All-Grain - Cascades / Orange Pale Ale - Page 41

**cheesecake** · 12-01-2010, 11:34 AM

Going to have to put this on the to brew list.

BrewThruYou · 01-04-2011, 07:10 PM

Has anyone not used a secondary fermentation on this recipe?

blacklab · 01-04-2011, 07:31 PM

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Has anyone not used a secondary fermentation on this recipe?

I rarely secondary any more, unless I am bulk aging a 'big' beer. Just throw the dry hops either in the keg, or in the primary after fermentation is complete. Easy!

**BucksPA** · 01-05-2011, 09:17 PM

i just brewed this for the 3rd time. i love it. thanks blacklab.

blacklab · 01-05-2011, 09:49 PM

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i just brewed this for the 3rd time. i love it. thanks blacklab.

Awesome dude!

BrewThruYou · 01-06-2011, 02:06 PM

Just had a few questions before I brew this beer this weekend:

1. My LHBS didn't have sweet orange zest...only bitter. How much fresh zest do I need? I think I read maybe 4.0oz of fresh zest instead of 2.0oz of packaged sweet.

2. How long will fresh zest keep? I zested an orange on maybe Monday (ziploc'ed it and put it in fridge) and then another last night. The Monday zest looks darker and not nearly as bright orange as the newer stuff.

3. Is everyone pitching two 11.5 gram packs of S04 or just one? I bought two just in case.

blacklab · 01-06-2011, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by BrewThruYou

Just had a few questions before I brew this beer this weekend:

1. My LHBS didn't have sweet orange zest...only bitter. How much fresh zest do I need? I think I read maybe 4.0oz of fresh zest instead of 2.0oz of packaged sweet.

I'm not real precise when I use fresh. Last time I used three large (baseball sized) oranges. Make sure not to get very much of the pith (white stuff) in the boil pot. Just grate it right into the boiling wort. It smells awesome.

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2. How long will fresh zest keep? I zested an orange on maybe Monday (ziploc'ed it and put it in fridge) and then another last night. The Monday zest looks darker and not nearly as bright orange as the newer stuff.

Not a clue.

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3. Is everyone pitching two 11.5 gram packs of S04 or just one? I bought two just in case.

This is my personal preference, some might say that 2 packs is overpitching. I just do it as a shortcut to making a starter (I am rarely organized enough to get that done!)

BrewThruYou · 01-06-2011, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by blacklab

I'm not real precise when I use fresh. Last time I used three large (baseball sized) oranges. Make sure not to get very much of the pith (white stuff) in the boil pot. Just grate it right into the boiling wort. It smells awesome.

Thanks for the reply. How was the orange flavor with the zest of 3 large oranges? Would you use the same, more or less next time?

blacklab · 01-06-2011, 06:43 PM

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Thanks for the reply. How was the orange flavor with the zest of 3 large oranges? Would you use the same, more or less next time?

I don't like a punch in the face with the orange aroma - with three fresh zested it ends up being about the same as the dried, IMHO. Mostly it's about the aroma.

**Sheldon** · 01-16-2011, 08:23 PM

I think I am going to experiment with this: I am going to do this as a second running/party gyle after draining grains for AHS's Pliny and adding 1/2 lb malto dextrin and 1 lb Crystal 60L for 15 minutes. Looking forward to this. The beauty of homebrewing is you can do whatever you want