Fruity/flowery American IPA - Cascade/Nelson - thoughts?

[daf]

I've a piney/dank IPA about to be bottled - when I opened up the lid to bung in more dry hops SWMBO said it smelled like the bins! Tastes great though...

Therefore to use up more of the hops in the freezer compartment to make room for more ice lollies - how about this IPA recipe, using Northern Brewer to bitter, and Cascade and Nelson Sauvin for aroma? The last two additions will be cube hopped at around 80 degrees C.

HOME BREW RECIPE:
Title: August IPA
Author: Daf

Brew Method: BIAB
Style Name: American IPA
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 25 liters (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 31 liters
Boil Gravity: 1.052
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
No Chill: 15 minute extended hop boil time

STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.065
Final Gravity: 1.014
ABV (standard): 6.65%
IBU (tinseth): 67.87
SRM (morey): 6.58

FERMENTABLES:
6 kg - United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale (89.3%)
0.25 kg - German - Carapils (3.7%)
0.25 kg - Cane Sugar (3.7%)
0.216 kg - United Kingdom - Crystal 15L (3.2%)

HOPS:
33 g - Northern Brewer, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 10.3, Use: Boil for 90 min, IBU: 33.26
15 g - Nelson Sauvin, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 12.3, Use: Boil for 15 min, IBU: 12.81
15 g - Cascade, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 7.9, Use: Boil for 15 min, IBU: 8.23
15 g - Nelson Sauvin, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 12.3, Use: Aroma for 0 min, IBU: 8.27
15 g - Cascade, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 7.9, Use: Aroma for 0 min, IBU: 5.31

MASH GUIDELINES:
1) Temperature, Temp: 66 C, Time: 90 min, Amount: 35 L

YEAST:
Mangrove Jack - US West Coast Yeast
Starter: No
Form: Dry
Attenuation (avg): 78%
Flocculation: High
Optimum Temp: 15 - 23.33 C
Fermentation Temp: 22 C
Pitch Rate: 0.35 (M cells / ml / deg P)


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Date: 2014-08-08 16:05 UTC
Recipe Last Updated: 2014-08-08 16:05 UTC

[daf]

Main question is about the grain bill - do I need to add the Carapils and light crystal or should I go straight with the Maris?

[Fuggley Duckling]

Looks nice, I love Cascade and Nelson Sauvin together. I would lose 10g of Nelson and add 10g of Cascade, then make up the the IBU difference with a little more Northern Brewer. Reason being I find Nelson can overpower and drown out the Cascade flavour/aroma when they are used in equal amounts. I have found that 1 part Nelson to 2 parts Cascade is a good balance. That's just me though, everyones taste buds are different

[daf]

Okay - we're off. I dropped the Carapils and the recipe remained all ticks for the style. Currently mashing at 66 deg c for 90 minutes.

[daf]

HOME BREW RECIPE:
Title: August IPA
Author: Daf

Brew Method: BIAB
Style Name: American IPA
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 25 liters (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 31 liters
Boil Gravity: 1.051
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
No Chill: 15 minute extended hop boil time

STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.063
Final Gravity: 1.014
ABV (standard): 6.41%
IBU (tinseth): 69.03
SRM (morey): 7.98

FERMENTABLES:
6 kg - United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale (93%)
0.25 kg - Cane Sugar (3.9%)
0.2 kg - United Kingdom - Crystal 60L (3.1%)

HOPS:
33 g - Northern Brewer, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 10.3, Use: Boil for 90 min, IBU: 33.82
15 g - Nelson Sauvin, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 12.3, Use: Boil for 15 min, IBU: 13.03
15 g - Cascade, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 7.9, Use: Boil for 15 min, IBU: 8.37
15 g - Nelson Sauvin, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 12.3, Use: Aroma for 0 min, IBU: 8.41
15 g - Cascade, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 7.9, Use: Aroma for 0 min, IBU: 5.4

MASH GUIDELINES:
1) Temperature, Temp: 66 C, Time: 90 min, Amount: 35 L

YEAST:
Mangrove Jack - US West Coast Yeast
Starter: No
Form: Dry
Attenuation (avg): 78%
Flocculation: High
Optimum Temp: 15 - 23.33 C
Fermentation Temp: 22 C
Pitch Rate: 0.35 (M cells / ml / deg P)


Generated by Brewer's Friend - http://www.brewersfriend.com/
Date: 2014-08-12 09:26 UTC
Recipe Last Updated: 2014-08-12 09:04 UTC

[daf]

WHAT A COMPLETE BERK!

Guess who didn't check what hops he had?

Turns out I didn't have any Northern Brewer, so I put all the Nelson Sauvin in for the boil. Luckily it recalculates to over 50 IBU anyway.....