Just picked up ingredients for my next pale ale. it is just off the path from my last pale batch based off of SNPA. I just wanted to see what everyone thinks about the ingredients.
Extract recipe:
8 oz. Carapils
4 oz. Crystal 20L
4 oz. Crystal 40L
3.3# Coopers Light LME
3# Muntons Plain DME
?Sugar? for alcohol content
2 oz. Amarillo 8.6
1 oz. Perle 8.2
1 oz. Chinook 11.4
1 oz. Cascade 6.3
Safale 05
What do you think that my hop schedule should be? I would like to have grapefruit aroma and flavor. What are your thoughts on taking all of these hops, mixing them together, re-weigh them and then add 1 oz. at a time? I also want to dry hop. Can I dry hop straight to the primary rather than dealing with secondary? Also, would you suggest adding sugar to the ingredient list to raise the alcohol content? Sorry for so many questions and thanks for any replies. I have been surfing on this site for a while. I plan on not buying store bought beer as I am addicted to homebrewing.
Extract recipe:
8 oz. Carapils
4 oz. Crystal 20L
4 oz. Crystal 40L
3.3# Coopers Light LME
3# Muntons Plain DME
?Sugar? for alcohol content
2 oz. Amarillo 8.6
1 oz. Perle 8.2
1 oz. Chinook 11.4
1 oz. Cascade 6.3
Safale 05
What do you think that my hop schedule should be? I would like to have grapefruit aroma and flavor. What are your thoughts on taking all of these hops, mixing them together, re-weigh them and then add 1 oz. at a time? I also want to dry hop. Can I dry hop straight to the primary rather than dealing with secondary? Also, would you suggest adding sugar to the ingredient list to raise the alcohol content? Sorry for so many questions and thanks for any replies. I have been surfing on this site for a while. I plan on not buying store bought beer as I am addicted to homebrewing.