cherry ipa (need some help)

[markyv]

this is the recipie i have so far i need some sugestions. i copied this recipie from someone and changed it a bit but i want to change the base malts i dont want to use the lme or the alexanders pale extract i want to do all grain but im not sure what base malts will help bring out the cherry


46% 6lb 0 Northern Brewer Gold LME
30% 4lb 0 Alexander's Pale Extract
15% 2lb 0 American Two-row Pale
5% 0 8oz Briess Pale Ale Malt
2% 0 4oz Smoked Malt
2% 0 4oz Caramel/Crystal Malt

60 mins 2.0 oz Columbus pellet 15.4aa
60 mins 2.0 Galena pellet 13.0 aa
30 mins 1.0 Fuggles pellet 4.5 aa
15 mins 1.0 Fuggles pellet 4.5 aa
5 min 1.0 Citra leaf 4.5 aa
Wyeast American Ale (1056)
primary 7 days 1.5 pounds Cherries

[MNHazmat]

What's the purpose of the smoked malt? I would think that would clash.

[BDawg]

Have you tried his version of this recipe? Is it a 5 gallon or 10 gallon batch?
if it's a 5 gallon batch, then this is gonna be REALLY, REALLY, REALLY bitter.
If it's a 10 gallon batch, then the body is going to be small and thin.

I'll formulate it for 5 gallons and cut the bittering hops down to about 120 IBUs (which is STILL Rip-your-face-off bitter).
1.5 lbs of cherries won't even come through. You need a lb per gallon.

5 gallons:

12 lbs American Two-row Pale
1/2 lb Crystal Malt 30L
1 lb CaraPils Malt 1L

60 mins 1.0 oz Columbus pellet 15.4aa
60 mins 1.0 Galena pellet 13.0 aa
20 mins 1.0 Fuggles pellet 4.5 aa
10 mins 1.0 Fuggles pellet 4.5 aa
5 min 1.0 Citra leaf 4.5 aa
Wyeast American Ale (1056)
primary 7 days 5 pounds Cherries

[markyv]

Have you tried his version of this recipe? Is it a 5 gallon or 10 gallon batch?
if it's a 5 gallon batch, then this is gonna be REALLY, REALLY, REALLY bitter.
If it's a 10 gallon batch, then the body is going to be small and thin.

I'll formulate it for 5 gallons and cut the bittering hops down to about 120 IBUs (which is STILL Rip-your-face-off bitter).
1.5 lbs of cherries won't even come through. You need a lb per gallon.

5 gallons:

12 lbs American Two-row Pale
1/2 lb Crystal Malt 30L
1 lb CaraPils Malt 1L

60 mins 1.0 oz Columbus pellet 15.4aa
60 mins 1.0 Galena pellet 13.0 aa
20 mins 1.0 Fuggles pellet 4.5 aa
10 mins 1.0 Fuggles pellet 4.5 aa
5 min 1.0 Citra leaf 4.5 aa
Wyeast American Ale (1056)
primary 7 days 5 pounds Cherries

thanks sounds great ill try it out and post and let you guys know how it turns out and maby send some to the bn

[markyv]

the beer is doing great. its been in primary for 3 days now the gravity has droped to 1.012 and is around 9.4%. i tasted the sample i took for the gravity and its going great i really like it alot. i changed the recipe a bit with beersmith so its not the same as up there but if anyone wants me to post it i will