n00b Seeking Advice V2

[trusty32]

I've been working on a sort of amalgamation of various Boulevard 80 Acre clones for an extract brew. There have been various recipes around on forums, but most have not been for extract brewing (I'm getting there ... just not there yet to brew all grain). I would really appreciate it if you all could let me know what you think of my little recipe!

60 min boil

3 lbs Wheat Dry Extract
3.3 lbs Pilsner Liquid Extract - added 30 min into boil
0.25 lbs Corn sugar (just trying to bump ABV up slightly)


0.25 oz Bravo for 60 min
0.5 oz Summit for 5 min
0.5 oz Summit at flameout

1 Tb Irish Moss for 15 min

Yeast: 1 package Safale American

0.5 oz Cascade dry hop for 7 days
0.5 oz Nelson Sauvin dry hop for 7 days
0.5 oz Summit for dry hop 7 days

According to BeerSmith this will give:
Est. OG of 1.052
24.8 IBU (could be 22.4 if I added all malt extract at start of boil)
5.7 SRM
5.4 ABV

Please give me your thoughts, as I have almost no idea what I'm doing and want to make sure this won't be a waste ...

 

[Juno_Malone]

Looks tasty! Here are my recommendations:

• 80-Acre is brewed with a mix of wheat malt and pale malt, so I'd replace the pilsen LME with an equal amount of golden/light LME/DME. In fact, I believe the bill for 80-Acre is something around 70% pale/30% wheat. So I'd recommend maybe 4lb golden light DME + 2lb wheat DME.
• Why not add some specialty steeping grains in there? The only one that comes to mind would be flaked wheat, which unfortunately needs to be mashed with a base malt. If you have the tools to do a mini mash, you could do something like 1lb of 2-row and 1lb of flaked wheat at 154F for 30-60 minutes. This would also eliminate the need for that 1/4lb corn sugar by adding some extra fermentables from the 2-row. If not, don't worry about it.
• If you want to spend a little extra, you could use a liquid yeast better suited towards wheat beers. But I'm a big US-05 fan and I think it'll work just fine in this recipe.

Hop bill looks great! All of these are just my 2 cents based on personal preference, so feel free to disregard any of these.

 

[trusty32]

Ah! Thank you so much for the comments, unfortunately I had already visited the brew shop and picked up all of the ingredients. In an effort not to waste what I had picked up I went ahead with the original recipe I posted, which from the smell and look of it seems like it's going to be alright.

The original recipe, which I didn't post here because at the shop they didn't have it, included a round of Zeus hops - but, such is life. Compromise!

I will update the thread with how it all comes out. The OG from the batch in the carboy now reads 1.054. It'll be fermenting at around a cool 64 degrees (can't afford to run the heat all day just for beer ... worked out alright in the past). I plan on transferring it to a second carboy after two and a half weeks to clear it up a bit and throw the hops in for the 7 day round.

Here's hoping! If any of that sounds like a bad idea, just let me know and I'll make adjustments.

HERE WE GO! :cross: