I figure it's time to try my own recipes rather than someone else's and you guys are so good at this, I was wondering if I could get come feedback on this recipe. I really value constructive input so thank you tremendously in advance.
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El Galcitra Blondish Belgian IPA
Ingredients:
FERMENTABLES
YEAST
Abbaye Belgian Style Ale Yeast – Lallemand Dry
Calc Spec's:
Yield: 6 Gallons
Original Gravity: 1.5
Final Gravity: 1.014
ABV: 6.7
IBU: 75
SRM: 7.1
Efficiency: 80%
Directions:
Mash flaked wheat and oats only at 122°F for 20 minutes in 5 gallons of water. Increase mash temperature to 158°, dough-in the remainder of the grain bill and add your first hop addition. Maintain mash temperature at 148° for 60 minutes. Mashout at 167°F for 10 minutes. Bring wort to a boil for 60 minutes. After the 60 minute boil turn off the heat, remove the previous hop additions and add the hop stand additions and steep for 20 minutes. After the 20 minute steep, bring your remaining volume up to 6 gallons using 33° water and further chill your wort to 74°. Pitch your yeast. Ferment at 74°F. When primary fermentation is finished, add the dry hop additions for 5 days. Remove dry hops, allow 21 days maturation at 65°, cold crash for 4 days at 33°. Keg or bottle using your preferred method to achieve ~2.2 volumes of carbonation.
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El Galcitra Blondish Belgian IPA
Ingredients:
FERMENTABLES
- 5.5 lb Maris Otter malt
- 5.0 lb Vienna malt
- 1.0 lb CaraFoam malt
- 1.0 lb Melanoidin malt
- 0.5 lb Flaked White Wheat
- 0.25 lb Sprouted oats (rolled)
- 1lb Honey (In Florida we use Orange blossom)
- 0.5 oz (14 g) Magnum hops, 12% a.a. (60 min)
- 1.0 oz (28 g) Citra hops, 12% a.a. (20 min)
- 1.0 oz (28 g) Citra hops, 12% a.a. (10 min)
- 1.0 oz (28 g) Galaxy hops, 14% a.a. (5 min)
- 1.0 oz (28 g) Citra hops, 12% a.a. (hop stand)
- 1.0 oz (28 g) Galaxy hops, 14% a.a. (hop stand)
- 1.0 oz (28 g) Citra hops, 12% a.a. (dry hop)
- 1.0 oz (28 g) El Dorado, 14% a.a. (dry hop)
YEAST
Abbaye Belgian Style Ale Yeast – Lallemand Dry
Calc Spec's:
Yield: 6 Gallons
Original Gravity: 1.5
Final Gravity: 1.014
ABV: 6.7
IBU: 75
SRM: 7.1
Efficiency: 80%
Directions:
Mash flaked wheat and oats only at 122°F for 20 minutes in 5 gallons of water. Increase mash temperature to 158°, dough-in the remainder of the grain bill and add your first hop addition. Maintain mash temperature at 148° for 60 minutes. Mashout at 167°F for 10 minutes. Bring wort to a boil for 60 minutes. After the 60 minute boil turn off the heat, remove the previous hop additions and add the hop stand additions and steep for 20 minutes. After the 20 minute steep, bring your remaining volume up to 6 gallons using 33° water and further chill your wort to 74°. Pitch your yeast. Ferment at 74°F. When primary fermentation is finished, add the dry hop additions for 5 days. Remove dry hops, allow 21 days maturation at 65°, cold crash for 4 days at 33°. Keg or bottle using your preferred method to achieve ~2.2 volumes of carbonation.