The Tet Offensive

[brew]

Planning this sometime in the next few weeks:
Recipe: The Tet Offensive
Style: American IPA
Batch Size (fermenter): 37.85 l
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
OG / FG / ABV / Ratio: 1.063 SG / 1.008 SG / 7.3 % / 0.820
Color / IBU: 8.0 SRM / 51.9 IBUs

Grains: Amt                   Name                                     Type          #        %/IBU        
10 lbs                Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)           Grain         1        43.5 %        
6 lbs                 Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM)         Grain         2        26.1 %        
4 lbs                 Munich I (6.0 SRM)                       Grain         3        17.4 %        
1 lbs                 Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM)    Grain         4        4.3 %        

Boil: Amt                   Name                                     Type          #        %/IBU        
2 lbs                 Brewers Crystals (0.0 SRM)               Sugar         5        8.7 %        
1.00 oz               Galena [12.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min         Hop           6        21.7 IBUs    
2.00 oz               Tettnang [4.50 %] - Boil 30.0 min        Hop           7        12.0 IBUs    
2.00 oz               Tettnang [4.50 %] - Boil 20.0 min        Hop           8        9.5 IBUs      
2.00 Items            Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins)        Fining        9        -            
2.00 oz               Tettnang [4.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min        Hop           10       5.7 IBUs      
2.00 oz               Tettnang [4.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min         Hop           11       3.1 IBUs      

Ferment: Amt                   Name                                     Type          #        %/IBU        
1.0 pkg               American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) [124.21 Yeast         12       -            

Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, 149F Two Sparges

[Jake]

IPA? UP The bittering hops!

I'd say go a minimum of 2oz for a 10gal batch

[brew]

Yes - crazy can be fun - but looking for just one I in IPA rather than two or three... although 2oz might not be a bad idea...

[Chris Craig]

You may want to tone down the flavour/aroma then.  It looks a bit heavy on the end. You may find it appears more bitter than it really is.

[fakr]

Tettnang is a great finishing hop.  don't expect much for bittering from it.  With that amount, you should get a solid aroma

Like Jake said, a bit more bittering for an IPA...but at the same time, you're not a big hop head either so this might be right up your alley.

[brew]

You may want to tone down the flavour/aroma then.  It looks a bit heavy on the end. You may find it appears more bitter than it really is.

Do you mean that it may be a bit unbalanced without more bittering hop? I was looking for the "offensive" flavor / aroma rather than "offensive" bittering, since Tet seems to be more of an aroma hop? I'd still like it to be a good beer though, perhaps it will need a bit more bittering?