We Must PROTECT THIS HOUSE! Pale Ale

GRAIN:
9.0# Pale malt (British)
3.0# Munich
1.0# Crystal 10L
0.5# Wheat Malt

HOPS:
0.60 Magnum 11.0% 60 min

0.40 Cascade 6.5% 15 min
0.40 Amarillo 8.9% 15 min

0.40 Cascade 6.5% 5 min
0.40 Amarillo 8.9% 5 min

0.40 Cascade 6.5% 0 min
0.40 Amarillo 8.9% 0 min

MASH:
Single infusion, 60 minutes ~154°

COMMENTS:
Recipe hit 77% efficiency. Slightly oversparged; cut back pale malt by about 1# for a 5.5 gallon recipe. Designed to be clean, simple, drinkable APA. Came out very well-balanced; nice house ale. Pics to follow.

I've always used Amarillo as a substitute for Cascade, how are they together? Sounds like a tasty brew.

I will brew this just to tell my bros they are drinking WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE Ale.

OK, finally got around to stirring this one up.

Used Maris as the base grain, cut back 1# as you recommended. No Magnum was available, so I used Columbus. IBU's were higher but I cut back the Columbus addition to .4 oz to stay within style. Mashed at 154 as you did, which is a little high for me, I usually mash everything 150-152. Achieved horrible efficiency compared to recent batches; OG was 1.054.

Pitched a pretty old Pacman smack pack(six months past date), but fermentation was active ~8 hrs later. Hopefully I can wash it and save it.

I loved the color of the wort, a nice golden brown. All signs point this one being a winner. I'll post pics in a month or so(maybe sooner if I keg it). Do you have any pics of yours? It would be cool to compare.

EDIT 6/9 - Hydro sample taking while bottling was rad. Gonna be a good 'un.

Okay then! The final product:



The first pint was great. I'm taking this to a 4th of July party and I'm sure it's not going to last long.

Great, glad you like it! I love "pale" ales that have some color and backbone to them.