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09-19-2010, 12:27 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Maryland
Posts: 48
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Originally Posted by ChshreCat
What do you usually brew? Extract, partial mash, all grain?
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It's only my 3rd brew, so I'm still with extract. Going to get a few more under my belt before I graduate
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09-19-2010, 12:28 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Maryland
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Originally Posted by Germelli1
Hey, I brewed the Lady Liberty Ale from John Palmer's bible (I mean book on beginners brewing). It was FANTASTIC. It was just a flavorful, but very clean and balanced ale. It was very refreshing!
Here is more information than you probably ever wanted, but it is a great book and availible online for free at howtobrew.com:
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Wow! Thank you for that!
I think I'm going to give this one a shot. Probably wait a few more days before deciding, but I'll keep you posted... |
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09-19-2010, 12:38 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Blacksburg/Herndon, VA
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Originally Posted by RallyintheValley
Wow! Thank you for that!
I think I'm going to give this one a shot. Probably wait a few more days before deciding, but I'll keep you posted...
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Glad I could help! I like this recipe because it is a very basic pale ale. It is great tasting and it shows you what a "cliche" APA should taste like. If you brew it, I reccomend once exactly as the recipe calls for, then if you want to brew it again start tinkering with it.
Basically it is a perfect recipe to start learning how to formulate your own recipes!
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09-19-2010, 02:30 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Tallahassee, Florida
Posts: 90
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Originally Posted by Germelli1
Glad I could help! I like this recipe because it is a very basic pale ale. It is great tasting and it shows you what a "cliche" APA should taste like. If you brew it, I reccomend once exactly as the recipe calls for, then if you want to brew it again start tinkering with it.
Basically it is a perfect recipe to start learning how to formulate your own recipes!
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In a week I will be bottling this beer, it was my first attempt at brewing. It's been sitting in the primary for three weeks and is clearing up very nicely. Great to know it's a good recipe, I couldn't resist a little tinkering however, I swapped out the bittering hops for Chinook instead and used US-05 for the yeast. |
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09-19-2010, 03:41 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Blacksburg/Herndon, VA
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Originally Posted by BlackBearForge
In a week I will be bottling this beer, it was my first attempt at brewing. It's been sitting in the primary for three weeks and is clearing up very nicely. Great to know it's a good recipe, I couldn't resist a little tinkering however, I swapped out the bittering hops for Chinook instead and used US-05 for the yeast.
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Recipes are made to be tinkered with, that's one of the great of homebrewing. Its great to mess around with grains...for example either add or swap out a little of the extract or crystal for some vienna/munich/etc grain or change the hops bill to your specific tastes. Its great because we get to make what we like, or find out what we do/don't like!
As for yeast, there won't be too much difference in taste between them since the style calls for any clean fermenting yeast (Nottingham, US-05, california ale, or my favorite the free pacman strain). But it allows you to use whatever you have on hand!
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09-19-2010, 05:09 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Tallahassee, Florida
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Germelli1
Recipes are made to be tinkered with, that's one of the great of homebrewing. Its great to mess around with grains...for example either add or swap out a little of the extract or crystal for some vienna/munich/etc grain or change the hops bill to your specific tastes. Its great because we get to make what we like, or find out what we do/don't like!
As for yeast, there won't be too much difference in taste between them since the style calls for any clean fermenting yeast (Nottingham, US-05, california ale, or my favorite the free pacman strain). But it allows you to use whatever you have on hand!
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Exactly! Still, I still might have been better served to make the recipe as published as a known base line and then tinkered with subsequent batches. I am however looking forward to that Chinook Lady Liberty! ("Lady Liberty with a few Liberties Taken Pale Ale" lol) |
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11-22-2010, 01:02 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Yeastville, MN
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Here's another vote for Palmer's Lady Liberty Ale. I took some to my LBC meeting and it was a really big hit. I used two 4 lb cans of Alexander's Pale LME for an extra malty kick, a White Labs yeast starter (decanted), and bottle conditioned the batch.
Wow! It's a keeper recipe!
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