Is this a mini Mash

[jcarson83]

Your recipe looks pretty good but is 3 lb. of DME enough? What is your target OG?

OG: 1044
FG: 1008
4.6% abv
35-40 IBU

Your probably right I would rather have it around 5-5.5%.
So what I should probably shoot for a OG of around 1052? If I did the math right.

 

[Blender]

A quick run through Promash yeilds the following. My guess is that you will not get all the sugars from the pale malt that are needed and if you can ferment down to 1.008 you will be doing very well.

A ProMash Recipe Report

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 5.50 Wort Size (Gal): 5.50
Total Grain (Lbs): 6.00
Anticipated OG: 1.039 Plato: 9.68
Anticipated SRM: 6.6
Anticipated IBU: 0.0
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70 %
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: Tinseth
Tinseth Concentration Factor: 1.30


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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50.0 3.00 lbs. Generic DME - Light Generic 1.046 8
33.3 2.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) America 1.036 2
16.7 1.00 lbs. Crystal 20L America 1.035 20

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Yeast
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[jcarson83]

Thats way over my head. Interesting though. I'll check out that ProMash.

 

[Blender]

It just tells you that your SG based on ingrdients is 1.039 with 70% extraction from the grain. Add 1 lb. of DME and it rises to 1.047 and add another for a total of 5 lbs. and it rises to 1.055. What is your hopping schedule?

 

[jcarson83]

60min left
45min
15min
dry hop after 2 weeks

Hops don't add any fermentables do they?

 

[Blender]

60min left
45min
15min
dry hop after 2 weeks

Hops don't add any fermentables do they?

No, but how much (weight) at these times.

 

[jcarson83]

I don't know yet its giving me AAUs

60 min left 6AAU
15 min left 6AAU
after 2 weeks dry hop 10AAu

I was wrong earlier. This recipe isn't the easiest format to follow.

 

[Blender]

How much Cascades do you have? Ounces that is and is the AAU printed on the package?

 

[jcarson83]

I haven't bought it yet. I'll probably be brewing next weekend. The place I'm buying from is giving me an alpha of 5-7%, whatever that means. They are pretty helpful so I figured I would just ask them when I got there how much to add for the required AAUs.

http://www.homebrewery.com/beer/beer-hops-pellets.shtml

 

[jcarson83]

So I guess that means it will probably be around 1 oz? Assuming they are 6%

 

[Blender]

I haven't bought it yet. I'll probably be brewing next weekend. The place I'm buying from is giving me an alpha of 5-7%, whatever that means. They are pretty helpful so I figured I would just ask them when I got there how much to add for the required AAUs.

http://www.homebrewery.com/beer/beer-hops-pellets.shtml

The alpha acid units of the hops are the AAU's but you need to determine the weight to get IBU of bittering units. Your recipe calls for 35-40 IBU's. I don't think 1 ounce is quite enough.

 

[jcarson83]

AAU x Hop Utilization Factor = IBU
6 x 4.25 = 25.5
6 x 1.25 = 7.5
33 IBU

Then I don't know how to figure the Hop Utilization Factor for dry hopping 10 AAU.

 

[Lou]

Then I don't know how to figure the Hop Utilization Factor for dry hopping 10 AAU.

zero

 

[jcarson83]

then why dry hop?

 

[Desert_Sky]

then why dry hop?

For all that aroma goodness. You won;t get any bitterness from dry hopping, but your beer will smell soooo good.