First hop addition in final 10 minutes. Really?

[Rob Kerr]

Hi,

I'm going to follow this recipe tomorrow and want to make sure I've understood the hop schedule correctly:
https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product/cloud-9-ipa/

"THE BOIL
Boil time (mins): 60

Additions and timing:

50g Chinook – 10 min
30g Centennial – 10 min
80g Centennial – Whirlpool @ 80c for 20mins
50g Chinook – Whirlpool @ 80c for 20mins"

Does that sound right? It's a West Coast IPA recipe so I can understand that approach, plus the dry-hopping, getting a very hoppy result. Will it have the right bitterness though?

Just checking.

 

[terrym]

Have a play with this
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/calculator
I did and it does seem to be in right ballpark for 34/35ish IBUs. The whirlpooling and large quantities of high %AA hops does help. However dry hopping won't add many IBUs if at all.
Others may have a more experienced take on your question.

 

[Rob Kerr]

Thanks. I hadn't thought of checking like that.

 

[MrSarge]

ive made this recipe from maltmiller and i can say it is cracking!
imo the biscuit malt give it a more british IPA character as opposed to some of the crazy hop bomb IPAs out there but in saying that their was sufficient bitterness and lots of pine profile. Although i brewed mine over coals in the garden during a bbq so the whole process was not exactly as tight as it could have been the but i thoroughly enjoyed drinking it a few months later with all the guys who helped make it!
as a side note mine came out at 9% so not sure what happened there.. most likely mashing temps

 

[Rob Kerr]

Excellent. I'll follow the recipe then. 9%! That's a happy accident.