Southern Cross IIPA Recipe opinions

[Knoxgoalie]

Heres my recipe for what I'm calling my Southern Cross IIPA..

Style: Imperial IPA OG: 1.079
Type: FG: 1.020
Rating: 0.0 ABV: 7.73 %
Calories: 258 IBU's: 95.10
Efficiency: 70 % Boil Size: 3.80 Gal
Color: 10.7 SRM Batch Size: 3.00 Gal

Boil Time: 90 minutes

Fermentation Steps
Name Days / Temp
Primary 7 days @ 68.0°F
Secondary 7 days @ 72.0°F
Bottle/Keg 28 days @ 74.0°F

Grains & Adjuncts
Amount Percentage Name Time Gravity
6.00 lbs 92.31 % Light Dry Extract 90 mins 1.044
0.25 lbs 3.85 % Briess Carapils 60 mins 1.034
0.25 lbs 3.85 % Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L 60 mins 1.035

Hops
Amount IBU's Name Time AA %
0.50 ozs 32.65 Super Alpha 90 mins 13.00
0.50 ozs 30.52 Super Alpha 60 mins 13.00
1.00 ozs 17.35 Pacifica 20 mins 6.10
0.25 ozs 5.12 Motueka 20 mins 7.20
0.50 ozs 7.19 Rakau 7 mins 11.40
0.25 ozs 2.27 Motueka 7 mins 7.20
0.50 ozs Rakau 7 days 11.40
0.50 ozs Motueka 7 days 7.20

I'm not sure what kind of yeast (I was thinking about Australian Ale) But I hear that has a bit of a Brady character which isn't quite what I'm going for here.. Any advice on yeast or anything else about the recipe would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Knoxgoalie]

Meant bready not Brady haha, stupid autocorrect

 

[brettwasbtd]

How'd this come out? I am looking into using some NZ hops in the future

 

[bobbrews]

You know there are NZ hops out there called Southern Cross, right? Surprised you didn't use them here.

You need a TON more late hops IMO.

I would have used Wyeast 1272. It has fruity esters and allows the hops to shine at the same time.

You don't need carapils for an extract beer, but I would've shot for 1.070 OG with about 6% C20 and 12% sugar (For a full 6 gallon boil / 5 gallons in the end with no top off water under a 60 minute boil).

 

[ahurd110]

Agree with bob, I would triple your late additions. I dont know about rakau, but motueka is quite mild. Very tasty, but mild. The actual nz hop called southern cross would be good here, it is very earthy, piney and pungent. Great ipa hop.