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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

Looks tasty

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

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

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.