What y'all think?

[Beertastic]

This a recipe I am toying with using ingredients I have lying around. Just curious what other brewers think about it.

Late Hops and the Kitchen Sink
Selected Style and BJCP Guidelines
14C-India Pale Ale(IPA)-Imperial IPA
Minimum OG: 1.070 SG Maximum OG: 1.090 SG
Minimum FG: 1.010 SG Maximum FG: 1.020 SG
Minimum IBU: 60 IBU Maximum IBU: 120 IBU
Minimum Color: 8.0 SRM Maximum Color: 15.0 SRM
Recipe Overview
Wort Volume Before Boil: 6.50 US gals Wort Volume After Boil: 5.50 US gals
Volume Transferred: 5.25 US gals Water Added To Fermenter: 0.00 US gals
Volume At Pitching: 5.25 US gals Volume Of Finished Beer: 5.00 US gals
Expected Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.054 SG Expected OG: 1.072 SG
Expected FG: 1.012 SG Apparent Attenuation: 83.3 %
Expected ABV: 8.2 % Expected ABW: 6.4 %
Expected IBU (using Tinseth): 74.5 IBU Expected Color (using Morey): 9.9 SRM
BU:GU ratio: 1.03 Approx Color:
Mash Efficiency: 72.0 %
Boil Duration: 60.0 mins
Fermentation Temperature: 64 degF
Fermentables
Ingredient Amount % MCU When
US 2-Row Malt 11.50 lb 77.3 % 3.8 In Mash/Steeped
US Carapils Malt 0.55 lb 3.7 % 0.1 In Mash/Steeped
US Caramel 80L Malt 0.55 lb 3.7 % 8.0 In Mash/Steeped
US Munich 10L Malt 0.50 lb 3.4 % 0.9 In Mash/Steeped
Rice Hulls 0.50 lb 3.4 % 0.0 In Mash/Steeped
US Victory Malt 0.23 lb 1.5 % 1.2 In Mash/Steeped
US Pale Chocolate malt 0.05 lb 0.3 % 1.8 In Mash/Steeped
Sugar - White Sugar/Sucrose 1.00 lb 6.7 % 0.0 End Of Boil
Hops
Variety Alpha Amount IBU Form When
US Columbus(Tomahawk) 13.2 % 6 g 6.6 Loose Pellet Hops In Mash
US Crystal 3.0 % 54 g 9.4 Bagged Whole Hops 20 Min From End
US Columbus(Tomahawk) 13.2 % 44 g 37.5 Bagged Pellet Hops 20 Min From End
US Crystal 3.0 % 54 g 5.6 Bagged Whole Hops 10 Min From End
US Amarillo 9.4 % 47 g 15.4 Bagged Whole Hops 10 Min From End
US Crystal 3.0 % 28 g 0.0 Loose Whole Hops In Hop-Back
US Amarillo 9.4 % 28 g 0.0 Loose Whole Hops In Hop-Back
Other Ingredients
Ingredient Amount When
Yeast
Fermentis US-05 (formerly US-56) SafAle
Water Profile
Target Profile: No Water Profile Chosen
Mash pH: 5.2
pH Adjusted with: Five Star 5.2
Total Calcium (ppm): 0 Total Magnesium (ppm): 0
Total Sodium (ppm): 0 Total Sulfate (ppm): 0
Total Chloride(ppm): 0 Total Bicarbonate (ppm): 0
Mash Schedule
Mash Type: Full Mash
Schedule Name: Single Step Infusion (67C/152F)
Step Type Temperature Duration
Rest at 153 degF 60
Recipe Notes

[Jidas]

Looks tasty

[BenTheBrewer]

Looks like an awesome Imperial IPA. It starts out with the grain bill of one of my regular IPA recipes then just keeps going. Looks a little malty for me, but not out of style. I do however have a question... Why rice hulls? What will they add? Will they help prevent stuck sparges? I've never used them.


Ben the Brewer

[Steelers&Beer]

my 2 cents are:
add some gypsum to make the hops pop
go to a 90 minute boil
take out the pale choc and victory, you won't taste any of it over the 80L

of course, it's just my opinion. good luck! Drew

[Beertastic]

The rice hulls don't add any flavors but aid in lautering and they increase extraction efficiency. I had problems with stuck sparges and found half a pound in 12 or so pounds of grain fixed the problem. It increased my efficiency 2-3% as well.