Tropical IPA recipe critique

[dstockwell]

I am trying to make a tropical citrus bomb of an IPA. I just put this recipe together and am looking for any advice to improve it. Thanks

Recipe Type: All Grain BIAB
Yeast: Omega Tropical IPA (Compares to WLP644)
Batch Size (Gallons): 3.25
Original Gravity: 1.063
Final Gravity: 1.010
IBU: 58
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 7 SRM
ABV: 7
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 14 Days at 75 degrees
Brew House 70%

Grain Bill
7 lbs 2 Row
8 oz victory
8 ox Golden Naked Oats

Mash

BIAB Single Infusion mash for 75 minutes at 154 degrees.

Boil & Hops
.7 oz. Amarillo 7.4% @ 15 min.
.5 oz. Citra 12% @ 15 min.
.5 oz. Galaxy 15.6% @ 15 min.

1 oz each Ahtanum, Amarillo, and Citra, Whirlpool 45 min @ 150

Dryhop

.5 oz each Galaxy, Citra 3 days
1 oz each Ahtanum, Amarillo 3 days

 

[Redtab78]

I am wondering why the victory malt here? What are you trying to get out of the victory, a nutty/biscuit flavor? I am not really sure how that would play with the tropical fruit tones your going after. I have found recently that doing pale 2 row with a little pit of pilsner (80/20 split), with a tad bit on munich 10L (and Oats/wheat if your going for the NEIPA haze craze) gives me a very good malt flavor. perhaps something like:

4.5# pale 2-row
1.5# Pilsner
1# Munich 10L (for some color)
.5# White wheat
.5# Flaked oats

Other than that, the hops you have seem to pair well (I only have experience with the Amarillo and citra as a pair though), many on here are going to tell you to move everything down to flame out/ steep (which is more in the NEIPA craze range of timing), but personally I like doing a 10 min addition and a flame out just as you have listed. For your dry hop additions, are you planning on adding 1 addition during fermentation (2 days into krausen) and the second addition later or??? The way you have it posted, it looks like 2 separate dry hops, but both with the same time.

 

[dstockwell]

I searched around a lot trying to make this grain bill, just adding a little more malt profile to the 2 row. Yea I'm not going down the NEIPA road. Just one dry hop addition, just entered that way based on the weights. If I switch the Victory with Munich my color comes up short.

 

[Yooper]

I searched around a lot trying to make this grain bill, just adding a little more malt profile to the 2 row. Yea I'm not going down the NEIPA road. Just one dry hop addition, just entered that way based on the weights. If I switch the Victory with Munich my color comes up short.

I love victory malt in a dry feeling IPA. It's biscuit/dry toast in flavor and mouthfeel, which you may (or may not) want. Munich is lighter in color than victory malt- victory is about 25L while Munich is 9L usually, but you could get Munich 20L or aromatic malt if you wanted a "malty" flavor instead of "dry toast" flavor.

 

[dstockwell]

Well this one is on the med dry side, I increased the mash temp because this yeast has 85%+ attenuation.