http://beer.hexkrak.com/2011/06/13/brew-day-cat-haus-ale/
I've been working on developing that inexpensive, easy drinking beer that fits my tastes to call my own house ale. After spending some time formulating I came up with this recipe and it turned out GREAT! It's just a hair on the sweet side, possibly because of my thermometer reading low and adjusting causing a full body mash rather than a lite body mash. I'm going to try and brew the recipe with a lower mash temp before adjusting the grain bill. Depending on the results I may cut the carapils back to 3 or 4oz.
American Pale Ale
Batch size: 5.5 Gallon
Boil size: 7.5
Est SG @ 70% eff: 1.049
SRM: 5.1
IBU: 35.8
ABV: 4.82%
Grain
8 lbs 2-Row (US)
2 lbs Maris Otter (US)
0.25 lbs Crystal 40L
0.25 lbs CaraPils
Hops
1 oz Cascades @ 60 min
0.5 oz Cascades @ 30 min
0.25 oz Cascades @ 10 min
0.25 oz Cascades @ 5 min
Yeast:
Safale US-05 (sprinkled dry onto 70*F wort)
Other:
1tsp Irish moss
1 tsp brew saltz
Mash:
3.25 gallons @ 153*F for 60 min
Batch sparge 5.5 gallons @ 175*F for 10 min
Ferment between 63*F and 65*F (I ended up fermenting for 4 weeks in the primary and it turned out super clean and crisp).
I've been working on developing that inexpensive, easy drinking beer that fits my tastes to call my own house ale. After spending some time formulating I came up with this recipe and it turned out GREAT! It's just a hair on the sweet side, possibly because of my thermometer reading low and adjusting causing a full body mash rather than a lite body mash. I'm going to try and brew the recipe with a lower mash temp before adjusting the grain bill. Depending on the results I may cut the carapils back to 3 or 4oz.
American Pale Ale
Batch size: 5.5 Gallon
Boil size: 7.5
Est SG @ 70% eff: 1.049
SRM: 5.1
IBU: 35.8
ABV: 4.82%
Grain
8 lbs 2-Row (US)
2 lbs Maris Otter (US)
0.25 lbs Crystal 40L
0.25 lbs CaraPils
Hops
1 oz Cascades @ 60 min
0.5 oz Cascades @ 30 min
0.25 oz Cascades @ 10 min
0.25 oz Cascades @ 5 min
Yeast:
Safale US-05 (sprinkled dry onto 70*F wort)
Other:
1tsp Irish moss
1 tsp brew saltz
Mash:
3.25 gallons @ 153*F for 60 min
Batch sparge 5.5 gallons @ 175*F for 10 min
Ferment between 63*F and 65*F (I ended up fermenting for 4 weeks in the primary and it turned out super clean and crisp).
