Can I have some feedback please?

Hey guys I was just wondering what you think of this recipe. My ingredients/equipment will be arriving in a couple of days so I made up a recipe in beersmith. I'm going for a hoppy pale ale. It's a 3 gallon batch. I'll be mashing and boiling in a 19lt stock pot. I was planning on mashing for probably 70 mins and boiling for 60 min. Here are my ingredients;

2300g of Maris Otter.
140g Cara-pils
140g Crystal 55l
140 White wheat.

14g Challenger (60mins)
17g Cascade (5 mins)
17g Cascade (Dry hop, 5 days)

Any feedback/suggestions would be really appreciated! I'm probably going to end up using something like youngs ale yeast or Safale Yeast S-04.

Metric makes my head hurt!

Sorry forgot I should probably have converted.

If it helps it's;
84.6% Maris otter
5.1% Cara-pils
5.1% Crystal 55l
5.1% White wheat

Sounds like a tasty pale ale with the cascades giving it an american slant, but predominantly an English malt/estery character. Mashing at about 154F (68C)?

Grain bill looks fine, but if you want this beer to be on the hoppier side for a pale ale, I'd recommend two late hop additions. I do a 10min and 0min addition.

I think each addition should be at least 14g, but you could probably go as much as 21g. Dry hopping with 17g will be nice.

Frodo said:

Sounds like a tasty pale ale with the cascades giving it an american slant, but predominantly an English malt/estery character. Mashing at about 154F (68C)?

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I was hoping to keep the hops American but I can't find a decent UK source yet, and yes I'll be mashing at 154/155F.

kanzimonson said:

Grain bill looks fine, but if you want this beer to be on the hoppier side for a pale ale, I'd recommend two late hop additions. I do a 10min and 0min addition.

I think each addition should be at least 14g, but you could probably go as much as 21g. Dry hopping with 17g will be nice.

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I am a big hop fan so I may actually up the hops a bit. I also have some fuggles and goldings, along with the cascade and challenger. I'll also have some centennial in a couple of days. What about centennial for 10 mins/0min?

Thanks for the replies!

Centennial would be great

Okay this is the recipe now.

2300.00 gm Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Grain 84.6 %
140.00 gm Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 5.1 %
140.00 gm Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 5.1 %
140.00 gm White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 5.1 %
17.00 gm Challenger [7.50%] (60 min) Hops 26.5 IBU
14.00 gm Centennial [10.00%] (10 min) Hops 10.6 IBU
17.00 gm Cascade [5.50%] (5 min) Hops 3.9 IBU
14.00 gm Centennial [10.00%] (0 min) Hops -
17.00 gm Cascade [5.50%] (Dry Hop 5 days) Hops -

personally, I always add a flavor addition (25-20min) hop, it normally doesn't have to be much. I have found adding those 20min additions really worth their weight in hop .

KyleWolf said:

personally, I always add a flavor addition (25-20min) hop, it normally doesn't have to be much. I have found adding those 20min additions really worth their weight in hop .

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Okay updated the recipe again to go for more of a citrusy flavour.

Amount Item Type % or IBU
2300.00 gm Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Grain 78.0 %
200.00 gm Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 6.8 %
150.00 gm Amber Malt (22.0 SRM) Grain 5.1 %
150.00 gm Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 5.1 %
150.00 gm Wheat Malt, Pale (Weyermann) (2.0 SRM) Grain 5.1 %
15.00 gm Chinook [13.00%] (60 min) Hops 39.2 IBU
8.00 gm Chinook [13.00%] (25 min) Hops 14.6 IBU
8.00 gm Centennial [10.00%] (10 min) Hops 5.8 IBU
8.00 gm Cascade [5.50%] (5 min) Hops 1.8 IBU
8.00 gm Centennial [10.00%] (0 min) Hops -
17.00 gm Cascade [5.50%] (Dry Hop 5 days) Hops -


I ordered some more hops tonight so I now have Chinook in the equation. Really wanted to use this hop.

cool. its gonna be great man, just make it! :fro: