IPA Recipe Critique

[basisforaday]

So I'm designing a recipe for an IPA and I need some thoughts. I'm going for a semi-clone of Anderson Valley's Hop Ottin IPA. How does my recipe look?

American IPA


Type: Extract
Date: 2/15/2010
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Brewer:
Boil Size: 2.00 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: My Equipment
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: -
Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.00 lb Pale Liquid Extract [Boil for 15 min] Extract 34.78 %
3.00 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 26.09 %
2.00 lb Amber Liquid Extract (12.5 SRM) Extract 17.39 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 8.70 %
1.00 lb Caravienne Malt (22.0 SRM) Grain 8.70 %
0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 4.35 %
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 16.7 IBU
2.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (60 min) Hops 16.7 IBU
0.75 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (20 min) Hops 7.6 IBU
0.75 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (10 min) Hops 1.8 IBU
0.75 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (5 min) Hops 2.5 IBU
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) Yeast-Ale



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.067 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.010 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.016 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.005 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.68 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 0.65 %
Bitterness: 76.1 IBU Calories: 43 cal/pint
Est Color: 13.5 SRM Color: Color

 

[david_42]

I'm getting 45 IBU from your numbers.

Consider boiling the First Wort Hop add in two gallons of water and allowing it to cool while you boil the rest of the recipe.

 

[basisforaday]

Yeah, I added the IBUs up and it's 45.3, how is Beersmith getting 76.1? Is that because of the late LME addition?

 

[basisforaday]

Actually, yeah it is. I took off the 15 minute late addition and Beersmith said 45.3 IBUs.

 

[basisforaday]

The Amber LME in this recipe should actually be Munich LME. Beersmith didn't have Munich LME.