Imperial IPA first original recipe

[allgrainpa]

5.5 gallon with 70% brewhouse effeciency 60 minute boil

10# 2-row pale malt
2# crystal 40L
5# American vienna although beersmith shows only german

all cascade hops
2oz first wort hops
2oz 60 minutes
3oz 45minutes
3oz flame out


IBU 101.5
ABV 7.57
SRM 12.2

OG 1.078
FG 1.020

I will be batch sparging according to beersmith.

Question: need suggestion for a great imperial IPA whitelab yeast and amount. Will not likely do a starter since im brewing this week and dont have time to so might add to containers of whitelabs if suggested. In addition wanted everyone feedback prior to brewing.

Thanks for all suggestions in advance

 

[BridgeBrew]

Hmmm are you dead set on using only Cascade? I do think you might want to consider using a higher alpha hop for your 60min addition. Possibly Centennial, the super Cascade. That will bump up your IBU's and let you move those 45 minute hops to a more useful addition, like in the 20min to 5 min range to give your beer some more hops flavor and aroma.

As for the yeast, there are a number of good white labs options, such as WLP001 or my favorite WLP007. If you dont have time for a starter with the liquid yeast you will need to use 2 vials to get you to a decent yeast cell count. Check the date on the vial and make sure they are fresh. If not you could even use 3.