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Homebrewing: Calculating a American Pale Ale Recipe
Posted on 2/2/13 at 10:43 am
Posted on 2/2/13 at 10:43 am
So i think i have a recipe down. Let me know your thoughts. (already ordered the ingredients, so the hops schedule is still changeable
8.5 lbs 2 Row
1 lb Crystal 20
1 lb Munich
.5 lb CaraAmber
.25 lb Cara-pils
HOPS
.5 oz. Cascade (first wort)
.5 oz. Warrior (60 min)
.25 oz. Chinook (30 min)
.25 oz. Cascade (15 min)
.5 oz. Citra (0 min)
YEAST
White Labs California Ale
EST. IBU 44.7
EST. ABV 6.2%
8.5 lbs 2 Row
1 lb Crystal 20
1 lb Munich
.5 lb CaraAmber
.25 lb Cara-pils
HOPS
.5 oz. Cascade (first wort)
.5 oz. Warrior (60 min)
.25 oz. Chinook (30 min)
.25 oz. Cascade (15 min)
.5 oz. Citra (0 min)
YEAST
White Labs California Ale
EST. IBU 44.7
EST. ABV 6.2%
This post was edited on 2/4/13 at 8:21 am
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Posted on 2/2/13 at 10:52 am to BugAC
Have you ever done any first wort hopping? Makes for an awesomely smooth APA.
Posted on 2/2/13 at 11:55 am to BugAC
Move your .5 ounce cascade addition to FWH. Leave everything else alone.
Posted on 2/2/13 at 12:08 pm to BugAC
Recipe looks fine but everyone will have an opinion of how to tweak it. I prefer to add hops late...i.e. the last 15 minutes. You get hop flavor without the bitterness. So move the .5 cascade to 15 min. The .25 Chinook to 30 min and maybe bump the warrior at 60 min up to 1 oz. And you have a lot of small hop additions...i.e. .25 oz. If you have 1 oz packages, you have .75 oz leftover and have to freeze them. I would use these leftovers for dry hopping.
Posted on 2/4/13 at 8:20 am to BugAC
Bump for the work week.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 4:35 pm to BugAC
I've got a question regarding my hops.
As Zappa said, i have some small hop addition amounts in my pale ale recipe.
I will have .25 oz of cascade, .5 oz. of warrior, .75 oz. of chinook and .5 oz. of citra left over.
Zappa suggested dry hopping. My questions are:
1) Would dry hopping take my pale ale, more into the range of an IPA?
2) Which hops would be best for dry hopping? I"m thinking the cascade and citra. Would the remaining .75 ounce be too much, to still be considered a pale ale?
As Zappa said, i have some small hop addition amounts in my pale ale recipe.
I will have .25 oz of cascade, .5 oz. of warrior, .75 oz. of chinook and .5 oz. of citra left over.
Zappa suggested dry hopping. My questions are:
1) Would dry hopping take my pale ale, more into the range of an IPA?
2) Which hops would be best for dry hopping? I"m thinking the cascade and citra. Would the remaining .75 ounce be too much, to still be considered a pale ale?
This post was edited on 2/7/13 at 4:36 pm
Posted on 2/7/13 at 7:24 pm to BugAC
What are you hoping for with a 1/4 pound of cara pils and the .5 pound of cara amber? Why the pound of Munich and a pound of crystal 20? I think you are adding a bunch of grains just for the hell of it. I would think this would end up being a sweet mess. I would up your 2 row to 9.5 and up the Munich or crystal to 1.5 pounds.
A thirty minute hop addition is probably a bad idea. Either add it at 60 or 15.
A thirty minute hop addition is probably a bad idea. Either add it at 60 or 15.
Posted on 2/8/13 at 7:22 am to BugAC
quote:
EST. ABV 6.2%
A little big for a Pale ale huh?
Swampdog. Where do you dry hop your Pale ale. I like the fact that I can have a pale ale out the door in 9 days or so which wouldn't leave me any time to rack to a bucket and dry hop for a week.
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