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This year I planted a few hop rhizomes but did it late in the season and had a pretty small harvest of just shy of 8 dry grams of cascade. So while trying to decide what I want to do with them its looking like a mini-batch of an APA is in order. Luckily I have 2 of the Mr. Beer fermentors sitting unused and figure "Hey, 2 gallons is just about perfect to be dry hopped by those cascades!"
Ok so here is the idea: A dual 2.5 gallon brew day using 2 similar recipes to cut down on extract costs and use up exactly one 6lb LME jug. It looks like if I convert Orfy's Mild Mannered Ale recipe to 2.5 gallon, that leaves enough pale LME to be just about perfect for a pale ale for the cascade.
Here are the numbers:
Recipe: Orfy's Mild Mannered Ale -2.5g Conversion
Brewer: Silenti
Style: Mild
TYPE: Extract
Taste: (35.0)
Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 2.50 gal
Boil Size: 2.50 gal
Estimated OG: 1.035 SG (Orfy's = 1.037)
Estimated Color: 19.4 SRM (Orfy's = 21)
Estimated IBU: 16.5 IBU (Orfy's = 15)
Brewhouse Efficiency: - %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
2.38 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 79.17 %
0.50 lb Caramel Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 16.67 %
0.13 lb Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM) Grain 4.17 %
0.33 oz Fuggles [4.50 %] (45 min) Hops 10.7 IBU
0.33 oz Fuggles [4.50 %] (15 min) Hops 5.8 IBU
1 Pkgs Nottingham (Danstar #-) Yeast-Ale
And for the Cascade SMaSH:
Recipe: SMaSH - Pale/Cascade -2.5gal
Brewer: Silenti
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: Extract
Taste: (35.0)
Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 2.50 gal
Boil Size: 2.86 gal
Estimated OG: 1.050 SG
Estimated Color: 7.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 31.8 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: - %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
3.50 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 100.00 %
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (60 min) Hops 10.0 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (45 min) Hops 9.2 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (30 min) Hops 7.7 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (15 min) Hops 5.0 IBU
0.20 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (Dry Hop) Hops -
1 Pkgs Safale US-05 Yeast-Ale
I'm not 100% committed to the SMaSH being exclusively single malt as I'll have some crystal 60L and chocolate 450 left over from the mild, but I this will be my first time formulating a recipe from scratch so suggestions here are welcome. I feel pretty solid with the Mild turning out great, but by going with extract on the SMaSH am I going to be missing something due to not being able to tweak my mash temps to control the amount of dryness/maltiness. Would S-04 or nottingham yeast work better for the SMaSH? Thanks for any tips, this place is great.
Ok so here is the idea: A dual 2.5 gallon brew day using 2 similar recipes to cut down on extract costs and use up exactly one 6lb LME jug. It looks like if I convert Orfy's Mild Mannered Ale recipe to 2.5 gallon, that leaves enough pale LME to be just about perfect for a pale ale for the cascade.
Here are the numbers:
Recipe: Orfy's Mild Mannered Ale -2.5g Conversion
Brewer: Silenti
Style: Mild
TYPE: Extract
Taste: (35.0)
Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Batch Size: 2.50 gal
Boil Size: 2.50 gal
Estimated OG: 1.035 SG (Orfy's = 1.037)
Estimated Color: 19.4 SRM (Orfy's = 21)
Estimated IBU: 16.5 IBU (Orfy's = 15)
Brewhouse Efficiency: - %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
------------
Amount Item Type % or IBU
2.38 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 79.17 %
0.50 lb Caramel Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 16.67 %
0.13 lb Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM) Grain 4.17 %
0.33 oz Fuggles [4.50 %] (45 min) Hops 10.7 IBU
0.33 oz Fuggles [4.50 %] (15 min) Hops 5.8 IBU
1 Pkgs Nottingham (Danstar #-) Yeast-Ale
And for the Cascade SMaSH:
Recipe: SMaSH - Pale/Cascade -2.5gal
Brewer: Silenti
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: Extract
Taste: (35.0)
Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Batch Size: 2.50 gal
Boil Size: 2.86 gal
Estimated OG: 1.050 SG
Estimated Color: 7.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 31.8 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: - %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
------------
Amount Item Type % or IBU
3.50 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 100.00 %
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (60 min) Hops 10.0 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (45 min) Hops 9.2 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (30 min) Hops 7.7 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (15 min) Hops 5.0 IBU
0.20 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (Dry Hop) Hops -
1 Pkgs Safale US-05 Yeast-Ale
I'm not 100% committed to the SMaSH being exclusively single malt as I'll have some crystal 60L and chocolate 450 left over from the mild, but I this will be my first time formulating a recipe from scratch so suggestions here are welcome. I feel pretty solid with the Mild turning out great, but by going with extract on the SMaSH am I going to be missing something due to not being able to tweak my mash temps to control the amount of dryness/maltiness. Would S-04 or nottingham yeast work better for the SMaSH? Thanks for any tips, this place is great.
