IPA recipe critique

[kcinpdx]

Hi all- I'd like to get back to a more NW/West coast IPA recipe. I's like some feedback! The bitterness / IBU is never right w beertools late additions, so I would expect it be a bit more like 65 IBU. And the FG in BTP is never right...... Expect closer to 1.012

21-A American IPA
Date: 7/8/17

Size: 5*gal
Efficiency: 75.0%
Attenuation: 77.0%


Original Gravity: 1.065 (1.056 - 1.070)
Terminal Gravity: 1.015 (1.008 - 1.014)
Color: 6.66*SRM (6.0 - 14.0)
Alcohol: 6.61% (5.5% - 7.5%)
Bitterness: 56.4 (40.0 - 70.0)

Ingredients:
11.0*lb (89.4%) 2-Row Brewers Malt - added during mash
.5*lb (4.1%) American Caramel 20°L - added during mash
.5*lb (4.1%) German Light Munich - added during mash
.3*lb (2.4%) Corn Sugar - added during boil
1.0*oz (25.0%) Amarillo® (8.5%) - added during boil, boiled 60*m
1*oz (25.0%) Amarillo® (8.5%) - added during boil, boiled 30*m
1.0*oz (25.0%) Falconer’s Flight™ Blend (11.0%) - post boil hopstand approx 180
1.0*oz (25.0%) Falconer’s Flight™ Blend (11.0%) - added dry to secondary fermenter

 

[thehaze]

Which yeast are you going to use?

Regarding the grain bill: I would drop the corn sugar and caramel malt. Just go with 2-row and munich and you will have a much better grain bill, to support the beautiful hops you are using.

Regarding the hop schedule: Amarillo is wasted on bittering. Do you have any high AA hops which you can use for bittering? Something like Warrior, Magnum, Bravo, which can provide all the IBUs from one addition?

Amarillo and FF used for flameout, whirlpool and dry hopping. 1 oz dry hopping will not get you a lot, actually closer to nothing, especially when doing a hopstand. Dry hopping with 3-4 oz would make it more of an IPA and not a common Ale.

 

[kcinpdx]

Planned on 1056. I've been using London lll a lot but would like a more neutral yeast here.

Thanks for the hop advice- I do have some galena that I could use for bittering and save the Amarillo for FO.

 

[thehaze]

1056 is a great choice, for a crisp, clean yeast profile, with emphasis on the hops.

An 1 oz addition of Galena ( assuming 12-14% AA ) at 45 or 60 minutes should provide a healthy bittering charge.