Curly55
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Looking for some feed back on this new Double IPA recipe. Any and all feed back or criticism would be appreciated.
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Double IPA Development
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Seems bitter and hoppy enough!
Only question is have you used 4 tbsp of gypsum before? That's ~55 grams, which seems like a lot.
I used 4.5 grams in an strong APA and that yielded a Chloride:Sulfate ratio of 0.42 for "Very Bitter" and you're using 12X that amount.
Others here use more than me, but even if I doubled mine, you'd still be 6X that. (And my local water is low in sulfate so I add near 100% of the target.)
Gypsum does bring out the bittering but you've already got over 100 IBU Tinseth and 120 by Rager.
So, if you have not used that much before, and/or don't know your base water, I'd recommend using about 5 grams maximum.
Only question is have you used 4 tbsp of gypsum before? That's ~55 grams, which seems like a lot.
I used 4.5 grams in an strong APA and that yielded a Chloride:Sulfate ratio of 0.42 for "Very Bitter" and you're using 12X that amount.
Others here use more than me, but even if I doubled mine, you'd still be 6X that. (And my local water is low in sulfate so I add near 100% of the target.)
Gypsum does bring out the bittering but you've already got over 100 IBU Tinseth and 120 by Rager.
So, if you have not used that much before, and/or don't know your base water, I'd recommend using about 5 grams maximum.
alcaponejunior
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I think the colombus / cascade hopping profile looks divine.