Weekend IPA

[McGuigstbrew]

Hi All,

Looking forward to getting a brew session in this Sunday while the other half is busy studying...

Going to do an IPA, partly based on the Simcoe IPA in the Brooklyn Brew Shop book, and partly based on what I have left from previous brews.

Recipe is as follows (for 5 US Gals/22 Litres, but in reality I'll be making a smaller batch):

5lb/2.25kg Pilsner (37%)
5lb/2.25kg Maris Otter (37%)
2lb/950g CaraRed (15%)
0.8lb/350g Biscuit (5.5%)
0.8lb/350g Aromatic (5.5%)

0.9oz/26g Columbus @ 60 mins
0.45oz/13g Cascade @ 15 mins
0.15oz/13g Simcoe @ 5 Mins
2.5oz/71g Amarillo @ 0 Mins

Then dry hop after a couple of days with some amarillo and maybe one of the others (cascade???).

Using a prudent(ish) efficiency of 66% this comes out at 6.5% ABV. Estimated IBUs are 65.

Just wondering if anyone had any thoughts on this recipe and the hop combinations/additions? Note since I'm trying to use up existing supplies I won't be going out to get any additional ingredients, so was really just wanted to see if there were any suggestions based on what's aready stated; I have more hops quantity wise but im stuck with the base malts as they're all I've got at the moment...

Cheers!

 

[JustLooking]

IPA? I'd drop the CaraRed, Biscuit and Aromatic. Maybe use the CaraRed at 5% of your grain bill. There's no rule saying you have to make 5 gallons. Make the volume it takes to hit the gravity you're looking for with the grains you have.

 

[McGuigstbrew]

Yeah I thought that was a lot of specialty grain, but the grain bill (except for the MO instead of all Pilsner base) comes from the BBS book, and it seems to have been well received in a few threads...

As I say I won't actually be brewing a 5 gal batch, I just generalised the recipe. I'll only be making enough to fill two demijohns.

 

[bobbrews]

Those fermentables in the amounts suggested are not really suitable for an IPA, and you appear to only have roughly 4 oz. hops.

Here is a 4 gallon boil, 3 gallon batch of I don't know what you would call it... American Strong Ale perhaps:

1.071 OG / 1.015 FG

3.50# Pilsner
3.00# Maris Otter
0.50# CaraRed
0.40# Aromatic
0.25# Biscuit

0.75 oz. Columbus @ 60 min
0.50 oz. Cascade, and remaining Columbus @ 10 min
0.75 oz. Amarillo, and remaining Simcoe @ 0 min
Dryhop with 1.5 to 2.0 oz. of any leftover hops

 

[permo]

Using your ingredients

5lb/2.25kg Pilsner (37%)
5lb/2.25kg Maris Otter (37%)
.5lb/950g CaraRed (15%)
0.5lb/350g Biscuit (5.5%)
0.5lb/350g Aromatic (5.5%)

.50 oz/13g Columbus @ 60 mins
.50 oz/13g Columbus @ 30 mins
0.45oz/13g Cascade @ 15 mins
0.15oz/13g Simcoe @ 15 Mins
1.0 oz/27G Amarillo @5 mins
1.5oz/42g Amarillo @ 0 Mins

Mash at 150 for 75 minutes to encourage ferment ability and pitch a nice healthy batch of attenuative yeast.