red, 1.050 OG range.

You can bitter with the Amarillo (normally 8-9%AA) or Centennial (9-11%AA).

Not sure what middle of the road bitterness would be for you, but I'm guessing somewhere around 30IBU would be balanced based upon the hop/gravity chart floating around.

You'd probably do .5oz of Centennial or .66oz of Amarillo to get near there. With Williamette and/or Perle from 20, 10, or 15 minutes in for some flavor aroma and to get the rest of the way toward 30IBU.

Using a calculator or some brewing software would be your best bet. I used Beersmith, but you need to pay for it.

Also, note hop amounts will be dependent upon boil size. My recommendations were for a full 5.75-6g boil. So, if you are doing only partial boil with your extract batches you need to up the hops amount for utilization. Or do late extract additions...

 

[spottedbass]

Do you know what type of yeast you plan to use?

safale _o5 also i will boil 2 gal. and add to 3 gal. i was thinkin about somewhere around the 35 range. would that be enough
for all the malt? would 1 oz of perle 60 min. willamette .5 at 15 min. willamette .25 at 5 min. will that get me in the the ballpark?