April 26, 2009

10A - American Pale Ale

Based off of Chris's excellent brew from last year. I'm making this for a wedding, so in interest of being a little more broadly appealling I've cut the hops a tiny smidge (not to say Chris's was over hopped, it was perfect in my opinion, but brew to your audience..)

Info:
  • Brewer: Ryan
  • Mash: single infusion
  • Date: 4/11/2009
  • Size: 7 gallon post-boil
Grain Bill:
  • 13.5lb Gambrinus 2-row malt
  • 0.6lb Briess 40L crystal
  • 0.2lb Briess 80L crystal (40/80L split based on "what you got it what you brew" - I didn't have any 60L on hand)
Yeast:
The Mash:
  • start
    • 20qt @ 170F (1.4qts/lb)
    • settles @ 151
    • rest 75 minutes
  • mash out
    • 8.6qt @ 212F (0.6qts/lb)
    • settles @ 171
    • rest 15 minutes
  • sparge
    • 20qt @ 171F
The Boil (90 minutes):
  • 1.4oz Centennial (9.7aau) @ 60
  • teaspoon of Irish moss @ 15
  • 1.4oz Cascade (4.0aau) @ 15
  • 0.7oz Cascade (4.0aau) @ 5
  • Total: 45 IBU(ish)
The Finish:
  • OG: 1.056 (its good to be a gangsta)
Dry hopping schedule is based on conversation with Chris about what really happened...
  • To be dry hopped with 0.5oz Cascade (4.0aau) in secondary - 5 days (then remove)
  • To be dry hopped with 0.5oz Centennial (9.7aau) in secondary - 5 days, after Cascade removal, then immediately bottle.

1 comment:

  1. LOL, yeah... kinda forgot to update with the details. The #1 thing with the dry hopping is not to let them sit too long, otherwise you get a stemmy/veggie kinda taste.

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