Two recipes, any opinions welcomed...

[RobWalker]

I've brewed similar stuff before, but as I'm doing this to style, it would be good to get some opinions on these two brews as I'll be concentrating on the figures to do with my new setup on brewday rather than the beer itself :thumb:

Don't worry about the strange figures. I have it all under control with BIAB calculators - it's a large water volume because I'm likely to lose a gallon to boil off. The IBU, colour and volumes should be accurate-ish.

First up we have a Scottish Heavy...I'm adding 2.5L more water than usual, and I'll be caramelizing this (that's about 1/5th of the total volume.) High mash temp on this one to get a full malty body.

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 10.00 L      
Boil Size: 12.00 L
Estimated OG: 1.041 SG
Estimated Color: 15.7 SRM
Estimated IBU: 19.9 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount       Item                                     Type          % or IBU     
1.60 kg      Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM)           Grain         86.5 %       
0.15 kg      CaraMalt (15.2 SRM)                      Grain         8.1 %        
0.10 kg      Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM)               Grain         5.4 %        
15.00 gm     Goldings, East Kent [5.00%]  (60 min)    Hops          19.9 IBU     


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Full Body
Total Grain Weight: 1.85 kg
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Name                Description                             Step Temp  Step Time  
Mash In             Add 17.50 L of water at 71.9 C          70.0 C     45 min     


Notes:
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Add 18L total mash water. Remove 3L prior to boiling and after mashing, and caramelize on the hob.

And secondly, an IPA. I hear NS should be used as bittering hops due to their stupid alpha, should I switch this around at all? I want something in the vein of sierra nevada, punk ipa - a really big aromatic hoppy one. Crits on the hop schedule are totally welcome, and just for the record, that would be 50g cascade it it were 5 gallon :thumb:

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 10.00 L      
Boil Size: 13.00 L
Estimated OG: 1.057 SG
Estimated Color: 5.2 SRM
Estimated IBU: 42.9 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount       Item                                     Type          % or IBU     
2.30 kg      Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM)           Grain         90.2 %       
0.25 kg      Wheat Malt, Bel (2.0 SRM)                Grain         9.8 %        
12.00 gm     Nelson Sauvin [12.70%]  (60 min)         Hops          33.2 IBU     
20.00 gm     Cascade [5.50%]  (10 min)                Hops          9.7 IBU      


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body
Total Grain Weight: 2.55 kg
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Name                Description                             Step Temp  Step Time  
Mash In             Add 15.20 L of water at 68.4 C          65.6 C     75 min

 

[Dieseljockey]

Trying to catch up on the forum after holls, I take it you've done these two brews by now Rob. How did it go? I did a high hop IPA a while back and used Chinook, it came out wonderful, they added a slight lemon zest to the pint.. :thumb:

 

[RobWalker]

I havn't, I'm planning these well in advance as I want some decent beer on and not to think about the recipes at the time :thumb: