Motueka Pale. Too much?

[soupdragon]

Hi All

Just got a Mad Goose ( ish ) on and am planning my next brew.

Going for something easy on the palate but with a bit of a zing to it.
I'm looking at...........

Pale Malt 3600g
Caragold 400g
Torrified Wheat 250g
Motueka 100g @ 10 mins before end of boil 30 EBU
Motueka 100g @ 5 mins before end of boil 16 EBU
Yeast Malt Miller's West Coast Style
Mashing at around 68/9c for a bit more body/mouthfeel.

Got some Vienna that I might sub for the Caragold but not sure yet, got some Bombay IPA's to do so will need Vienna for them :


Soooooo, too much Motueka? Thanks Critch . Not used them before so unsure how far to take them.
Your thoughts......

Cheers Tom

 

[MyQul]

Just curious (because I'm relatively new to AG) but no hops at the start of the boil?

 

[soupdragon]

Even though utilisation will be low, with the amount I'm using there will still be enough bittering from the short boil time. There should be a ton of flavour though :thumb:

Cheers Tom

 

[Stone Cold]

have you tried this before? how long is total boil?

 

[Stone Cold]

i thik it will be sweet as hell, with all that caramelish malt, high mash temp and no bittering hops??

 

[soupdragon]

It should come out around 46 Ibu.

I've done this before with a Cascade Smash so know it works :-)
Regarding the sweetness. Rob's West Coast yeast behaves very much like US-05 so will ferment out quite dry to balance out much of the residual sweetness from the caragold. I've used 400g in a brew before and it turned out fine :-)
I will keep my options open on this one though and won't finalise the grist quite yet.

Cheers Tom

 

[soupdragon]

have you tried this before? how long is total boil?

90 mins by the way

Cheers Tom

 

[Dr Mike]

What is the brew length and OG ?

 

[Asalpaws]

That's interesting, I've been wanting to try this 10 min only hops. How was your cascade pale? Presumably there is a shed load of hop smell/taste. T