WollenBrew
Well-Known Member
Okay, I posted a question about a honey addition to the Northern Brewer Mild Ale Kit... simply because I wanted to raise the ABV of what I think is a good basic kit. Well, I've gone a bit beyond adding honey (meaning I found some extra ingredients in my freezer) and I'd like some opinions (I'm specifically interested in opinions on how long to boil the hops... 60 min. for all? 15 min. for some? etc...) on the following recipe - I call it, "Defiled Mild - 'American Honey' Pale Ale":
Malt and Fermentables -
3.15 lbs. Amber Malt Extract Syrup (boil final 15 min.)
1.0 lbs. Amber Dry Malt Extract (boil 60 min.)
1.0 lbs. Extra Light Dry Malt Extract (boil 60 min.)
1.0 lbs. American 2-Row Pale (Steep)
.25 lbs Amber Malt (Steep)
.25 lbs Brown Malt (Steep)
.125 lbs. Chocolate Malt (Steep)
1.0 lbs. Honey (boil final 10 min.)
Hops
.5 oz. Tettnang pellet - 4.5% Alpha (60 min.)
1.0 oz. Kent Golding pellet - 5.3% Alpha (60 min.)
.5 oz. Kent Golding leaf - 6.5% Alpha (60 min.)
.5 oz. Czech Saaz leaf - 2.1% Alpha (60 min.)
Yeast
Safale US-05 Dry Yeast
Clarify with Irish Moss (5 min.)
Anyway... let me know... I ran the recipe through Hopville.com's brew calculator and the profile looks really balanced with an OG of 1.053 and FG of 1.014, 30.6 IBU and 5.2% ABV.
Malt and Fermentables -
3.15 lbs. Amber Malt Extract Syrup (boil final 15 min.)
1.0 lbs. Amber Dry Malt Extract (boil 60 min.)
1.0 lbs. Extra Light Dry Malt Extract (boil 60 min.)
1.0 lbs. American 2-Row Pale (Steep)
.25 lbs Amber Malt (Steep)
.25 lbs Brown Malt (Steep)
.125 lbs. Chocolate Malt (Steep)
1.0 lbs. Honey (boil final 10 min.)
Hops
.5 oz. Tettnang pellet - 4.5% Alpha (60 min.)
1.0 oz. Kent Golding pellet - 5.3% Alpha (60 min.)
.5 oz. Kent Golding leaf - 6.5% Alpha (60 min.)
.5 oz. Czech Saaz leaf - 2.1% Alpha (60 min.)
Yeast
Safale US-05 Dry Yeast
Clarify with Irish Moss (5 min.)
Anyway... let me know... I ran the recipe through Hopville.com's brew calculator and the profile looks really balanced with an OG of 1.053 and FG of 1.014, 30.6 IBU and 5.2% ABV.