Recipe Critique

[basisforaday]

So I'm going for a clone of Anderson Valley's Hop Ottin' IPA. It's supposed to be right around 7% and 79 IBUs. Hoping this gets me close. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

American IPA


Type: Extract
Date: 2/15/2010
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Brewer:
Boil Size: 2.00 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: My Equipment
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: -
Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.00 lb Pale Liquid Extract [Boil for 15 min] Extract 34.78 %
3.00 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 26.09 %
1.65 lb Munich Liquid Extract (12.5 SRM) Extract 17.39 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 8.70 %
1.00 lb Caravienne Malt (22.0 SRM) Grain 8.70 %
0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 4.35 %
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 16.7 IBU
2.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (60 min) Hops 16.7 IBU
0.75 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (20 min) Hops 7.6 IBU
0.75 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (10 min) Hops 1.8 IBU
0.75 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (5 min) Hops 2.5 IBU
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) Yeast-Ale



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.067 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.010 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.016 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.005 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.68 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 0.65 %
Bitterness: 76.1 IBU Calories: 43 cal/pint
Est Color: 13.5 SRM Color: Color

 

[RCCOLA]

Haven't had that one. http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/anderson-valley-hop-ottin-ipa/336/
Initially thought you were going a little too sweet w/ all the crystal, munich and the LME(which may have carapils in it), but after reading the reviews, it looks like it is a sweet IPA.
If you are very certain that you want a VERY sweet IPA, then the recipe will fill that bill, but be aware that the gravity will probably end ~ 1.022-1.025. There are a lot of unfermentables in your recipe.

 

[basisforaday]

It is a sweet IPA, however not extremely sweet. What should I change in my recipe to not make it so sweet? Should I just add more hops? If so, where?

 

[RCCOLA]

Cut the crystal 20 and caravienne by 1/2 at least and maybe leave out the carapils.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Cara-pils is mainly to add body and head retention without affecting flavor and color. There's already enough other non-fermentables in there to give you the body and head retention.

The only time I've used cara-pils is for my wit recipe as the only specialty grain in order to get some head retention and body as it was thinned out with honey to keep the color down.