imperial Hefeweizen water

[oliver]

Working on a recipe for an imperial hefeweizen, (yeah I know)

Going to mash 60/40 Wheat and Pilsner, top it off with DME Pilsen for gravity, shooting for around 1080.
hopping Mittelfruh at 60, and Mosaic at whirlpool.
Double pitching WLP300 for this one.

WATER: ok. I'm thinking of doing

Ca, Mg, Na, Cl, SO
70, 10, 10, 75, 50

and adding Lactic to hit a mash pH of 5.3

Thoughts?

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

looks good, brew it

 

[GFHomebrew]

Working on a recipe for an imperial hefeweizen, (yeah I know)

Going to mash 60/40 Wheat and Pilsner, top it off with DME Pilsen for gravity, shooting for around 1080.
hopping Mittelfruh at 60, and Mosaic at whirlpool.
Double pitching WLP300 for this one.

WATER: ok. I'm thinking of doing

Ca, Mg, Na, Cl, SO
70, 10, 10, 75, 50

and adding Lactic to hit a mash pH of 5.3

Thoughts?

Whats your IBUs on this brew Oliver thatll be a bit of mittelfruh to bitter that eh?

 

[oliver]

Whats your IBUs on this brew Oliver thatll be a bit of mittelfruh to bitter that eh?

the mittelfruh I have is 2.6%AA, so all of it at 60 min is going to contribute 20 IBUs, I'm OK with that.
the Mosaic I have is at 11%, whirlpooling that at the 10% utilization per the calculator adds 36 IBUs.
Total of 56 IBUs, seems like a lot, but it's going to be subjective

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

trust me it wont be bitter at all, Ive found that 10% not to be right

 

[oliver]

trust me it wont be bitter at all, Ive found that 10% not to be right

in general, I've found all IBU calculations on the site to be off. my brews usually taste way less hoppy than what's expected