Hey, I don't know if you guys remember me from late last year, but I'm back. I went to community college in Santa Cruz and the kitchen in the place I lived couldn't accomodate brewing. Anyways, I'm back and going to community college near home so I can start brewin' again! Totally stoked. Anyways, my last brew, the California Pale Ale was good but I realized I had been measuring my hops wrong the whole time. I don't remember how...but I was getting less hoppy beer. It was still good though, just not callin' it a pale ale haha. Gettin' to the point, I'm goin at an other American Pale Ale. The following is what I have ordered from Northern Brewer. I know I should have consulted the forum first before I ordered but I couldn't stop myself. So, please inform me if theres something terrible wrong. Also, I'm not too sure how to calculate bittering units so I might be putting too much in for an american pale ale (I'll probably search the forum for an answer to this). Here goes:
Extract: NortherBrewer Gold Malt Syrup 6lbs
Steeping: .5 lb of Med. Crystal
.5 lb of Briess Carapils
1 lb of Gambrinus Honey Malt (Will this make my beer too sweet?)
In the meantime you can use a program like the recipator to figure out an estimate so you know where you are headed with the recipe. Just google recipator.
I think SNPA is around 35 IBUs so if you shoot for something around 35-40 you'd be good. I find a recipe is just about perfect if you go for a 1:1 (or slightly less) BU:GU ratio. That is, if your starting gravity is 1.045, shoot for IBUs of around 45. As I said, slightly less is always good too, for the non-hop heads.
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I dont want it to be too hoppy and recipator said this would make it 42 IBUS...much higher than SNPA. So, should I ditch that 30 min cascade and put it somewhere else...what do you think? Oh, and I ditched the Honey Malt grain...afraid it will be too sweet.
I'm willing to bet the kit includes instructions detailing the hop additions.
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I dont want it to be too hoppy and recipator said this would make it 42 IBUS...much higher than SNPA. So, should I ditch that 30 min cascade and put it somewhere else...what do you think? Oh, and I ditched the Honey Malt grain...afraid it will be too sweet.
Looking at you Malt:Hops, you won't have to worry about it being sweet. It should be plenty bitter for you.
Looks good. I'd have thrown in the honey malt, but that's because I like a malty beer with strong hop afternotes.
Looks good. I'd have thrown in the honey malt, but that's because I like a malty beer with strong hop afternotes.
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I'm willing to bet the kit includes instructions detailing the hop additions.
Actually, its not a kit. Even when I first started I never bought a kit. I thought they were kind of cheap. Plus, my HBS didn't really sell them. I told him I wanted a german beer and he started stacking the grain and hops up. I had to quickly learn what the hell I was dealing with haha.
So, from what you guys are saying, its going to be a really hoppy beer. Im looking for a nice balance. I don't want it any hoppier than SNPA and idealy, a tad less than SNPA. I could add the honey malt... but, Northern Brewer, where I bought it, said that it would add a great amount of sweetness or something. I definitely don't want too malty of a beer. A nice balance. So from what I have...what do you think? Should I add the honey malt, should I take some hops away? Thanks guys!
Ok ok, I got the evaluation version of ProMash (I'm sure I'll buy it soon) so this is what I'm down to. For some reason I always thought that APAs had a lot of hops but then again I consider myself a semi-beginner (2 batches under my belt). I guess APAs have an avg of 3 ozs of hops and an oz to dry hope. Well, feel free to comment on my final recipe. I ditched the Willamette hops for aroma (I didn't see it in anyone elses recipes so I figured it was a no go zone).
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