I'm looking to do a mildly hopped pale ale that I can have on hand most of the time, I've come up with this:
For 10.5 gallons-
13lb Extra Light DME
1lb carapils
1lb caramel 10
1/2lb caramel 40
1.5oz Perle 60 min
1.0oz Cascade 15 min
1.0oz Cascade 5 min
White Labs California Ale (2 starters from washed yeast)
I plan to steep grains in 1 pot with 5 gal water, then, in that same pot, pre-dissolve the extract. While steeping grains, I'll start boiling the hops in another pot with 7 more gal. water. Then, in the last 15 minutes while the hops are boiling away, I'll bring up the 1st pot to boil, then combine both pots, cool, and pitch.
This should save me a good bit of time and use less hops - Is there a reason this won't work out right? Does the boiling pot need to have some extract in there, or can it be all water and hops?
Let me know how this recipe and technique sounds -
For 10.5 gallons-
13lb Extra Light DME
1lb carapils
1lb caramel 10
1/2lb caramel 40
1.5oz Perle 60 min
1.0oz Cascade 15 min
1.0oz Cascade 5 min
White Labs California Ale (2 starters from washed yeast)
I plan to steep grains in 1 pot with 5 gal water, then, in that same pot, pre-dissolve the extract. While steeping grains, I'll start boiling the hops in another pot with 7 more gal. water. Then, in the last 15 minutes while the hops are boiling away, I'll bring up the 1st pot to boil, then combine both pots, cool, and pitch.
This should save me a good bit of time and use less hops - Is there a reason this won't work out right? Does the boiling pot need to have some extract in there, or can it be all water and hops?
Let me know how this recipe and technique sounds -