10A - American Pale Ale
Info:
- Brewer: Chris
- Mash: single infusion
- Date: 4/28/2008
- Size: 5.25 gallon post-boil
Notes:- Essentially, this was to be a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone :)
- This is the first brew made under the new 2008 BJCP guidelines.
- It was supposed to be 10lb of 2-row, but my drill battery died.
- Also, I had planned to put some Centennial in @ 15min, but forgot.
- Therefore, the malt and hop info is as brewed, not as planned
Grain Bill:- 9.5lb Briess Organic 2-row malt
- 1/2lb Briess 60L crystal
Yeast:The Mash:- start
- mash out
- 6qt @ 212F
- settles @ 171
- rest 15 minutes
- sparge
The Boil (90 minutes):- 1.0oz Centennial (9.7aau) @ 60
- teaspoon of Irish moss @ 15
- 1.0oz Cascade (4.0aau) @ 15
- 0.5oz Cascade (4.0aau) @ 5
- Total: 45 IBU(ish)
The Finish:
- OG: 1.050
- To be dry hopped with 0.5oz Cascade (4.0aau) in secondary
- To be dry hopped with 0.5oz Cascade (4.0aau) in keg
Could have used a 10 min addition, and probably bigger 15 and 5 min. The actual dry hopping rates were 2x what is listed.
ReplyDeleteThe 1056 attenuated *very* well, so the FG was a bit low for style, but the end result was a totally drinkable beer. I've got one right now!
In my opinion this beer was nearly perfectly balanced for a standard pale ale. For a northwest style Chris is right and additional hop additions wouldn't have hurt it if based on that comparison. Overall an excellent beer, one of the better pales I've had in a long time.
ReplyDeleteOne more thing from memory... the second dry hopping addition was Centennial in a short (5 day) tertiary. This calmed the Cascade some, plus removed the hops from the keg which is good because leaving them in there gives a weird veggie taste over time.
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