IPA Recipes

[Beer Snob]

Hey all.... here are two IPA recipes I am looking at for this Saturday. Any thoughts on them would be real helpful! Hosting an event at a Nursing home environment so was looking for a recipe that would give in to a lot of the senses I'm doing AG and I believe that a simple infusion would be appropriate for either one. Would this be right? I am also going to do batch so I'll probably toss another pound of 2 row in it to compensate for the loss in efficiency. I am also thinking of trying that Ph 5.2.

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Oak Tree IPA
A ProMash Recipe Report
Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 5.50 Wort Size (Gal): 5.50
Total Grain (Lbs): 10.25
Anticipated OG: 1.052 Plato: 12.95
Anticipated SRM: 10.3
Anticipated IBU: 21.1
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Formulas Used
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Brewhouse Efficiency and Predicted Gravity based on Method #1, Potential Used.
Final Gravity Calculation Based on Points.
Hard Value of Sucrose applied. Value for recipe: 46.2100 ppppg
% Yield Type used in Gravity Prediction: Fine Grind Dry Basis.
Color Formula Used: Morey
Hop IBU Formula Used: Garetz

Grain/Extract/Sugar
% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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87.8 9.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) Great Britain 1.038 3
4.9 0.50 lbs. CaraPilsner France 1.035 10
7.3 0.75 lbs. Crystal 80L 1.033 80
Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.

Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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1.50 oz. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 4.75 19.2 60 min.
1.50 oz. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 4.75 1.9 15 min.
1.50 oz. Cascade Pellet 5.75 0.0 Dry Hop

Extras
Amount Name Type Time
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2.00 Oz Oak Chips Other 10 Days(fermenter)

Yeast
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White Labs WLP002 English Ale



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Thunder
A ProMash Recipe Report
Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 5.50 Wort Size (Gal): 5.50
Total Grain (Lbs): 12.15
Anticipated OG: 1.059 Plato: 14.47
Anticipated SRM: 13.7
Anticipated IBU: 47.3
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Formulas Used
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Brewhouse Efficiency and Predicted Gravity based on Method #1, Potential Used.
Final Gravity Calculation Based on Points.
Hard Value of Sucrose applied. Value for recipe: 46.2100 ppppg
% Yield Type used in Gravity Prediction: Fine Grind Dry Basis.
Color Formula Used: Morey
Hop IBU Formula Used: Garetz
Additional Utilization Used For Plug Hops: 2 %
Additional Utilization Used For Pellet Hops: 10 %

Grain/Extract/Sugar
% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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61.7 7.50 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) America 1.036 2
12.3 1.50 lbs. Victory Malt America 1.034 25
8.2 1.00 lbs. Munich Malt(2-row) America 1.035 6
3.3 0.40 lbs. Special Roast Malt America 1.033 40
4.1 0.50 lbs. Soft White Wheat Malt America 1.040 3
6.2 0.75 lbs. Crystal 80L 1.033 80
4.1 0.50 lbs. CaraPilsner France 1.035 10
Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.

Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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2.00 oz. Perle Pellet 8.25 47.3 60 min.
0.50 oz. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 4.75 0.0 10 min.
0.50 oz. Cascade Pellet 5.75 0.0 Dry Hop

Yeast
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White Labs WLP001 California Ale

 

[chillHayze]

For an IPA, I would go more towards the simpler first recipe b/c there is more emphasis on the hops vs. the biscuit-y grain flavors. I would also go a bit higher with the IBUs, maybe an extra .5-1 oz goldings for the 60 min, and the same in cascades around 0-5 min. That's just me though.

The old folks will love whatever you brew I'm sure

 

[Beer Snob]

With the Thunder recipe I'm Trying to figure out if the batch sparge number make sense. It uses 12.15 pounds of grain. At 1 quart/pound I'm adding 3.04 gallons to the mash in. 3.64 gallons in the mash out. My first runnings are 6.7 gallons. Boil is about 6.2 gallons so it sounds like I dont need to do a second running. The OG should be 1.061.

But like I said... not sure if it makes sense. What do you all think?

 

[cweston]

I think the oak in the first recipe will overwhelm the fairly modest (by IPA standards) hops presence. I'd nix the oak and make it a subtle beer, or up the hops quite a bit, both bittering and flavor.

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

I'd increase the percentage of diastatic grains in both recipes...less than 10% crystal in a pale ale/IPA seems to work best to me.

 

[Chairman Cheyco]

The first one looks like the better recipe. I'd up the hops a bit and like the Baron said, reduce the character grains a touch - you want this to be an easy drinking beer. The second recipe looks like it's trying to do too much with all those grains, it will get muddy.