bearkluttz
Well-Known Member
Went to the LHBS today and got them to help me put together a pale ale. My only wish was that it have lots of Cascade flavor and aroma. Here's what we came up with:
6 lbs. 6 row pale malt 1.5L
1 lb. 6 row carmel malt 60L
4.95 lbs. light LME
3/4oz. Yakima Magnum 13.1 a/a
2oz. Cascade 6.3 a/a
Nottingham Ale Yeast
Schedule:
Mash for 1 hour at 150 with 2 gallons
Sparge with 2 gallons at 180 for 30 minutes
top off to 6 gallons
boil for 75 minutes
Hop additions:
3/4 Yakima Magnum at 60 minutes
1 oz Cascade at 20 minutes
1 oz Cascade at 5 minutes
Questions:
I don't know about calculating efficency or using beersmith type programs to get my IBUs and OG etc... any help would be appreciated. Also when it comes to sparging the LHBS owner and i discussed Fly vs. Batch sparging. It sounds like fly would be more effecient but Batch is easier. I will be using either a cooler or my small brew pot with a sparge bag for the mash as i haven't assembled anything fancy yet. I am thinking of going with the batch sparging since i can easily remove the bag and dump the wort into the big brew pot. Thoughts? Thanks for the help. Any comments or concerns would be appreciated.
6 lbs. 6 row pale malt 1.5L
1 lb. 6 row carmel malt 60L
4.95 lbs. light LME
3/4oz. Yakima Magnum 13.1 a/a
2oz. Cascade 6.3 a/a
Nottingham Ale Yeast
Schedule:
Mash for 1 hour at 150 with 2 gallons
Sparge with 2 gallons at 180 for 30 minutes
top off to 6 gallons
boil for 75 minutes
Hop additions:
3/4 Yakima Magnum at 60 minutes
1 oz Cascade at 20 minutes
1 oz Cascade at 5 minutes
Questions:
I don't know about calculating efficency or using beersmith type programs to get my IBUs and OG etc... any help would be appreciated. Also when it comes to sparging the LHBS owner and i discussed Fly vs. Batch sparging. It sounds like fly would be more effecient but Batch is easier. I will be using either a cooler or my small brew pot with a sparge bag for the mash as i haven't assembled anything fancy yet. I am thinking of going with the batch sparging since i can easily remove the bag and dump the wort into the big brew pot. Thoughts? Thanks for the help. Any comments or concerns would be appreciated.