Best Bitter Tiny Bottom Pale Ale

This simple Pale Ale recipe was designed merely to build up some yeast. The beer ended up being delicious, so I figured I'd share!

INGREDIENTS
8.5 lbs Rahr 2-Row Malt (1.9 SRM) 78.1 %
12.0 oz Crystal Malt - 15L (15.0 SRM) 6.9 %
12.0 oz Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) 6.9 %
9.0 oz Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) 5.2 %
5.0 oz Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) 2.9 %
16.00 g Magnum [11.60 %] - Boil 60.0 min 26.9 IBUs
14.00 g Perle [8.60 %] - Boil 25.0 min 7.0 IBUs
14.00 g Fuggles [4.40 %] - Boil 10.0 min 1.8 IBUs
15.00 g Fuggles [4.40 %] - Boil 2.0 min 1.6 IBUs
1.0 pkg San Diego Super Yeast (WLP090)

Mash at 150˚F for 60 minutes

BEER PROFILE
Est Original Gravity: 1.051 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.008 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.6%
Bitterness: 37.3 IBUs
Calories: 164.7 kcal/12oz
Est Color: 7.5 SRM

 

Looks tasty! What's it like?

 

Delicious! A bready malt character with a nice earthy hop presence. Very drinkable, everyone goes back for seconds. I highly recommend WLP090... I just brewed it with WLP001 and it's a different, read not as great, beer. Cheers!

 

Do you think Nottingham would do great here?

 

While I really like Nottingham, I truly believe WLP090 is what helps define this beer. That said, try Notty out and let us know how it turns out!

 

One of the only beers I try always to have around. It's not just delicious, but quite pretty, if I do say so myself.

 

I'll be brewing up a 10 gallon batch of TBPA soon, subbing Willamette for the Fuggles. Anyone have any ideas on the flavor and aroma impact???

 

This beer is similar, but nowhere near as crisp and refreshing as the original. That CaraMunich... whoa, malty! I much prefer C60, at least for this beer. And Fuggles just work better in this beer than Willamette. Ehh...

 

Brewed up 10 gallons of this. LHBS didn't have C15 so I split in half C10 & C20. Was pretty efficient and hit 1.055 OG. Fermented half WLP090, and half Wyeast Pacman.

The pacman attenuated a bit more and finished out at 1.009 (6%abv), and the WLP090 finished otu at 1.011 (5.75%ish)

Ended up kegging the WLP090 and it's nearly done carbonating. Tastes awesome, similar to what I remember tasting at the club meeting. Will be bringing it next meeting!

The Pacman batch is going to be bottle conditioned, my buddy split the batch cost with me and wants to bottle it. I will see if I can snag a couple bottles for comparison. The samples i've had are way different, the pacman finishes tastes very dry.

 

Rad. I'll definitely be at the next meeting and would love to taste both versions side by side. I've never used Pacman but want to, and I know some people think 090 is the same strain. I've used all C10 and all C15, doesn't make a huge difference either way. To me, the domestic Fuggles and especially the 090 are what define this beer.

 

Very tasty recipe. Making a second batch today.

 

Just ordered the ingredients to brew this next week, first all grain and biab. Looking forwarded to it. The guys at Clawhammer introduced me to your recipe.

 

Brewing this today !

 

I have all these ingredients so this recipe will be brewed very soon. Looks like it is in my wheelhouse!

 

Looks like a great recipe for a newcomer like me to try. Thanks for sharing!

How quickly do you ramp it down from 66F to 34F over the week?

 

I would go 5-7° a day which would get you there in 5 or 6 days.

 

One month later and the first bottle tastes amazing !