Any ideas/tips for my APA recipe?

APA 1
American Pale Ale


Type: Extract
Date:
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Brewer: Corey
Boil Size: 2.50 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
Equipment: Brew Pot (5 Gallon)
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: -
Taste Notes:

Ingredients

6.00 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 85.71 %
1.00 lb Amber Liquid Extract [Boil for 15 min] Extract 14.29 %
1.00 oz Chinook [13.00 %] (60 min) Hops 28.4 IBU
0.25 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (30 min) Hops 4.2 IBU
0.25 oz Liberty [4.30 %] (5 min) Hops 0.5 IBU
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) Yeast-Ale



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.050 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.010 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.005 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.97 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 0.65 %
Bitterness: 36.5 IBU Calories: 43 cal/pint
Est Color: 8.3 SRM Color: Color


Mash Profile

Mash Name: None Total Grain Weight: 10.00 lb
Sparge Water: - Grain Temperature: -
Sparge Temperature: - TunTemperature: -
Adjust Temp for Equipment: FALSE Mash PH: -




Mash Notes: -
Carbonation and Storage

Carbonation Type: Corn Sugar Volumes of CO2: 2.4
Pressure/Weight: 3.8 oz Carbonation Used: -
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 60.0 F Age for: 21.0 days
Storage Temperature: 52.0 F

Should I use those hops, or go with a different kind? I'm looking for a drinkable APA. with under 10SRM and under 1.060 OG.

I made another replacing Chinook with Cascade, and went from .25 to .50 on the Centennial. How would you think that would turn out?

How about this one?

American Honey Ale 1
American Pale Ale


Type: Extract
Date: 6/21/2008
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Brewer: Corey
Boil Size: 2.50 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Brew Pot (5 Gallon)
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: -
Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
5.00 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 71.43 %
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (60 min) Hops 15.1 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (30 min) Hops 5.8 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (5 min) Hops 0.8 IBU
2.00 lb Honey (1.0 SRM) Sugar 28.57 %
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) Yeast-Ale



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.050 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.010 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.005 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.91 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 0.65 %
Bitterness: 21.6 IBU Calories: 43 cal/pint
Est Color: 6.4 SRM Color: Color

just wondering.... why are you using amber extract in your pale ale?

From what it looks like, you'd be brewing a honey blonde ale. According to this, for having an O.G. of 1.054 and 16 IBUs, you would get a VERY malty beer. If i were you i'd toss in maybe half a pound of carapils, and half a pound of crystal (40L maybe) and definately up to hops!

Here is your recipe with added specialty grains and hops:

American Honey Pale Ale

A4J said:

just wondering.... why are you using amber extract in your pale ale?

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Because I don't know what I'm doing!

FishinDave07 said:

From what it looks like, you'd be brewing a honey blonde ale. According to this, for having an O.G. of 1.054 and 16 IBUs, you would get a VERY malty beer. If i were you i'd toss in maybe half a pound of carapils, and half a pound of crystal (40L maybe) and definately up to hops!

Here is your recipe with added specialty grains and hops:

American Honey Pale Ale

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Wow, you REALLY upped the hops on that one!

Mustangfreak said:

Wow, you REALLY upped the hops on that one!

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Well, it all determines on your taste. By using the Recipator along with the malt/hops chart you can make your APA a slightly bitter than being balanced or overly hoppy. Good luck with the brew!

I went ahead and stuck with 2 oz this round. Later on I'll do it with 4.

Mustangfreak said:

I went ahead and stuck with 2 oz this round. Later on I'll do it with 4.

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What was your hopping schedule?

Mustangfreak said:

Because I don't know what I'm doing!

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I've always enloyed a slightly maltier pale ale myself, and think you'll like the amber addition. It may not be "true to style," but brew what you like to drink, right?

I brewed an APA that is somewhat similar to yours. I used Chinook as my only bittering hop along with centennial and one other I can’t remember right now for finishing (recipe is at home and I’m at work). I ended up with a similar IBU level, but to me the Chinook was too harsh of a bitterness, for me. Oh, yeah! It was Amarillo as well. And the hop flavor was heavy on the citrus. I will post my recipes when I get home for lunch.

Sea said:

I've always enloyed a slightly maltier pale ale myself, and think you'll like the amber addition. It may not be "true to style," but brew what you like to drink, right?

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would 1# amber LME make enough of a difference? How about playing around with the hop schedule instead?

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I was just reading this thread and the experts basically said that amber extract is nothing more than pale extract with a bit of crystal added. So, adding the amber extract is probably superfluous. I would do a total of 7# pale LME for your APA 1 recipe.

Here is my APA v1:

All American Pale Ale v1
American Pale Ale


Type: Partial Mash
Date: 1/21/2008
Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Brewer: Brad Jones
Boil Size: 5.50 gal
Asst Brewer: Bukka
Boil Time: 60 min
Equipment: My Equipment
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0
Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.00
Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
3.81 lb Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 45.41 %
1.50 lb Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 17.88 %
2.00 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 23.84 %
0.75 lb Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 8.94 %
0.33 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt-120L(120.0 SRM)Grain3.93%
0.50 oz Centennial [8.80 %] (Dry Hop 14 days) Hops -
0.50 oz Chinook [12.60 %] (60 min) Hops 25.0 IBU
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [7.00 %] (Dry Hop 14 days) Hops -
0.50 oz Centennial [8.80 %] (15 min) Hops 4.6 IBU
0.75 oz Amarillo Gold [7.00 %] (5 min) Hops 3.5 IBU
0.25 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
0.50 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) Yeast-Ale



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.055 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.056 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.014 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.60 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 5.48 %
Bitterness: 33.8 IBU Calories: 250 cal/pint
Est Color: 11.4

As I mentioned earlier, I thought thew Chinook was a little harsh. That is just me, but I have read that opinion other places. I would either combine the bittering with Cascade and chinook or go all cascade for bittering and keep the centennial and liberty.

Also, you might want to change the 1lb of amber LME to amber DME, incase you can't by LME by the pound, or try steeping some crystal malt?