Hop schedule for APA

[rtstrider]

Hello fellow brewers! I'm very new to brewing and will be bottling my 3rd beer this weekend (grapefruit franken-hefe). Anywho my next brew will be happening in July and I've been reading a ton to try and get this right. I'll be brewing a version of Yoopers house pale ale. It's extract with partial mash. I'm wanting a citrusy note to this brew and will be dry hopping as well. I've never dry hopped and each brew the goal is to incorporate a new technique for learning/experiencing purposes. So with that said I'm trying to stay in the 30-45ish ibu range and have setup the following hop schedules in brewers friend

Cascade 1 oz 60 min
Galaxy 1 oz 5 min

Dry hop (4 days)
Citra 1 oz

This brings me to right at 40.88 IBU's for a 5 gallon batch. I will be using the late DME additions also. Meaning 1.5LB's at the beginning of the boil and 4.5LB's at flameout. I've been reading that Cascade may not be such a great bittering hop. Also would 5 minutes in the boil get enough of the galaxy flavor to count? I've never had galaxy btw but it was highly recommended by a buddy so I want to give her a go. The dry hopping of citra is to get an orange/tangerine like aroma. Also I would like to keep the hops at 1oz, if possible, since I don't have a scale at the moment. Thanks for all those that have given me advice in this venture so far and keep brewing!

 

[seabrew8]

I would use galaxy for bittering or even magnum. Its only easy to use 1/2 oz.

 

[rtstrider]

Alright Seabrew .5 oz is easy to guesstimate for sure. I still want to use a mix of galaxy, cascade, and citra. So here's what I've changed to

Galaxy .5 oz 60 min
Cascade 1 oz 10 min
Citra .5 oz 5 min

Dry hop

Galaxy .5 oz
Citra .5 oz

That would bring me to 44.69 IBU's. I would still only dry hop for 4 days unless you think it should be longer. I've just read that after 4-5 days both galaxy and citra can get kinda "grassy".

 

[seabrew8]

Yeah a lot of people dry hop for 2-3 days. I honestly have never dry hopped so i have no advice.

Citra is a really nice hop and it goes well with cascade.