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Here is the recipe I want modify

Thanks for the input. I would like to increase the bitterness and alcohol. I like some fruitiness and spice but most Christmas ales are too sugary for me. I thought if I could add some bitterness it would be good, I'm just not sure which hops to add.

So I want take an existing Christmas Ale recipe, not sure which one yet, and make it less sweet and more hoppy. I have always followed the recipes but I want to brew something original. Any suggestions on how to go about this?

IBU calculator on Birrapps. Not sure I entered the correct alpha acids %. I guestimated after looking up the alpha acid of each hop online: Zythos= 11% Chinook= 13% Centennial= 10% Amarillo=21%

I just bottled a batch of a red double IPA. The recipe shows: O.G.= 1.067-1.071 F.G. = 1.013-1.017 ABV= 7.1% IBU= 73 My results: O.G.= 1.056 F.G.= 1.016 ABV = 5.42% IBU = 95 Trying to figure out why my ABV is low and IBU is so high. Any thoughts? Here is the recipe.

Great, thanks for the input! Going to go add my hops now.

The recipe calls for dry hopping. Amarillo and zythos.

I have to dry hop my red double IPA today but i dont want to transfer to a secondary. I dont see any reason i cant dry hop in the primary. Is there a reason i have to transfer to a secondary?

I thought the color was off too. It doesnt taste as full bodied as the original Fat Tire but it's an enjoyable beer. Its a little more pilsner like. Not sure what happened.

Fat Tire Clone

1st taste of new batch. I was not happy with the taste of my sample right before bottling but it turned out to be a good refreshing summer beer. Its 91 outside and this is keeping me happy and cool.

It was a 20min steep. I did add about a gallon and 1/2 of water to get enough volume for 48 bottles once it was in the primary fermenter.

Here is the recipe

Fat Tire clone recipe.

So I'm under where I should be by .010? I was looking at that wrong. That doesnt sound so bad, it looks like a long way off when looking at the hydrometer. Its fermenting aggressively now. I might be ok? Thank you for the advice!