Red IPA with sabro help

[jdutton24]

I want to keep the IBUS in the 50s and abv under 6. I want a nice red hue/color and strong head retention.I am also wanting to try sabro hops. Here is the recipe.

9lbs of Maris otter.
.75 lbs of crystal 75l
.25 lbs of red x
.25 lbs of special B

Hops
.5 oz of warrior 60 min
1.75oz of galaxy @ whirlpool
1.25 oz of Amarillo @ whirlpool
1 oz galaxy dry hop 5 days
1 oz Amarillo dry hop 5 days
3 oz sabro dry hop 5 days.

Yeast is opshaug kveik

By brewer's friend recipe this is 13.33 srm, 56 ibus and 5.77 abv. But there are so many variations with hops on different calculator that I'm not sure if this is correct. But by this recipe calculator it's right in the arena if what I was looking for I believe. Any help is welcomed!!

 

[marc1]

In my experience, Galaxy is stronger than Amarillo, and might overshadow it.
I have not tried Sabro yet, but my understanding it is also very strong, IIRC on the Hop and Brew School podcast they said something like at 10% of the hop bill it is very noticeable.
So I think that your Amarillo will get lost at these ratios.

I think the Warrior is great for bitterness.

If I was doing this recipe and wanted to use those three hops in the WP and DH, I'd do:
WP:
3oz Amarillo
1oz Galaxy
0.5oz Sabro
DH:
2oz Galaxy
1oz Sabro

I'd probably also throw in another 0.5 oz Sabro in at 15 minutes, and adjust my Warrior down if necessary.

IBUs are a guesstimation. If you use one formula for your recipes consistently, you'll get a feel for how it works for you. It will probably not line up exactly with IBUs if you sent it to a lab to get tested, and spectrometry tested IBUs don't necessarily line up with perceived bitterness.

 

[jdutton24]

Slight variations. Does 6% have an effect on ibus? Hopstand @ 170 a good idea?




Red IPA v2
American IPA

5.9% ABV / 14 °P

All Grain


custom
75.1% efficiency

Batch Volume: 5.5 gal (Kettle)

Fermenter Volume: 5.02 gal

Boil Time: 90 min


Mash Water: 4.32 gal

Sparge Water: 3.35 gal
Total Water: 7.67 gal

Boil Volume: 6.69 gal

Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.047


Vitals
Original Gravity: 1.057

Final Gravity: 1.012

IBU (Tinseth): 54

Color: 13 SRM


Mash
Temperature — 152 °F — 60 min


Malts (10 lb 14 oz)
9 lb (82.8%) — Briess Pale Ale Malt 2-Row — Grain — 3.1 °L
1 lb (9.2%) — BestMalz Red X — Grain — 11.8 °L
12 oz (6.9%) — Caramel/Crystal Malt — Grain — 20.1 °L
2 oz (1.2%) — Weyermann Carafa Special I — Grain — 320.1 °L
Hops (10.5 oz)
0.5 oz (30 IBU) — Warrior 16% — Boil — 60 min

3 oz (17 IBU) — Galaxy 14% — Aroma — 20 min hopstand @ 170 °F

2 oz (7 IBU) — Amarillo 9.2% — Aroma — 20 min hopstand @ 170 °F

3 oz — Sabro 14% — Dry Hop — 5 days

1 oz — Amarillo 9.2% — Dry Hop — 5 days

1 oz — Galaxy 14% — Dry Hop — 5 days


Hopstand at 170 °F


Yeast
1 pkg — White Labs WLP518 Opshaug Farmhouse Yeast 80%

 

[Jag75]

Check out Viking active red . I used it for a red ipa and it turned out well. Was 100% of the grain bill.