American Pale Ale Bee Cave Brewery Haus Pale Ale

Finally cooled down so I hit it hard today. Two 20 gallon batches,

Brewed a Wheat Beer today, with 30 lbs. wheat and 16 lbs two-row, SF06 and Hallertau.

Cleaned up and then did 20 gallons of an Eddie Fitz Clone

Browsing recipes for a Pale for the "what's next", and I've brewed this several times before. Just can't pass on a good thing! Bee Cave Haus Ale is so damn good. Risk averse to trying something else!

 

And here it is: I brewed it on August 11, kegged it by August 22. It went from OG 1.047 all the way down to 1.007.

Just poured myself one after 9 days of pressurizing:



But the aftertaste is very bitter. I’m not sure where this is coming from. I have cold sparged and paid good attention to the crush and hygiene. Could it be that some yeast is still in suspension and therefore comes out of my keg now first? It appeared clearer when kegging but as you can see from the picture it isn’t very clear.

View the fermentation logged with my Tilt on Brewfather if you’re interested: https://web.brewfather.app/#/share/oFSDxKF5iFBBrs

 

I brewed this a few weeks ago with the same grain bill, but I changed up the hop additions to 60 min, whirlpool, and a dry hop charge. I bottled after 2 weeks instead of my standard 3 weeks in the FV. It must not have been entirely done as the bottles are a bit over-carbed at 8 days in.

Other than that, I am a huge fan of this beer. The color is a bit on the light side but I don’t even care because it tastes so great.