My First Recipe, tell me what you think

[CharlieB]

Please Critique my recipe its my first one. i would really appreciate some feedback on what you thought or recomendations. thanks


Sweet Melissa IPA

Stats

OG 1.058
FG 1.015
IBU 74
ABV 5.5 %
SRM 9

Specifics
Boil Volume 6 gallons
Batch Size 5 gallons
Yeast 75% AA

Style Comparison
Low High
OG 1.050 1.058 1.075
FG 1.012 1.015 1.016
IBU 40 74 60+
SRM 8 9 14
ABV 5 5.5 7.8


Fermentables
% Weight Weight (lbs) Grain Gravity Points Color
10.5 % 1.00 American Crystal 30L 2.3 6.0
2.6 % 0.25 American Crystal 60L 0.6 3.0
2.6 % 0.25 American Two-row Toasted 0.5 1.5
84.2 % 8.00 Light Malt Extract Syrup 54.4 3.2
9.50 57.8

Hops
% Wt Weight (oz) Hop Form AA% AAU Boil Time Utilization IBU
27.3 % 1.50 Amarillo Pellet 7.0 10.5 60 0.258 40.5
4.5 % 0.25 Amarillo Pellet 7.0 1.8 40 0.226 5.9
4.5 % 0.25 Cascade Pellet 6.6 1.7 40 0.226 5.6
4.5 % 0.25 Amarillo Pellet 7.0 1.8 25 0.179 4.7
4.5 % 0.25 Cascade Pellet 6.6 1.7 25 0.179 4.4
9.1 % 0.50 Northern Brewer Pellet 6.9 3.5 15 0.128 6.6
27.3 % 1.50 Goldings Pellet 5.0 7.5 5 0.051 5.8
18.2 % 1.00 Cascade Whole/Plug 6.6 6.6 0 0.000 0.0
5.50 73.5
Yeast: White Labs London Ale

Dry Hop: 1oz. Cascade in Secondary

 

[CharlieB]

sorry about the format

 

[Boston]

You need to add 1/2 teaspoon of Allman extract to the secondary

 

[CharlieB]

what does that do?

 

[Boston]

what does that do?

Nevermind

"Lord, in his deepest dreams the gypsy flies,
With sweet Melissa." The Allman Bros.

 

[PseudoChef]

If I'm not mistaken, you need to mash the toasted malt. It looks to me like you're just steeping the grains, no?

 

[daholl01]

You need to add 1/2 teaspoon of Allman extract to the secondary

I got it - big fan.

 

[Blender]

My question is when I looked at the recipe is that why the addition of the the Goldings or the Northern Brewer. I think it they might be overpowered and not come through all that well.

If it was mine I would stick with the Amarillo and Cascade mix as they are more compatable to my taste.

 

[Beerrific]

Personally I think that is too much crystal. Might end up too sweet depending on how fermentable the extract is.

Also, you could steep some carapils for body.

As far as the hops, I agree, I think you will lose the flavor of the Goldings and NB, Amarillo and Cascade have very strong flavors. If you just need the IBUs and have them to spare, you could move them to 60 minutes, just for bittering and have more Cascade and Amarillo for the flavor/aroma.

1 oz of dry hopped Cascade will give a good aroma, if you any spare throw some Amarillo in there too.

 

[CharlieB]

Boston, i got it........didn't read the whole thing

good one

 

[desertbronze]

I would leave out the Northern Brewer and Goldings hops. Maybe move a half ounce of the Amarillo hops to the end of the boil - 15 minutes or less. Otherwise looks good.

 

[CharlieB]

well the last IPA i brewed did not come out as bitter as i would like nor did the aroma. i wanted to make sure i got the full hop flavor aroma and bitterness as well as the malt taste. the goldings and northern brewer, would those be overkill or just not worth throwing in? i kinda wanted to do a 5 or 6 hop addition, do you think sticking with cascade and amarillo is good for that?

 

[Grimsawyer]

crystal is fine. I've used more ant it wasn't too sweet. I'd up the grainbill a bit. Instead of just steeping might as well add 2lbs of 2-row and minimash. It isn't that much harder. Keep the hops how it is but add some amarillo and cascade to your 5 min as well. Then dry hop with both. Then you'd have a fine beer. Amarillo and cascade have a nice citrus flavor/aroma. Mix that with your northern brewer and golding and it'll be nice and complex. Just add more at the end to get more of the happy flavors.