We have a local brewery here Evolution and I love their pale ale it has a dry kind of finish to it I've never had in other pale ales. I want to replicate it but not sure how they do it. Is it a certain yeast?
Do you truely boil off 1.5 gallons in a 60 min boil?? That would be a little higher than average, but you may just have a big diameter pot. That may just be the default for BeerSmith.
Just asking because 8.19 gallons of starting volume seems pretty darn high for a 5.5 gallon batch. I brewed a 5.5 gallon BIAB batch on Friday night and my starting volume was 7.49 gallons, but I have closer to a 1.0 gallon boiloff for 60 min. Boiloff is a function of pot diameter (water surface area), and my pot is 13" wide. Measure your pot, and if it is bigger than 13" your boiloff is going to be more than 1.0 gallons/hr, and if it's less than 13" it is going to be less than 1.0 gallons/hr.
If you have not done so, go create a custom equipment profile for your pot. It'll go a long way in making your numbers for accurate.
Also, you said that your pot isn't big enough to do this 5.5 gallon batch...why not just scale it down to a 5.0 gallon or 4.5 gallon batch??
I made this (link below) recently and got 1.053->1.006 with a 152F->150F mash and Wyeast 1056 starter. +1 to mostly base malts and low mash temp for a dry APA.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/bee-cave-brewery-haus-pale-ale-31793/
Ok I guess I'll see how it turns out. So I can take it out of the swamp cooler after the krausen goes away? I have a stout that has grain already crushed and ready to go I want to brew but I don't have another tub to do a swamp cooler so I have to wait until the Pale Ale can be taken out. How long will crushed grains stay good? Their in the plastic bag with a rubber band.
I overnight mashed a pale ale (See recipes) at 153 which dropped to 143 overnight. That beer finished as close to 1.000 as I've ever seen. Got over 90% attenuation with US-05 repitch.
Overnight mashing? There's a fine line between brilliance and madness, I think you just found the gray area... I'm intrigued with the possibilities.
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