My Fifth Beer!

The recipe -- HERE -- is a fantastic version of an APA. So tasty, so citrusy, and the orange peel matches perfectly with the cascade.

This is destined to become one of my house beers. I'm really excited about trying it dry hopped next time.

Looks good. Actually made my mouth water a little when i saw the pic.

Looks nice. I have been debating on using that recipe as well. I would probably go with some warrior or simcoe at 60 min for more bittering but all in all, a great looking recipe. One question, does the orange shine through, or is it more of the cascade citrus that you taste/smell.

It's a combination of the two, though leaning way more to the realm of the zest than the hop. The hop lends a fresh flavor, the peel a sweet, oily mouthfeel and taste.

EDIT: I would bet that if you double (triple? quadruple?) the cascade, and do the same with the zest, you'd have a tasty hop bomb.

I've never used orange peel brewing an IPA or APA... but i think the combination of two it's very interesting

I'm about to keg my 2nd batch of this beer, everyone who tried it stayed around for another, It's one of my favorites now. I've been using about half of the peel from HBS and the other half from clementines. I used Amarillo as a bittering hop, I think this is my latest recipe/version:
Orange Cascade Pale Ale

Batch size 5 gallons
Boil size 5.7 gallons
Boil time 60 minutes
Grain weight 12 pounds
Efficiency 80%
Original gravity 1.072
Final gravity 1.016
Alcohol (by volume) 7.3%
Bitterness (IBU) 47
Color (SRM) 11.8°L
Yeast
12 dry grams
Dry/Other
Fermentis Safale S-04

Grains/Extracts/Sugars
12 pounds
Maris Otter
38ppg, 4°L 9.5 pounds
Crystal 40L
34ppg, 40°L 1.5 pounds
Vienna
35ppg, 4°L 1 pounds

Hops
6.28 ounces
Cascade hops
7.2%, Whole 5.54 ounces
Amarillo hops
9%, Pellet 0.74 ounces

Additions
4.07 ounces
Coriander
Flavor 2 ounces
Orange (Sweet)
Flavor 2 ounces
Whirlfloc
Fining 0.07 ounces

Mash
60 minutes, 8.0 gallons
Strike
Target 155°F 4.1 gallons
167°F
60 minutes (+0)
Sparge
Target 170°F 3.9 gallons
188°F

Boil
60 minutes, 5.7 gallons
Amarillo hops
9%, Pellet 0.74 ounces
90 minutes (+-30)
Add wort chiller 15 minutes (+45)
Whirlfloc
Fining 0.07 ounces
15 minutes (+45)
Orange (Sweet)
Flavor 2 ounces
10 minutes (+50)
Coriander
Flavor 2 ounces
10 minutes (+50)
Cascade hops
7.2%, Whole 1.18 ounces
10 minutes (+50)
Cascade hops
7.2%, Whole 1.18 ounces
5 minutes (+55)
Cascade hops
7.2%, Whole 1.18 ounces
1 minutes (+59)

Ferment
35 days @ 59-75°F
Rack to secondary 14 days (+21)
Cascade hops
7.2%, Whole 2 ounces
12 days (+23)