IPA Recipe Critique

[RitsiGators]

Hey Guys, I was trying to make a recipe for an IPA, I am pretty sure about the hop schedule, but I am still trying to work out the grain bill. I was trying to add some malt backbone with the vienna malt and some body from the flaked barley... Anyways, any suggestions would be appreciated!



Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.064 SG
Estimated Color: 9.4 SRM
Estimated IBU: 109.9 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 3 7.3 %
5 lbs Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 2 36.3 %
7 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 50.9 %
12.2 oz Barley, Flaked (1.7 SRM) Grain 4 5.5 %




2.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 15




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1.44 oz Chinook [10.00 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 5 70.5 IBUs

0.48 oz Cascade [5.40 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 6 3.9 IBUs
0.48 oz Chinook [10.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 8 7.2 IBUs
0.48 oz Centennial [9.60 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 7 6.9 IBUs

0.48 oz Centennial [9.60 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 10 4.1 IBUs
0.48 oz Chinook [10.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 11 4.3 IBUs
0.48 oz Cascade [5.40 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 9 2.3 IBUs

0.57 oz Centennial [9.60 %] - Boil 1.0 min Hop 13 4.1 IBUs
0.57 oz Cascade [5.40 %] - Boil 1.0 min Hop 12 2.3 IBUs
0.57 oz Chinook [10.00 %] - Boil 1.0 min Hop 14 4.3 IBUs

1.00 oz Cascade [5.40 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 16 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Centennial [9.60 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 17 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Chinook [10.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 18 0.0 IBUs

 

[terrapinj]

out of curiosity why the odd # (.44, .48 and .57oz) hop additions?

 

[RitsiGators]

I do 2.5 Gallon Batches so I scaled the recipe with beersmith before I put it up, I am guessing it didnt exactly double the hops because it still thinks i would be leaving the same amount of trub behind for a 5 gal as a 2.5 gal batch....

 

[Calder]

I like FWH, but I don't think it provides the same feel of bittering as a traditional 60 minutes addition. I generally change the FWH time in beersmith to 30 minutes to get it's bittering contribution. With 110 IBUs I don't think it matters.

 

[RitsiGators]

Hmmm.... maybe i will add in a 60 min addition as well! What do you think FWH adds as opposed to the 60 min addition?