sagec1001
Member
I'm looking to make a Pale ale or amber ale here tomorrow, and this is what i have come up wth for a recipe..wonder if it looks ok or what you all would recommend changing.. I'm not concerned with guidelines etc, just want a nice, easy drinking beer with good hops and malt balance.
My main questions would be: do you recommend changing up the hops instead of using just cascade? and if so, what? I have quite a few different varieties sitting around that i could use. WIll going w/ all cascade give it too much of a citrisy characteristic? should i finish at 5 and 15 w/ cascade and use something else to bitter?
Too much/too little specialty grain? Plan on doing approx a 6 gallon partial mash, full boil.
6 lbs Amber liquid extract
3 lbs 2-row
8 oz crystal 40L
8 oz cara-pils
1.25 oz cascade 60 min
.5 oz cascade 15 mins
.5 oz cascade 5 mins
Safale US-05
this will be my first pale/amber american style beer, so what should i shoot for for fermentation? Or do i not really have to worry too much since using 05? 68 is room temp and i put fermenter in water bath to help steady actual fermentation temps which generally are around 70.
Let me know what you think or what i should change.
beersmith tells me the following::
Est Og Grav 1.051
Est Final 1.012
ABV: 5.2%
color 9.9 SRM
26.9 IBU
Thanks,
Cody
My main questions would be: do you recommend changing up the hops instead of using just cascade? and if so, what? I have quite a few different varieties sitting around that i could use. WIll going w/ all cascade give it too much of a citrisy characteristic? should i finish at 5 and 15 w/ cascade and use something else to bitter?
Too much/too little specialty grain? Plan on doing approx a 6 gallon partial mash, full boil.
6 lbs Amber liquid extract
3 lbs 2-row
8 oz crystal 40L
8 oz cara-pils
1.25 oz cascade 60 min
.5 oz cascade 15 mins
.5 oz cascade 5 mins
Safale US-05
this will be my first pale/amber american style beer, so what should i shoot for for fermentation? Or do i not really have to worry too much since using 05? 68 is room temp and i put fermenter in water bath to help steady actual fermentation temps which generally are around 70.
Let me know what you think or what i should change.
beersmith tells me the following::
Est Og Grav 1.051
Est Final 1.012
ABV: 5.2%
color 9.9 SRM
26.9 IBU
Thanks,
Cody