Alright here is my recipe. I've looked over lots of Pales Ale recipes here and other places and finally come up with my own but dont' know how good it is. It is my first recipe and am looking for as many comments and suggestions as I can get! I'm looking for somewhat of a session beer that is easy to drink, kind of like SNPA and still has a good body to it.
Lacee's Golden Pale Ale
10-A American Ale, American Pale Ale
Min OG: 1.045 Max OG: 1.060
Min IBU: 30 Max IBU: 54
Min Clr: 5 Max Clr: 14 Color in SRM, Lovibond
Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 5.00 Wort Size (Gal): 5.00
Total Extract (Lbs): 7.00
Anticipated OG: 1.054 Plato: 13.28
Anticipated SRM: 9.4
Anticipated IBU: 42.8
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Grain/Extract/Sugar
% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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42.9 3.00 lbs. Generic DME - Light Generic 1.046 8
42.9 3.00 lbs. Generic LME - Light Generic 1.035 7
7.1 0.50 lbs. Crystal 40L America 1.034 40
7.1 0.50 lbs. Crystal 20L America 1.035 20
Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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0.50 oz. Centennial Whole 10.50 23.1 60 min.
0.25 oz. Cascade Whole 5.75 6.3 60 min.
0.25 oz. Cascade Whole 5.75 3.2 30 min.
0.25 oz. Chinook Whole 13.00 3.8 15 min.
0.50 oz. Cascade Whole 5.75 2.5 10 min.
0.50 oz. Centennial Whole 10.50 3.8 5 min.
0.25 oz. Cascade Whole 5.75 0.0 0 min.
0.25 oz. Centennial Whole 10.50 0.0 0 min.
I'm looking at doing a concentrated wort boil of 2.5 or 3 gallons and starting with the 3 lbs of DME and then adding the LME extract in at 30 or 15 mins because I don't have a big enough brew pot. I didn't know how to do that in the software so I just did a 5 gallon wort. I just want to get good hop utilization and a beer that my friends and I will enjoy and be happy to
together on my dogs 1st bday
Any comments and suggestions about grain/extract or hop schedule and how to best do the concentrated boil would be awesome