IPA clone recipe help

[TrickyDick]

Looking to try and clone a commercial brew. Website says what they use, but little else.

This is for an IPA, they give the following specs:
6.7%abv
67 IBU
12°L color

5 malts
Golden promise
Gambrinus (suspect honey malt though not specified)
Munich
Belgian aromatic
C-60°

4 hops
Columbus
Amarillo
Cascade
Spalt

So I put some things together in beersmith, and I get the following, just guessing at percentages, and not entirely sure the exact color of the base golden promise malt, as I've seen color ratings in a relative wide range 1.7-3.2. I don't brew much with honey malt, and seems like they are putting a lot of malt variety into this IPA.

81.6% golden promise
4.6 of each of the other malts though its pure guess work I think, this get pretty close in color.



Columbus 2 oz x60 for 46.1 IBU
Spalt 1 oz x60 for 7.8 IBU
Spalt 1oz x15 for 3.9 IBU
Cascade, Columbus, and Amarillo 1oz each for 5 min for sum 9.2 IBU
Cascade1.5 oz Columbus 0.5 oz, and Amarillo 1.5 oz hop stand
Dry hop 1 oz cascade and 1 oz Amarillo


No info on the mash, or yeast. (House yeast)

Thanks, any suggestions appreciated

TD

 

[CBMbrewer]

What beer are you trying to clone?
I agree that the grain bill looks a little messy for an ipa. I would think the spalt would get last with all of those american, citrus, high alpha hops. If your going to use it I would not use it at 60 mins.

 

[TrickyDick]

Yeah I struggle to see where it fits also (the spalt).


It's a small brewery called greenbush. Their standard IPA called Dunegräs.

TD