American Pale Ale American Pale Ale

[permo]

Recipe Type

All Grain

Yeast

Wyeast 1272 American Ale II

Yeast Starter

4 liter

Batch Size (Gallons)

16

Original Gravity

1.052

Final Gravity

1.011

Boiling Time (Minutes)

60

IBU

54

Color

7 SRM

Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)

14 days at 65

Tasting Notes

perfection

I have been brewing for over a decade, literally made thousands of gallons of beer. I have been working on the perfect pale ale recipe. In my opinion an American Pale Ale is not supposed to be a light IPA. I designed this beer over the years to have a balance between malt and hops that swings just a tad towards the hops. This beer has a malty backbone, slight biscuit and caramel finish with juicy floral hops balancing it out perfectly. If you take anything from this recipe, take the grain bill and hop it how you want. Its awesome.


you are probably wondering what Denhoff malt is...



http://twotrackmalting.com/products/



you could sub victory maybe

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31 lbs Pale Malt (6 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 87.3 %

1 lbs 8.0 oz Denhoff Malt (12.0 SRM) Grain 2 4.2 %

1 lbs Caramel Malt - 20L (Briess) (20.0 SRM) Grain 3 2.8 %

1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 4 2.8 %

1 lbs Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 5 2.8 %

1.00 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 11.3 IBUs

3.00 oz Amarillo [9.20 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 7 11.3 IBUs

3.00 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 8 12.3 IBUs

3.00 oz Amarillo [9.20 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min Hop 9 5.7 IBUs

3.00 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min Hop 10 6.1 IBUs

3.00 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min Hop 11 7.4 IBUs

2.00 oz Amarillo [9.20 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Days Hop 12 0.0 IBUs

2.00 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Days Hop 13 0.0 IBUs

2.00 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Days Hop 14 0.0 IBUs









Est Original Gravity: 1.053 SG

Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG

Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.2 %

Bitterness: 54.1 IBUs

Est Color: 7.1 SRM

 

[mcgreezie]

Nice. Trying a 2.5 gal batch this weekend. Will post how it goes.

No Denhoff or honey malt that I can find locally, so substituting in some more caramalt and some biscuit malt to make up the grain bill.