Mad Dragon IPA

[Dutch_Food_Geek]

I'm planning to make an IPA. What do you guys think of this recipe?

volume: 12 liter
OG: 1.087
exp fg: 1.027
exp ABV: 7.8%

Bitterness: 86 IBU
Color: 18 EBC

boiltime: 90 min

fermentables
3.3 kg Pilsner
0.8 kg pale ale
0.5 kg caramalt (30 EBC)
0.1 kg oat flakes

Hops
20 g Columbus (15,8%) @ 60 min
30 g E.K. Goldings (4,9%) @ 30 min
30 g E.K. Goldings (4,9%) @ 15 min
40 g Citra (14,1%) flame out

70 g Citra (14,1%) in secondary

herbs
20 g sweet orange peel @ 60 min

 

[kingwood-kid]

The final gravity looks extremely high for an IPA. You didn't list what yeast you're using, but the numbers say 68% attenuation, which is pretty low. Most yeasts will give you better attenuation and a lower FG, which would be good. Were it my beer, I would cut the caramalt in half, mash low (148-150ish), use a hungry yeast and move the orange peel and 30-minute hops to flameout and/or dry-hop.

 

[Dutch_Food_Geek]

I used the Danstar BRY-97.... So a nice yeast for an IPA.
It stopped eventually at FG 1,014 so I'm happy with that
some residual sweetness, but not to much. It's now in the bottle waiting to be ready and nice and fizzy