IPA Recipe...Want OPINIONS!

[AndDrink916]

Hey All, I like bouncing around recipe ideas on here. So let me know what you think. Still working through IPA's. My overall impression is to have a bit of malt character with these hops. I have some of these hops in storage so figured might put them together for this brew day.


1.068 SG
71% eff
65 IBU (Beersmith)
13.3 SRM
7.5 ABV
All Grain
Fly Sparge



12 lb of 2 row (Rhar)
1 lb 8 oz Maris Otter
1 lb Caraaroma 130 SRM

Simcoe - FWH - 5 grams
Apollo - 60min - 15 grams - Bittering
El Dorado - 15 min - 14 g
Willamette - 5 min - 56 g

Whirlpool El Dorado and Willamette 28 g each for 30 min

San Diego Super 090 - Big starter

Double Dry Hop with Lemon Drop Hops first charge for about 3 days and the next for another 3 days.

Then package.


I am open to opinions on the hop combination since it is a little different. Then the yeast. I was considering using 007 Dry English since I love the profile. I just used 001 and 090 so I have some harvested yeast to use. But curious on thoughts.


Going to be using a standard IPA water profile with distilled water for the base.

Let me know!

 

[JonM]

A whole pound of 130L caraaroma is a lot. (It can be as high as 170L). If you want a nice color, I'd suggest dropping the cara aroma and the Maris Otter and subbing an equal amount of Vienna or maybe Munich. You could add a touch of aromatic or Victory if you're after a nutty/bready flavor.

5 grams of FWH ain't gonna do much, so maybe add those hops later in the process.

 

[Eh_Modern_Drunkard]

Hmm, sounds interesting!
I've never used Apollo or El Dorado before so it's tough to comment on it. :/
I always tend to lean on Centennial/Cascade/Citra for my IPAs. Though I've been playing around with some Nelson Sauvin these days with some great results!

I'd like to hear how this turns out though for sure!