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OK I'm going to do a brew next week, due to getting low on beer. This is my recipe based on advice from my original 250L post. Please bear with me as I am very new at this. Feel free to pick it apart!!!

160L
OG 1.060
IBU 56.1
SRM 9.1
est ABV 6.5%

36KG 2-Row 84.9%
3.2kg Crys 40L 7.5%
2.4kg Munich 5.7%
0.8kg Crys 60L 1.9%

4oz Galena FW
2oz Galena 60min
2oz Cascade 45min
2oz Cascade 30min
2oz Cascade 15min
2oz Cascade 5min
2oz Cascade 1min

Mash at 149F for 75min

I would drink it.

You asked for it.....

All your Cascade additions look almost as if you were doing a 23 L batch

I'd cut the total crystal back to like 5% of total grist, also multiply your last 3 hop additions by 4 Oh and you really should harden the water up considerably with gypsum for an IPA. Do you have your water profile?

edit; also I'd increase the Munich to about 10% abd mash slightly warmer, 152 maybe

I don't have a profile, its on the hard side though. I'll think about the hops!

HPhunter wrote:I don't have a profile, its on the hard side though. I'll think about the hops!

Well water?

Yup VAlley floor, very sandy area.

Any neighbours, local farms or other businesses may have had water testing done and share the results with you. Water chemistry is all important when brewing different style beers.

Do we have anyone here that can get water testing done for us? While I'm at it how about alcohol testing?

Best I can do for water testing is my conductivity meter. It will read Total Dissolved Solids, which is somewhat useful to know if the water is hard or soft.

NASH wrote:You asked for it.....

All your Cascade additions look almost as if you were doing a 23 L batch

I'd cut the total crystal back to like 5% of total grist, also multiply your last 3 hop additions by 4 Oh and you really should harden the water up considerably with gypsum for an IPA. Do you have your water profile?

edit; also I'd increase the Munich to about 10% abd mash slightly warmer, 152 maybe

Geez, I was tryin to go easy on him & then suggest once he gets used to the taste of hops, jump up the hopping and munich & maybe switch the 2row for british pale malt.

I like the Galena in there!!

definitely multiply the hops as nash suggested

NASH wrote:Do we have anyone here that can get water testing done for us? While I'm at it how about alcohol testing?

I actually hunted this info down for myself today... For those of us in northern NS we have to send water samples to NSAC to get a chemical analysis and it costs $53.35. I'm assuming there are easier places for those of you in HRM to get the chemical analysis done.

For alcohol testing, send me a case of your latest brew and I'll give you my professional opinion as a beer drinker

I think the price is the same (for government testing). Add $30 if you want coliform/e. coli

Wortly might be able to do some alcohol testing. I'm working on a methodology too, but will only have infrequent access to the instrument. But the price will be right...

Alcohol testing for what?

mr x wrote:Alcohol testing for what?

Boozahol ABV testing on big beers or fortified brews where calculations might be otherwise skewed

The hydrometers get out of whack? i didn't know that.

Nothing will accurately calculate when larger quantities of alcohol are in solution, the weights and viscosity are thrown off from the added alcohol content.

viscosiwhatey?

I like beer!