TravelingLight
Well-Known Member
I'm getting ready to brew my first. Going with an extract IPA, no kit, making this recipe myself. If you need context, I got some good ideas from people in me other thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=568009
I need some help. My gravity is too high, for starters. Here is what I have come up with. Looking for help getting the gravity down a bit, and I wouldn't mind bringing the ABV down a bit as well.
Extract:
10# Light LME
1# Wheat DME
1.5# Corn sugar
Hops: [all pellet]
1 oz. Warrior [60 min]
0.5 oz. Citra [15 min]
0.5 oz. Cascade [15 min]
0.5 oz. Centennial [15 min]
1 oz. Citra [Flameout]
0.5 oz. Cascade [Flameout]
0.5 oz. Centennial [Flameout]
0.5 oz. Citra [Hopstand (when wort ~180)]
0.5 oz. Cascade [Hopstand (when wort ~180)]
0.5 oz. Centennial [Hopstand (when wort ~180)]
0.5 oz. Citra [Dry hop (one week before racking)]
0.5 oz. Cascade [Dry hop (one week before racking)]
0.5 oz. Centennial [Dry hop (one week before racking)]
0.5 oz. Citra [Dry hop (3-4 days before racking)]
0.5 oz. Cascade [Dry hop (3-4 days before racking)]
0.5 oz. Centennial [Dry hop (3-4 days before racking)]
I plugged it all into a beer calc and came up with the following...
OG = 1.091
FG = 1.023
IBU = 96
SRM = 5
ABV = 8.8
So what do I need to adjust? For starters, I wasn't shooting for an eight percenter. I love a good high ABV IPA/IIPA, but wasn't specifically shooting for that with this. Also, what about the OG? Do I need to get that down some? I am open to any and all suggestions! FWIW...my hop schedule (including DH and hopstand) were modeled after some of @m00ps practices and methods. Thanks.
Then I tweaked it by dropping the Light LME to 8#, kept everything else the same:
OG: 1.077
FG: 1.019
IBU: 104 (!!!!)
SRM: 4
ABC: 7.5
I need some help. My gravity is too high, for starters. Here is what I have come up with. Looking for help getting the gravity down a bit, and I wouldn't mind bringing the ABV down a bit as well.
Extract:
10# Light LME
1# Wheat DME
1.5# Corn sugar
Hops: [all pellet]
1 oz. Warrior [60 min]
0.5 oz. Citra [15 min]
0.5 oz. Cascade [15 min]
0.5 oz. Centennial [15 min]
1 oz. Citra [Flameout]
0.5 oz. Cascade [Flameout]
0.5 oz. Centennial [Flameout]
0.5 oz. Citra [Hopstand (when wort ~180)]
0.5 oz. Cascade [Hopstand (when wort ~180)]
0.5 oz. Centennial [Hopstand (when wort ~180)]
0.5 oz. Citra [Dry hop (one week before racking)]
0.5 oz. Cascade [Dry hop (one week before racking)]
0.5 oz. Centennial [Dry hop (one week before racking)]
0.5 oz. Citra [Dry hop (3-4 days before racking)]
0.5 oz. Cascade [Dry hop (3-4 days before racking)]
0.5 oz. Centennial [Dry hop (3-4 days before racking)]
I plugged it all into a beer calc and came up with the following...
OG = 1.091
FG = 1.023
IBU = 96
SRM = 5
ABV = 8.8
So what do I need to adjust? For starters, I wasn't shooting for an eight percenter. I love a good high ABV IPA/IIPA, but wasn't specifically shooting for that with this. Also, what about the OG? Do I need to get that down some? I am open to any and all suggestions! FWIW...my hop schedule (including DH and hopstand) were modeled after some of @m00ps practices and methods. Thanks.
Then I tweaked it by dropping the Light LME to 8#, kept everything else the same:
OG: 1.077
FG: 1.019
IBU: 104 (!!!!)
SRM: 4
ABC: 7.5