Need feedback for pale ale

[Virtus]

Hello.

So far i brewed only 10 gallon batches. Now i have new eqipment for brewing 53 gallon ( 200 litre) batches. I made an recipe for 53 gallon and i need some feedback if the recipe is formulated ok.

Pale ale Bestmalz 6 EBC 92,9 %
Caramunich 2 Bestmalz 120 EBC - 45L 7,1 %

7oz. Hallertau Magnum [14,00 %] - Boil 60,0 min
10.5oz. Cascade [5,50 %] - Boil 10,0 min
10.5oz. Cascade [5,50 %] - Boil 0,0 min
14oz. Cascade [5,50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 0,0 min
Yeast Safale us 05 9 oz rehidrated

Single infussion 151 fahrenheit, fly sparge. Boil time 60 min.

OG 1.052
FG 1.011
IBU 35
ABV 5.5 %
SRM 8

Thank you,
Denis

 

[thehaze]

I plugged in the recipe into BrewersFriend, but I do get more than 35 IBU. It seems you do not calculate the Whirlpool addition, which will impart bitterness. BrewersFriend sets utilizationat at 10% by default, but I always adjust to 3% for my system and get the results I need. With 3% utilization, your recipe will go up to around 45 IBU.

 

[Virtus]

With 53 gallon i mean final beer in bottles, not batch size in fermenter. Amount of beer in fermenter - batch size is set to 61 gallon in beersmith. I think because of that is these difference in IBU.

 

[Smellyglove]

You know your own system best. I'd say go for it. You can get as many different inputs as there are brewers. I'd change one thing, but that's because that's how I do it. Brew it, drink it, be a happy man.

 

[Gnomebrewer]

Have you brewed this recipe on your 10gal system? 53gal is a lot for an experimental batch.....it would be disappointing to have to drink through that amount of mediocre beer!

 

[Virtus]

i did and it was great. Now i worried about amount of hops used in beer. Now i will not doing dry hop, but i will threw hops in whirpool instead of dry hop.

 

[Gnomebrewer]

i did and it was great. Now i worried about amount of hops used in beer. Now i will not doing dry hop, but i will threw hops in whirpool instead of dry hop.

It might be worth asking your question on a pro brewer forum (not many here using systems anywhere near 53G), but I'd expect bitterness to be higher from late hopping on the bigger system, than it is on the smaller system. Firstly, The higher volume to surface area will mean the wort stays at a higher temperature for longer during whirlpool, and also you will (presumably) take longer to chill the wort, so it stays at a higher temperature for longer. The effects might be minimal though.