What should i mash this recipe at?

[arborman]

Brewing this up tomorrow, what would be a good mash temp for this? I was thinking about 153 for 60 min doing a batch sparge?

 

[meltroha]

I'd go lower, enough crystal for body, do like 149° for 75 minutes, maximize efficiency, you will lose some with the roasted malts anyway.

 

[gcdowd]

I like dry IPAs so I would probably mash fairly low, maybe 150. It depends on how much body you want on this beer. Some IPAs have a good amount of body if that's what you like. I like the hops to shine through so I tend to mash low.

 

[JLem]

I'd go 150ish...you'll want help to dry this out some given the amounts of specialty malts in there.

 

[kombat]

Like the others, I'd go low 150's, maybe even 148. You've got enough unfermentables in there that you don't have to worry about it drying out too much.

 

[arborman]

Thanks everyone, I went with 150. Cooling down the wort right now with my new whirlpool chiller! Missed my OG by about 8 points, so I boiled 30 min longer and hit 1.070. Not sure why I missed this batch. Previous 2 batches I hit 80% mash, but only hit 69% on this one