how bad will it be my pitch black IPA clone

[freq019]

I'm seeking advice from those with more experience.

So I was making pitch black IPA clone this weekend, the one from the byo.com recipe and I had several brain fade moments:

The first was I used 7 lbs dme instead of 7.75lbs lme

The second and third was I used 1 lbs carafal ii dehusked instead of 12 oz and 1 lbs of special roast instead of 10 oz.

Also I decided to add 3 lbs of the dme at flame out instead of at boil.

So will this be bad? Putting it BrewR gives me a higher fg than the real recipe but otherwise numerically it doesn't look to bad.

This is my fourth extract batch and my second non kit batch.


Thanks

 

[WoodlandBrew]

It will be fine. 7 lbs of DME has very close to the same amount of sugar as 7.7lbs of LME. 25% over on the specialty grains will give the body more flavor, but it's not going to be bad, just different. Adding half the malt extract at flameout is a common practice. It will give you better hop utilization.

 

[zzARzz]

I'm seeking advice from those with more experience.

So I was making pitch black IPA clone this weekend, the one from the byo.com recipe and I had several brain fade moments:

The first was I used 7 lbs dme instead of 7.75lbs lme

The second and third was I used 1 lbs carafal ii dehusked instead of 12 oz and 1 lbs of special roast instead of 10 oz.

Also I decided to add 3 lbs of the dme at flame out instead of at boil.

So will this be bad? Putting it BrewR gives me a higher fg than the real recipe but otherwise numerically it doesn't look to bad.

This is my fourth extract batch and my second non kit batch.


Thanks

It'll be a bit stronger than the original recipe, but I imagine it will make for a good beer. Some kits have you just add lme/dme to hot water instead of boiling it, which results in a lighter color. With the higher original gravity due to the extra additions will come a higher final gravity, so just be sure to keep that in mind when you take your readings. Look for the fermentation activity leveling off (i.e. your final gravity number holds steady for about a week while taking readings every 2-3 days). You'll probably need to keep it in your primary a bit longer than what the original recipe stated before bottling or transferring to secondary.

 

[freq019]

Thanks for the responses. I feel a little better about it now.

 

[Brewskii]

I just brewed the all grain version and I followed it to a T. It's 4 weeks in the bottle now and it's still as bitter as earwax(still). I used WLP029 Kolsch yeast on it just because I like it... Its normal for this yeast to accentuate the hops in it... But I think the BYO recipe is high on IBUs. I was disappointed in the dry hop as well. I thought the recipe was strange calling for less than 2 oz dry hop. I used pellets and I dry hopped in a secondary but still got very little dry hop character, just bitter.

I was really disappointed with this recipe. I think if I do it again I'll shoot lower on IBU add those hops to the dry hop charge and use a Chico strain instead of the 029

 

[freq019]

Thanks for the responses. I feel a little better about it now.

Just an update I've had the beer in bottles for a little over a month now and it's great lots of compliments and requests for refills.

Thanks again for the advice and encouragement.