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I've been brewing for a few years but haven't done an IPA yet due to my preference for more sessionable pale ales. Well... that plus I'm a cheapskate with hops. I'd appreciate feedback on the recipe below, mainly the hop schedule as I'm not too familiar with heavy hopping. I'm thinking magnum [edit: I meant Warrior] for a 60 minute bittering charge, but I also have about 4oz Mosaic, 2oz Chinook, 1oz Cascade, and 1oz Mt. Hood on hand. I'm listing one option for hops below, but I'm totally open to creative suggestions! Also, it's a 4 gallon batch, so hop amounts are about 20% less. Thanks in advance.

AMERICAN IPA (6.5% abv, 60-70 ibu)
91% 2 Row
6% Munich 10 L
3% Carapils
Hops:
0.4oz Mosaic FWH
0.2oz Warrior @ 60
1oz Mosaic & 0.5oz Cascade @ 10
1oz Chinook & 0.5oz Cascade @ 0 (15 min post-boil hot steep)
1oz Chinook dry-hop 5 days
US-05

I'm new to the forum and just saw this for the first time, so I'm way late to the party. I was just listening to a podcast today that had Mitch Steele of Stone Brewing Company talking about IPA recipes. He said that he NEVER dry hops with Chinook because he says it has a "dank" flavor. He also recommends 95% of the grain to be pale malt. He's not a fan of IPAs being malty and full bodied. He likes them dryer, which is my preference as well.
 
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