Finally a brew day! It's been 2 months and I'm in need of a pale ale, so I brewed this up today. Numbers were good, color looked great in hydrometer, now its just time to play the waiting game. Cheers and thanks OP! 
American Pale Ale Russian River Row 2 Hill 56 Clone
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TriggerFingers
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I was at rr last week. I think all of their water for brewing and drinking at the brew pub is reverse osmosis.
Snuck one of these at almost 4 weeks to the day from brew day, 1 week in the bottle. Just fantastic. Pine/citrus/resin aroma and flavor, crisp but not overly sharp bitterness, and very balanced with nice bright yellow & malty body. Very pleased. Thanks OP!
ultravista
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How does this compare to PTE?
frettfreak
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It's a pale ale and a completely different beer. Completely different
Made this one the last week of August, just opened the first bottle last night and man was it tasty! I wanted something different than my usual IPA's and this one hit a home run! If you love Simcoe hops, you won't be disappointed.
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Just brewed this grain/yeast bill, but went all amarillo.
Will report back in three weeks. Last time I made it twas delicious.
Will report back in three weeks. Last time I made it twas delicious.
I attempted to brew this yesterday...but had to make a few changes. Scaled the batch down to 5 gallons into the fermenter. Brew store was out of white labs California so I was just going to use US-05 but they were out of that too! Was going to get the Wyeast equivalent but they had a fresh pack of Omega West Coast Ale 1 so I went with that. Unfortunately didn't have time to make a starter so I probably underpitched. At least the Omega packs start out with ~150 billions cells rather than 100. Beersmith says I needed to pitch 192 billion while yeast calc estimates I pitched 118.
I also used my grain mill for the first time which really threw my efficiency estimates off (in a good way I guess). Final OG ended up being 1.064. Not going to be a perfect clone but hopefully turns out tasty! It's chugging away in the fermenter now.
I also used my grain mill for the first time which really threw my efficiency estimates off (in a good way I guess). Final OG ended up being 1.064. Not going to be a perfect clone but hopefully turns out tasty! It's chugging away in the fermenter now.
Circling back on this brew. Fantastic. It went way too quickly. Rave reviews and even got a "this could win awards" from one fellow beer enthusiast (non-brewer) whose favorite style is APA. Nice to get such feedback on just a great recipe!:rockin:
You won't be disappointed with this. The keg at my house is going much too quickly! SWMBO says it is my favorite beer she's brewed. :rockin:
I made this for a wedding next week, unfortunately it's half gone already because it's so good. One of my favorite beers so far!
I used a Belgian pilsner the last time I did this recipe. One of the best beers I've done, I liked it a lot!
I mostly use a US malt, but have used Belgian also. Tbh I just use what maltster my lhbs has at the time
I'll be honest I don't remember much of any distinct taste difference between maltster versions.
However it's been almost two years since I've brewed anything so try both and see which you prefer?
However it's been almost two years since I've brewed anything so try both and see which you prefer?
Bilbo1usa
15 is my limit on schnitzengruben.
I used Belgan pilsner with all Mosaic hops.
Did a FWH with the bittering addition.
All of my friends keep asking when I'm brewing 'that awesome mosaic ale' again.
It was a big hit.
I brew this recipe a lot keeping the grain bill the same but swapping out the hops. For me I try to keep the IBUs of the hops additions true to the original recipe, so the volume of hops differs depending on the strain, but the IBUs stay more or less the same.
It's hard to beat the original, but this recipe brewed with Amarillo hops is a close second!
It's hard to beat the original, but this recipe brewed with Amarillo hops is a close second!
Bilbo1usa
15 is my limit on schnitzengruben.
Pretty much!
Here's my hop schedule with Mosaic for this recipe:
.5 oz First wort hop
.5 oz @ 30 mins
1 oz hopstand - 30 mins @ 175*
3oz dryhop 5 days at 66*
Yummy!
Bilbo1usa
15 is my limit on schnitzengruben.
Pretty much!
Here's my hop schedule with Mosaic for this recipe:
.5 oz First wort hop
.5 oz @ 30 mins
1 oz hopstand - 30 mins @ 175*
3oz dryhop 5 days at 66*
Yummy!
Second attempt at making this brew. First one I dry hopped in the fermentor...now I am taking a shot at dry hopping directly in the keg.
Overshot my OG at 1.072...ferm temperature was spot on. Ended at 1.010. 12 days in primary-last 48 hrs cold crashed at 40F and into keg with 1.9 oz dry hops.
Looking forward to my first pint of this two weeks from now.
Overshot my OG at 1.072...ferm temperature was spot on. Ended at 1.010. 12 days in primary-last 48 hrs cold crashed at 40F and into keg with 1.9 oz dry hops.
Looking forward to my first pint of this two weeks from now.
Yes, that is the plan...will leave the hop bag in there till the keg kicks it. But like the OP said--he dry hops in the keg for two weeks before he starts drawing from keg, and I will be doing the same.
carlk47
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Brewing this excellent beer again this weekend! Anyone moving the boil to 60 minutes instead of 90? Curious how that would effect the flavor
Can't help you on flavor differences, I've made this recipe four times in the last year, the last time substituting Chinook for Simcoe, but I've always used a 60 minute boil.
I'll be kegging the Chinook version tonight...
I'll be kegging the Chinook version tonight...
Just bottled my 3rd batch of this last Sunday. First time I did a 90min boil, 2nd and 3rd time I did a 60min boil. I don't remember any difference between the 1st and 2nd. This time I changed the Hop schedule to .5oz at 60min. .5oz at 10min. and 1oz as a whirlpool addition for 30 min at 170deg. Dry Hop addition stayed the same. Will see how it turns out in a few weeks.
carlk47
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Funny it seems anyone who brews this recipe gets hooked and rebrews it multiple times!
I do this recipe with a few different hops, and I've switched it to a 60 minute boil. Still tastes awesome.
I've used Simcoe, Amarillo, Centennial, and Mosaic. Centennial has been my least favorite so far, but it was still pretty darn good.
I shoot for 25 IBUs with my 60 minute addition and 20 for my 30 minute addition, so I adjust my hops amount to get the IBUs I want.
I do 6 gallon batches, and I always use 35 grams at flameout, and 65 grams for dry hop, not adjusting hops amount based on AAU%.
I do a quick-turn fermentation schedule, and it works out very nicely for this beer:
Ferment at 68 degrees for 5 days, then ramp temp to 75 degrees for 2 more days.
Then dry hop @ 65 degrees for 5 days.
Then cold crash @ 33 degrees for 2 days prior to kegging, fining with gelatin once beer drops below 50 degrees.
I've used Simcoe, Amarillo, Centennial, and Mosaic. Centennial has been my least favorite so far, but it was still pretty darn good.
I shoot for 25 IBUs with my 60 minute addition and 20 for my 30 minute addition, so I adjust my hops amount to get the IBUs I want.
I do 6 gallon batches, and I always use 35 grams at flameout, and 65 grams for dry hop, not adjusting hops amount based on AAU%.
I do a quick-turn fermentation schedule, and it works out very nicely for this beer:
Ferment at 68 degrees for 5 days, then ramp temp to 75 degrees for 2 more days.
Then dry hop @ 65 degrees for 5 days.
Then cold crash @ 33 degrees for 2 days prior to kegging, fining with gelatin once beer drops below 50 degrees.
It was one of the beers my wife enjoyed at Russian River, so I try to keep it in stock.
carlk47
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Brewing this morning.. changed the boil and first hop addition to 60 minutes, otherwise following the original recipe. Remember loving this one last spring when I made it, will probably try this grain bill again with Amarillo next time I think!
dpkim
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Have a mosaic version on tap now. It will be the newest of the three on tap and first to go again.
PackerfaninSanDiego
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brewed this today for the 2nd time. last batch was ruined.....My OG was 1.072. probably because I did 5 gal and not 6 gal. Either way it will be a good beer, just not the clone
brew703
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Do you use multiple hops or do you use just one? I brewed this a few months ago as written and really liked it but want to use a different hop on the next brew.
Just one. This is pretty much the grain bill I use for all of my single hop pale ales.
For those who dry hop in the keg...do you just leave in the keg till it kicks...or do you remove from keg after X days?
I left in keg 3 weeks ago...and at first, tasted good and now I am wondering I made a mistake leaving in.
I left in keg 3 weeks ago...and at first, tasted good and now I am wondering I made a mistake leaving in.
brew703
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Would Mosaic and Amarillo work well together?
Taranis
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All my attempts to dry hop in Keg have resulted in a grassy/vegetable flavor unless I pull them out after about 1 week.
Glad to hear this has worked for you. I've been looking for a grain bill to do single hop pale ales and I'm leaning towards this one (mainly since my bulk grains are pilsner and maris otter). The one big change I'm probably going to make is to move the flavor addition from 30 minutes to 15 and do a FWH instead of adding at 90 minutes.
On all of your single hop beers, do you keep the dry hop at 2oz?
Thanks. That's what happened here also.
Gonna try and fish out the hop sack and see if that helps...may take a while to clean up...doesn't.hurt to try.
Gonna try and fish out the hop sack and see if that helps...may take a while to clean up...doesn't.hurt to try.
