WestMichBrewer
Well-Known Member
I'm a fan of Founders All Day IPA and wanted to brew my own lower-gravity IPA (not a clone).
I thought I'd mix and match a few styles and processes along the way and hopefully come up with something good.
Here's what I have:
3.5 gallons
OG 1.045
4.25 lb American - Pale 2-Row 73.5%
0.5 lb American - Munich - Light 10L 8.6%
0.5 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 20L 8.6%
6.5 oz Rolled Oats 7%
2 oz German - Acidulated Malt 2.2%
Mash high - 156 maybe
I bought these hops:
2 oz Amarillo
1 oz Cascade
1 oz Centennial
US-05
I tentatively plan to use first wort hopping for bittering (50 IBU) and flavor, then the remaining in dry and/or keg hops (recently bought a couple tea balls).
Cascade and Centennial are well known to me, but I havent used Amarillo before.
I have a few leftover hops (US fuggle, santiam, spalt, liberty) I could utilize to bump bitterness and therefore reserve extra for the later dry/keg additions.
How does it sound and how would I best utilize the hops for my brew?
Thanks in advance!
I thought I'd mix and match a few styles and processes along the way and hopefully come up with something good.
Here's what I have:
3.5 gallons
OG 1.045
4.25 lb American - Pale 2-Row 73.5%
0.5 lb American - Munich - Light 10L 8.6%
0.5 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 20L 8.6%
6.5 oz Rolled Oats 7%
2 oz German - Acidulated Malt 2.2%
Mash high - 156 maybe
I bought these hops:
2 oz Amarillo
1 oz Cascade
1 oz Centennial
US-05
I tentatively plan to use first wort hopping for bittering (50 IBU) and flavor, then the remaining in dry and/or keg hops (recently bought a couple tea balls).
Cascade and Centennial are well known to me, but I havent used Amarillo before.
I have a few leftover hops (US fuggle, santiam, spalt, liberty) I could utilize to bump bitterness and therefore reserve extra for the later dry/keg additions.
How does it sound and how would I best utilize the hops for my brew?
Thanks in advance!