Planning: Chinook APA (BIAB)

Found some Chinook 12.5% AA hops in the bottom of the freezer and I haven't made up a BIAB beer for a while so thought I would do a single hop beer with the Chinook.



From beeradvocate.com
Chinook is a bittering variety with aroma characteristics released in May, 1985. It was bred by crossing a Petham Golding with the USDA 63012 male.

A high alpha acid hop with a wonderful herbal, almost smoky character when used as an aromatic during the last few minutes of the boil when dry hoping. Excellent for hopping American-style Pale Ales, especially those brewed to higher gravities. (alpha acid: 12.0-14.0% / beta acid: 3.0-4.0%)

My proposed Recipe:

Chinook APA American Pale Ale

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Recipe Specs

Original Gravity	Final Gravity	Colour (SRM / EBC)	Bitterness	Alcohol by Volume
1.050	1.013	8.5 / 16.7	43.1 IBU	4.8%

Brewhouse Specs

Recipe Type	Batch Size	Boil Time	Efficiency
All Grain	12.0 Litres / 3.2 Gal	90.0 min	70.0%

Fermentables

Name	Type	SRM	Percentage	Amount
Golden Promise Malt	Grain	3.0	95.24 %	2.60 Kg / 5.73 Lbs
Crystal 80	Grain	80.0	4.76 %	0.13 Kg / 0.29 Lbs

Hops

Name	AA%	Amount	Use	Time
Chinook	12.5%	10.00 g / 0.35 oz	First Wort	90 mins
Chinook	12.5%	5.00 g / 0.18 oz	Boil	15 mins
Chinook	12.5%	5.00 g / 0.18 oz	Boil	5 mins
Chinook	12.5%	10.00 g / 0.35 oz	Dry Hop	3 days

Misc

Name	Amount	Use	Time
Whirlfloc Tablet	1.00 g / 0.04 oz	Boil	15 mins

Yeast

Name	Attenuation
Safeale S-04	75 %

Mash Steps

Step Name	Time	Temperature	Type
Saccharification Rest	90.0 min	66.0 °C / 150.8 °F	Infusion

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The plan is to make up this beer and No-Chill it, so I may still need to move the hop schedules around. Alot of No-Chillers use the chart below.

So I may move the 15min and the 5min hop additions directly to the cube to allow for the No-Chill system of cooling. I'm still trying to get my head around the No-Chill side of Aroma and Flavour. In fact the chart above does tend to confuse me quite a bit sometimes.

As long as the beer is drinkable that's what it's all about.

Any advice on this brew would be appreciated before I dive in and make it.