Raccoon Trail Pale Ale

**BrewBrain** · 10-22-2008, 05:04 AM

Well, I just polished off a glass of my Raccoon Trail Pale Ale, then I popped the top on my former favorite pale ale - Firestone Walker Pale Ale (or California Pale 21 or whatever they're calling it nowadays). I have to say, I like mine more. It's just exactly what I was trying to brew. I get a thick, sticky head that lasts and lasts and leaves lacing all the way down the glass that came out of the dishwasher. It has a nice lightly sweet caramel malt backbone, but the hops really drive the bus - a little spice, a lot of citrus. And the dry hopping in the keg with the ounce of Cascades really puts it over the top. I just love it. I'll try to remember to get a photo and post in the recipe section tomorrow night.

As you might guess, I started about a year ago with EdWort's Haus Pale Ale and morphed it over several batches to this:

Type: All Grain
Date: 9/6/2008
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Brewer: Quicksilver Home Brewery
Boil Size: 7.00 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Brew Pot (7.5 gal) and Cooler (50 qt)
Brewhouse Efficiency: 74.30
Taste Notes: Loads of hops nose - floral and light citrus
Pale orange-yellow with thick, rich off-white head. Quite sticky and good retention
Hop centric.. Very light caramel sweetness. Some light fruitiness. Citrus hops on the end, nice lingering bitterness.

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
8 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Grain 74.42 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 13.95 %
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 9.30 %
4.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 2.33 %
0.70 oz Centennial [8.80 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 23.6 IBU
0.80 oz Centennial [8.80 %] (20 min) Hops 14.8 IBU
0.50 oz Centennial [8.80 %] (3 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
1.00 oz Centennial [8.80 %] Hops - Flame-out
1.00 oz Cascade [5.90 %] Hops - Keg
0.25 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1.00 tsp Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Safale (Fermentis #US-56) Yeast-Ale

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.057 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.057 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.014 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.80 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 5.61 %
Bitterness: 38.4 IBU Calories: 255 cal/pint
Est Color: 6.2 SRM Color: Color

And now to figure out how to post a recipe again...

Adam's Apples · 10-22-2008, 08:44 AM

This sounds nice and will be going on my 'to brew' list'.

I think you can just post a thread in the relevant receipe section for this to be added and appear under your name too.