Tomorrow's recipe. A little help please

[octoscott]

Gonna brew this up tomorrow, but is the hop combo actually gonna work?

More the question is will the liberty come through at all or do I need to change anything?


Thanks in advance.

Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 12.5
Total Grain (kg): 3.000
Total Hops (g): 77.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.052 (°P): 12.9
Final Gravity (FG): 1.013 (°P): 3.3
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.11 %
Colour (SRM): 3.9 (EBC): 7.7
Bitterness (IBU): 49.2 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 70
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

Grain Bill
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2.700 kg Pale Malt (90%)
0.300 kg Torrified Wheat (10%)

Hop Bill
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12.0 g Magnum Leaf (12.5% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (1 g/L)
5.0 g Amarillo Leaf (8.6% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)
20.0 g Liberty Leaf (4.5% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (1.6 g/L)
10.0 g Amarillo Leaf (8.6% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (0.8 g/L)
30.0 g Liberty Leaf (4.5% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (2.4 g/L)

Misc Bill
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10.0 g Irish Moss @ 15 Minutes (Boil)

Single step Infusion at 151°F for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 68°F with Safale US-05

[Matt12398]

I think your liberty might get lost amongst the Amarillo.

[octoscott]

Would you suggest losing the amarillo altogether or dropping one of the additions? Looking for quite a hoppy lager type taste.

Cheers

[Barley Water]

If I were doing that beer I would likely drop the bitterness about 10 points and likely use Simcoe rather than Liberty for no other reason than I have had good luck with that combination. I'd also likely dry hop but hey, that's just what we do over here. I think you will find that you end up with a fairly dry beer which is going to showcase the hops pretty well; most APA's are about 40 IBU's but we agressively late and dry hop. Anyhow good luck and have fun, this weekend is a heffe weekend for me.

[octoscott]

Thanks for that Barley, I will tone down the buttering a bit. It's an experiment so here's hoping it turns out alright. I've not had a lot of luck with liberty in the past.

Best of luck with your own.

[Aaron]

Yeah, buttery beers aren't that great.

[scuppeteer]

Yeah, buttery beers aren't that great.

Diacetyl I believe, not necessarily a required taste!

[octoscott]

Pah! Bittering I meant!

[Matt12398]

Yes if you're going for something a bit more blonde and lagery I think you'd be better without the Amarillo and just using the liberty.

[lord.president]

If you're after a Liberty beer, Fuller's Discovery in BYOBRAH is a good recipe.