US IPS recipe for tomorrow

[spook123_uk]

Hi all,

the wife is away tomorrow so I'm planning my leftovers US IPA brew :)

I need to pick up some caramalt if I can get to the shop as I think it'll help the recipe and the rest are leftovers.

Let me know your opinions?

Grain Bill:

6kg Maris Otter Malt
270g Pilsner Malt
270g Caramalt (for head retention) or should I look at Wheat Malt? I may be limited on what I can get!

I'm looking for a dryish beer so mash at 65.5 for 90 mins then batch sparge

Hop Bill for a 60 min boil

32g Chinook Pellet - 60 min
11g Ahtanum Pellet - 60 min
11g Citra Pellet - 10 min
5g Chinook Pellet - 10 min
16g Cascade Pellet - 5 min

Ferment with WLP001 Liquid Yeast

Dry hop for 5 days with:

16g Ahtanum, 16g Cascade, 16g Citra

Hoping to achieve:

OG: 1.053
FG: 1.010
IBU: 53.8
Colour: 11 EBC
ABV: 5.6%

 

[TheRedDarren]

Looks like a very nice grain bill.
Personally I'd go with wheat malt if you have it. Although, a lot of hops can help with head retention.

I'd be tempted to up the late hop additions, particularly in the last ten minutes, also what about a whirlpool addition?

 

[spook123_uk]

I did think about that. I like hoppy beer too.

I may add another 15g of each in whirlpool. May not need to up the late additions then? or shall I bung some more on the 10 and 5 additions?

 

[TheRedDarren]

Yea, bung a few more g's in between 10 and 0 if I were you.
I'm not a hop head but my theory is add a few more hops because the flavours fade relatively quickly and sometimes a beer can take a while to condition properly, if it takes ages for the malt to mellow you may have lost a lot of hop flavours. My two pence worth any way!

 

[TheRedDarren]

Oh, and experiment with additions at different times to change what flavours you can get from hops.
For instance I've just made a second attempt at a Sierra Nevada pale ale clone (it's not bang on yet, still needs a few tweaks) but I noticed that holding a whirlpool addition at 80*c for 30mins has brought out LOADS of lychee from the cascade hops that the first effort didn't have!

 

[spook123_uk]

ok.. Here's the latest version (again 25L batch as I reckon my bin can handle it!) I'm pretty sure the shop carries both crystal and wheat so I'm going to use them both in small quantities (3% - 4%)

Grain Bill:

5.8kg Maris Otter Malt
270g Pilsner Malt
270g Wheat Malt
200g Light Crystal Malt

I'm looking for a dryish beer so mash at 65.5 for 90 mins then batch sparge

Hop Bill for a 60 min boil

30g Chinook Pellet - 60 min
10g Ahtanum Pellet - 60 min
15g Citra Pellet - 10 min
10g Chinook Pellet - 10 min
20g Cascade Pellet - 5 min

Whirlpool / Steep for 20 mins after flameout

10g Cascade Pellet
10g Citra Pellet

Ferment with WLP001 Liquid Yeast

Dry hop for 5 days with:

16g Ahtanum, 16g Cascade, 16g Citra

Hoping to achieve:

OG: 1.053
FG: 1.010
IBU: 60.1 (beersmith reckons an increase in IBU on the Whirlpool)
Colour: 14.2 EBC (bit more colour than previous)
ABV: 5.6%

 

[TheRedDarren]

That's the next Beer of Britain dude! Send me a bottle when it's done!