Recipe HELP - Original IPA BIAB

[txstatebobcat26]

I am thinking about making a simple IPA and was wondering if some one would review my recipe and provide comments. I use the BIABacus and it seems to increase my grain bill pretty high.

Thanks!

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Little Lar IPA - Batch A0​

Recipe Overview

Brewer: Andrew Clancy
Style: IPA
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ABV: 7.2% (assumes any priming sugar used is diluted.)

Original Gravity (OG): 1.074
IBU's (Tinseth): 45.6
Bitterness to Gravity Ratio: 0.62
Colour: 9.9 EBC = 5 SRM

Kettle Efficiency (as in EIB and EAW): 75 %
Efficiency into Fermentor (EIF): 71.5 %

Note: This is a Pure BIAB (Full Volume Mash)

Times and Temperatures

Mash: 90 mins at 66 C = 150.8 F
Boil: 90 min
Ferment: 14 days at 20 C = 68 F

Volumes & Gravities
(Note that VAW below is the Volume at Flame-Out (VFO) less shrinkage.)
The, "Clear Brewing Terminology," thread at http://www.biabrewer.info/

Total Water Needed (TWN): 30.9 L = 8.16 G
Volume into Boil (VIB): 28.03 L = 7.41 G @ 1.059
Volume of Ambient Wort (VAW): 21.5 L = 5.68 G @ 1.074
Volume into Fermentor (VIF): 20.5 L = 5.42 G @ 1.074
Volume into Packaging (VIP): 18.98 L = 5.01 G @ 1.019 assuming apparent attenuation of 75 %

The Grain Bill (Also includes extracts, sugars and adjuncts)

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94.8% 2 row pale malt (4 EBC = 2 SRM) 6792 grams = 14.97 pounds
5.2% German Munich (7 EBC = 3.6 SRM) 370 grams = 0.82 pounds


The Hop Bill (Based on Tinseth Formula)

34.8 IBU Chinook Pellets (11.9%AA) 30.7 grams = 1.083 ounces at 60 mins
10.9 IBU Galaxy Pellets (13%AA) 44 grams = 1.553 ounces at 5 mins
0 IBU Galaxy Pellets (13%AA) 44 grams = 1.553 ounces at 0 mins
0 IBU Galaxy Pellets (13%AA) 30.7 grams = 1.083 ounces at 0 mins (Dry Hopped)


Mash Steps

Mash Type: Pure BIAB (Full-Volume Mash): Saccharifiaction for 90 mins at 66 C = 150.8 F

Strike Water Needed (SWN): 31.51 L = 8.32 G 67.1 C = 152.7 F

Mashout for for 0 mins at 78 C = 172.4 F

Miscellaneous Ingredients

0.49 Whirfloc Tablet (Boil) 10 Mins - Clarity


Chilling & Hop Management Methods


Chilling Method: Immersion Chiller (Employed 0 mins after boil end.)

Fermentation & Conditioning

Fermentation: WLP 001 for 14 days at 20 C = 68 F

Secondary Used: N

Filtered: N
Req. Volumes of CO2: 2.5
Serving Temp: 5 C = 41 F
Condition for 14 days.
Consume within 6 months.

 

[txstatebobcat26]

Bump? No one has a comment? Is it that bad? Lol

 

[72hw]

Only have 15 or so batches under my belt, nearly all BIAB, so take my opinion with a grain of salt but the grain bill looks OK to me provided you hit your expected efficiency. I'm definitely a hop head so my first instinct is to boost the hop additions, but that's just me. Think you will get the simple IPA you're shooting for no problem!

 

[dkevinb]

Brewer's Friend gives very similar numbers for that grain bill and hop schedule. It's a little light-colored for a BJCP American IPA, if that matters to you. It's got quite a few IBU's, but it probably won't taste like a super hop bomb because of all the malt. All in all it looks like a fairly high alcohol fairly bitter IPA.

The Priceless Brewing BIAB calculator says on my system I'd need a total of 9.03 gallons of water, my mash would occupy 10.5 gallons at mash temp, and my starting boil volume would be 8.09 gallons at boil temp.

 

[txstatebobcat26]

Thanks for the feed back. Maybe Ill up the hop schedule. any thoughts on Galaxy hop? trying to keep it simple with basically 1 flavor hop

 

[72hw]

Not used Galaxy myself but recently started a series of single hop beers and have really enjoyed the results. My last batch of Chinook IPA really came out well and helped me define what I like about that particular hop. Did the same thing with Simcoe and soon will do a Centenial version - the single hop thing is something I can personally recommend and I'm sure others would urge you to pursue as well.

Up the hop bill if you want, but stay with the same malt bill if you embark on the What Does This Hop Taste Like path... I switched from 2 Row to Maris Otter on 2 consecutive brews using the same hops and really came away with two different beers. Personally I am really liking the MO even with the added cost!