Thanks for the advice, Rotten. I got to Craftbrewer and everything you wrote pretty much went out the window
I meant to ask you for more details on the reasoning behind substituting simple pale for MO. When I talked the recipe through with the guy at CB (I think it was Anthony), his thoughts were that it would just reduce the malt character of the beer. Maybe if this one turns out too malty (or even if it doesn't) I'll make another with the ratios you used.
I likewise ignored your advice about the hops too
This is basically going to be an English hop salad
. Again, I'll probably try again later and simplify the hop bill. It's just that with the two TTL clones I brewed using Fuggles, SG and EKG, it felt like I would just be making the same beer a third time (albeit at a much higher OG).
I brewed this on Saturday, no chilled, without any late boil hops at all. I'm going to use the mini boil method (courtesy of Argon from AHB) to do the late additions.
What I have so far is:
Recipe: English IPA
Brewer: Matt
Asst Brewer:
Style: English IPA
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)
Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 24.00 L
Boil Size: 27.47 L
Estimated OG: 1.065 SG
Estimated Color: 31.3 EBC
Estimated IBU: 57.9 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.40 kg Maris Otter (TF Floor Malted) (5.6 EBC) Grain 62.86 %
1.40 kg Munich Malt - 10L (19.7 EBC) Grain 20.00 %
0.50 kg Wheat Malt, Bel (3.9 EBC) Grain 7.14 %
0.35 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (118.2 EBC) Grain 5.00 %
0.35 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (236.4 EBC) Grain 5.00 %
45.00 gm Target [9.40 %] (60 min) Hops 38.1 IBU
20.00 gm Challenger [7.00 %] (20 min) (First Wort Hops) 8.4 IBU
20.00 gm Styrian Goldings [5.00 %] (20 min) (First Wort Hops) 6.0 IBU
20.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [4.50 %] (20 min) (First Wort Hops) 5.4 IBU
0.32 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1.27 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
12.68 gm Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Total Grain Weight: 7.00 kg
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Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
75 min Mash In Add 18.26 L of water at 71.9 C 65.6 C
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It came out at 1.070.
The first wort hops were entered into BS as 20 mins as per popular opinion on how to calculate their utilisation (of course, they were in the boil the whole time). To calculate the late hops, I have scaled the recipe down to 3L in BS, added 10 mins to the bittering and FWH additions and started playing with combinations of the English hops that I have left (20 to 23 g each EKG, Fuggles and SG, plus half a pack of Challenger). Here's what I'm thinking of doing:
7.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [4.50 %] (10 min) Hops 8.2 IBU
7.00 gm Fuggles [5.50 %] (10 min) Hops 10.0 IBU
7.00 gm Challenger [7.00 %] (10 min) Hops 12.8 IBU
7.00 gm Styrian Goldings [5.00 %] (10 min) Hops 9.1 IBU
7.00 gm Fuggles [5.50 %] (5 min) Hops 5.5 IBU
7.00 gm Challenger [7.00 %] (5 min) Hops 7.0 IBU
7.00 gm Styrian Goldings [5.00 %] (5 min) Hops 5.0 IBU
7.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [4.50 %] (5 min) Hops 4.5 IBU
7.00 gm Fuggles [5.50 %] (0 min) Hops -
7.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [4.50 %] (0 min) Hops -
7.00 gm Styrian Goldings [5.00 %] (0 min) Hops -
7.00 gm Challenger [7.00 %] (0 min) Hops -
Edit: to simplify the above, it's basically 7 g each of Challanger, Fuggles, Styrian Goldings and EKG at 10, 5 and 0 mins.
Too much
This gives 3 L of 126.5 IBU wort (taking the original 57.9 IBU into account). 3 L @ 126.5 IBU + 22 L @ 57.9 = 25 L total batch vol @ 66.13 IBU - should be bitter enough I hope.
Might also dry hop it with Challanger. Even more too much?
Sorry for the monster post folks. Any advice would be much appreciated. I'll try not to ignore it this time