ipa to much hops or..... wellllll abit of help needed

[jonny8ball]

hi lads
can u go over this recipe and see if its needing or needs less of anything
got me water analysis coming soon from murphy's ,carnt wait start editing me own water

recipes as is:

MALT..
6.42 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 1 80.0 %
1.07 kg Munich Malt (17.7 EBC) Grain 2 13.3 %
0.27 kg Crystal Malt - 60L (Thomas Fawcett) (118.2 EBC) Grain 3 3.3 %
0.27 kg Wheat, Torrified (Thomas Fawcett) (3.9 EBC) Grain 4 3.3 %

HOPS..
25.00 g Magnum [11.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 15.7 IBUs
30.00 g Mosaic [12.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 6 10.2 IBUs
30.00 g Amarillo [9.20 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 7 5.7 IBUs
30.00 g Mosaic [12.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 8 4.1 IBUs

30.00 g Citra [13.80 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min Hop 9 4.3 IBUs
30.00 g El Dorado [15.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min Hop 10 4.7 IBUs
30.00 g Mosaic [12.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min Hop 11 3.7 IBUs

was thinking of dry hopping to

30g citra
40g mosaic 3 days

any thought much appreciated

[Jocky]

What's the batch size and OG?

For a true IPA I think the bitterness should ideally be higher - 50+ IBU from boil hops (I don't seem to get much bitterness from steep/whirlpool hops). But then it's better to be a bit low than too high.

[TheSumOfAllBeers]

MOAR bitterness you are shy of 50 IBU and for a 20L batch you are pushing for maybe 1.065 ÓG?

As a rule of thumb match your ÓG and IBU. So aim for 60 or so.

Also you have a very malty backbone in that IPA which is something to consider in your bitterness balance

[jonny8ball]

45 litre batch
Og at 1.050

[Barley Water]

First of all, I think you will like what happens when you use both Amarillo and Mosaic in a beer and yeah, I would absolutely dry hop. In my humble opinion, when you start using a bunch of different hop varieties things can get a little muddied so I would simplify the recipe a bit and just use Amarillo and Mosaic for flavor and late/dry hopping. I generally like to bitter with a high alpha, low cohumolone hops like you are doing (I use Magnum as well as Warrior quite a bit just like you are doing) and it works out really well. Actually, I am currently drinking a similar beer right now that I am very happy with. Since people smell the beer before they even taste it I think it's important to jack up the aroma if the style you are brewing calls for it. Anyhow, good luck and have fun.