60 minute IPA Apollo Chinook Cascade

[cerbera84]

Evening guys,

I'm attempting to create my first recipe and looking for some feedback on the below recipe.

I have a couple of initial questions:

1) Does the crystal malt need to be included for this style?
2) Is Cascade the best choice as the bittering hop? Or would the Apollo or Chinook be better? I choose the Cascade because it had the lowest AA%...

Cheers,

Ben

Apollo Chinook Cascade Pale - American Pale
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Batch Size 23 L
Boil Size 30 L
Boil Time 1.000 hr
Efficiency 75%
OG 1.051 sg
FG 1.013 sg
ABV 5.1%
Bitterness 45.5 IBU -> now 51.4
Color 7.3 srm (Morey)

Fermentables
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Name Type Amount Mashed Late Yield Color
Bairds Pale Ale Low Colour (2 Row) UK Grain 5.500 kg Yes No 78% 3.0 srm
Youngs - Crystal Medium Grain 250.000 g No No 74% 55.0 srm
Total grain: 5.750 kg

Hops
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Name Alpha Amount Use Time Form IBU
Cascade 6.0% 15.000 g Boil 1.000 hr Pellet 9.1 -> now Apollo 18.6% 8.000 g Boil 1.000 hr Pellet 15.0
Apollo 18.6% 15.000 g Boil 15.000 min Pellet 14.0
Cascade 6.0% 15.000 g Boil 15.000 min Pellet 4.5
Chinook 13.7% 15.000 g Boil 15.000 min Pellet 10.3
Apollo 18.6% 10.000 g Boil 5.000 min Pellet 3.7
Cascade 6.0% 10.000 g Boil 5.000 min Pellet 1.2
Chinook 13.7% 10.000 g Boil 5.000 min Pellet 2.8
Apollo 18.6% 20.000 g Boil 0.000 s Pellet 0.0
Cascade 6.0% 20.000 g Boil 0.000 s Pellet 0.0
Chinook 13.7% 20.000 g Boil 0.000 s Pellet 0.0
Apollo 18.6% 40.000 g Dry Hop 0.000 s Pellet 0.0
Cascade 6.0% 40.000 g Dry Hop 0.000 s Pellet 0.0
Chinook 13.7% 40.000 g Dry Hop 0.000 s Pellet 0.0

Yeasts
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Name Type Form Amount Stage
Mangrove Jacks West Coast - Dry

[Brewdoug]

You've got that the wrong way round. The hop with highest AA% is normally used for bittering.

[cerbera84]

ok, I've made some changes:

Bitterness 51.4 IBU (Tinseth)

Apollo 18.6% 8.000 g Boil 1.000 hr Pellet 15.0 as bittering hop instead of Cascade.

cheers

[cerbera84]

Change of plan guys, came up with this - slight twist on the 60 minute IPA recipe from Greg Hughes' book:

60 minute IPA by Ben, on Flickr