[cwilly006]

Hey Guys,

Just wanted to get some opinions on my Summertime Wheat IPA recipe I just ordered the ingredients for. 
Here it is:

http://hopville.com/recipe/1315853/american-ipa-recipes/summertime-wheat-ipa

6 LB Briess Bavarian Wheat DME
1 LB Briess Dry Extra Malt Light Extract   
8 OZ Caravienne Malt   
4 OZ Gambrinus Honey Malt
2 OZ   Crystal 20L   

60 mins 2.75 OZ Amarillo   
boil 60 mins 0.25 OZ Citra   
boil 15 mins 1.75   OZ Amarillo   
boil 15 mins 0.25 OZ Citra   
boil 5 mins   1.5 OZ Amarillo   
boil 5 mins 0.25 Citra   
boil 1 min 1.5 OZ Amarillo
boil 1 min 0.25 OZ Citra   
dry hop 8 days 1.5 Amarillo

I plan on fermenting this with Safale US-05.  It is somewhat modeled after a Gumballhead clone that I saw somewhere online.  Any thoughts or opinions would be greatly appreciated!

Chase

[euge]

Looks tasty!

Impressive hop schedule!

[majorvices]

I think that looks great. My personal preference would be to go with 4-6 oz of cara vienne and drop the 2 oz of crystal 40 but what you have will make a nice beer, albeit on the sweeter side.

[jmcamerlengo]

I think that looks great. My personal preference would be to go with 4-6 oz of cara vienne and drop the 2 oz of crystal 40 but what you have will make a nice beer, albeit on the sweeter side.

+1

Maybe cut the honey malt down to 2 oz to make it a bit less sweet? But thats just me!

[cwilly006]

Alright I have kept the CaraVienne at 8 OZ and the Honey Malt is now at 2 OZ and I dropped the crystal altogether.  Can't wait to brew this one but Pliny The Elder must come first!

[andrew000141]

May i have some?

[euge]

At 94 IBU's (if you can sense that high) you might want to leave it on the sweeter side to balance the hops. It's not a super strong beer either, but that Breiss extract ferments out pretty good and I think you might go a bit lower than 1.017- so I doubt that it'll be cloyingly sweet or syrupy.

[cwilly006]

At 94 IBU's (if you can sense that high) you might want to leave it on the sweeter side to balance the hops. It's not a super strong beer either, but that Breiss extract ferments out pretty good and I think you might go a bit lower than 1.017- so I doubt that it'll be cloyingly sweet or syrupy.

Yea that is kind of what I was thinking from the start.  What would you do to balance it out?

[Slowbrew]

My first thought was "that's a lot hops for a wheat" but to each there own.  As euge said you may want to keep a bit of sweetness in there for balance.  Maybe 4oz. of Honey and no 40L or 2oz of each would give a good balance. 

Others with way more experience than I have already spoken so this just me talking.  8^)


Paul

[cwilly006]

Alright I have upped the Honey Malt to 4 OZ to give it a little more balance.

Thanks A Lot Guys!!

Chase

[jmcamerlengo]

My first thought was "that's a lot hops for a wheat" but to each there own.  As euge said you may want to keep a bit of sweetness in there for balance.  Maybe 4oz. of Honey and no 40L or 2oz of each would give a good balance. 

Others with way more experience than I have already spoken so this just me talking.  8^)


Paul

This is what I was saying originally, don't think you need to remove the crystal and drop the honey to 2 oz. Maybe just do 4 oz of honey malt, or 2 oz of each, or 4 oz of crystal.

[Slowbrew]

My first thought was "that's a lot hops for a wheat" but to each there own.  As euge said you may want to keep a bit of sweetness in there for balance.  Maybe 4oz. of Honey and no 40L or 2oz of each would give a good balance. 

Others with way more experience than I have already spoken so this just me talking.  8^)


Paul

This is what I was saying originally, don't think you need to remove the crystal and drop the honey to 2 oz. Maybe just do 4 oz of honey malt, or 2 oz of each, or 4 oz of crystal.

Great minds, man.  Great minds.   

Paul

[cwilly006]

4oz of honey malt seems best to me as I wanted a hint of honey without using honey.  Who knows if I will be able to taste it but we shall see...

[alcaponejunior]

Please do post or PM me as to how it comes out.  It looks intriguingly delicious to me, but I'm no expoit.

[cwilly006]

I will be posting a little brew day thread over in Extract brewing so keep your eye out.  Ended up brewing yesterday and everything went real well