Hi everyone, first post so I'll try to make it a good one.
I'm taking a shot at making a Tropical American IPA. It's only my 3rd extract batch and I'm looking for some advice for this recipe I've found and slightly modified. As it stands, the IBU in this American IPA is about 82, which is a bit high for the style.
I was thinking about reducing each of the hops (except the first round of Amarillo) by 5 minutes to bring down the bitterness and hopefully keep more flavor and aroma. At least that's the idea from what I've read and how I understand hop scheduling, I'm still new so I could be totally wrong there.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
Fermentables
8lb Liquid Malt Extract - Light
Specialty grains
12 oz CaraRed
Hops (Pellets)
1 oz Amarillo - 30min (8.5AA)
1 oz N1/69** - 20min (13.2AA)
1 oz Galaxy - 15min (14.5AA)
1 oz Amarillo - 10min
1 oz Galaxy - 5min
1 oz N1/69** - 14 day dry hop
1 oz Galaxy - 14 day dry hop
(**From the original, I've replaced Azacca hops with N1/69 South African experimental hops from Northernbrewing, different tropical notes, similar but lower alpha acid.)
I'm taking a shot at making a Tropical American IPA. It's only my 3rd extract batch and I'm looking for some advice for this recipe I've found and slightly modified. As it stands, the IBU in this American IPA is about 82, which is a bit high for the style.
I was thinking about reducing each of the hops (except the first round of Amarillo) by 5 minutes to bring down the bitterness and hopefully keep more flavor and aroma. At least that's the idea from what I've read and how I understand hop scheduling, I'm still new so I could be totally wrong there.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
Fermentables
8lb Liquid Malt Extract - Light
Specialty grains
12 oz CaraRed
Hops (Pellets)
1 oz Amarillo - 30min (8.5AA)
1 oz N1/69** - 20min (13.2AA)
1 oz Galaxy - 15min (14.5AA)
1 oz Amarillo - 10min
1 oz Galaxy - 5min
1 oz N1/69** - 14 day dry hop
1 oz Galaxy - 14 day dry hop
(**From the original, I've replaced Azacca hops with N1/69 South African experimental hops from Northernbrewing, different tropical notes, similar but lower alpha acid.)