Recipe Advice

[rich1985]

Hi There,

So my friend and I have started all grain brewing and up until now have been following other people's recipes. This is what we have come up with (using all the odds and ends that have left from previous batches. Just wanted some feedback before we go ahead and make it next weekend.

Thanks in advance!

Richard


5.00 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 1 80.0 %
1.00 kg Cara-Pils/Dextrine (3.9 EBC) Grain 2 16.0 %
0.25 kg Carared (39.4 EBC) Grain 3 4.0 %
10.00 g Mosaic (HBC 369) [12.25 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 4 6.1 IBUs
20.00 g Falconer's Flight 7C's Blend [9.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 5 6.9 IBUs
20.00 g Falconer's Flight 7C's Blend [9.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 6 3.8 IBUs
25.00 g Mosaic (HBC 369) [12.25 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 7 1.2 IBUs
35.00 g Mosaic (HBC 369) [12.25 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 8 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) [50.28 ml] Yeast 9 -
60.00 g Mosaic (HBC 369) [12.25 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 10 0.0 IBUs
40.00 g Cascade [5.50 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
40.00 g Falconer's Flight 7C's Blend [9.50 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 12 0.0 IBUs

 

[johnnyboy1965]

Im sorry to ask this, but why. Your ingredients list is longer than a Leonard Cohen playtlist. Keep it simple

 

[DoctorMick]

Im sorry to ask this, but why. Your ingredients list is longer than a Leonard Cohen playtlist. Keep it simple

3 malts and 3 hop varieties, hardly excessive.

Looking at the recipe that works out at about 20ibus, is that right? For a 6% apa/aipa is expect a lot more personally.

 

[rich1985]

Reason why it's low on beer Smith is because it doesn't count ibu of dry hop or flame out additions. Got told that they also count towards bitterness even if they don't show up on beer Smith?

 

[DoctorMick]

Reason why it's low on beer Smith is because it doesn't count ibu of dry hop or flame out additions. Got told that they also count towards bitterness even if they don't show up on beer Smith?

Dry hop doesn’t add bitterness, 0 minutes will add some bitterness depending on how quickly you chill but it shouldn’t be anything significant (unless chilling takes aaaages and remains at a high temp for a long time).

 

[rich1985]

Dry hop doesn’t add bitterness, 0 minutes will add some bitterness depending on how quickly you chill but it shouldn’t be anything significant (unless chilling takes aaaages and remains at a high temp for a long time).

Ah ok. Thank you. Have you got any/ revisions you could suggest? Thanks so much for your help.

 

[DoctorMick]

Ah ok. Thank you. Have you got any/ revisions you could suggest? Thanks so much for your help.

Personally I’d chuck some high alpha hops at the start of the boil to aim for about 50/60 IBU.

 

[Dexter101]

I remember reading that with carapils you want between 5-10%. not sure why!