American Pale Ale 15 Minute Cascade Pale Ale

[dlprice45]

I want to try this but don't have a pot big enough to do a full boil. If I do a 3 gal boil and then top up to 5 gal in the fermenter, should I adjust hop schedule up or down? If so, how much?

 

[orion7144]

Thats how I did it my first time and I did not change anything.

 

[Luzer]

LHBS was all out of Cascade (somehow) so I picked up Centennial instead. I was thinking of dry hopping with Cascade if I can find them.

Any issues with going all Centennial?

 

[Tykees]

No problems. Won't be cascade, but centennial is a great alternative. I just did this with a mini mash of sorts myself. 2 lbs Munich and 1 lb. c-75 . All falconers flight hops. Bry-97 yeast. Gotta experiment

 

[temp6104729]

Probably a little late to the party, but what yeast would you guys recommend for this recipe? I can't get my hands on nottingham and was thinking of getting some WYEAST 1272 or 1056. Is there anything inherently wrong with this choice?

 

[ResumeMan]

No.

I have not used Notty for my version of this, I've used US-05 and WY 1450. Any neutral yeast will do the job just fine. It's an American Pale Ale, nothing fancy from a yeast standpoint.

 

[chronoclast]

I used notty and it ate this thing down to 1.008! It doesn't really have any flavor right now but it's still young in its carbing stage. I've had it at about 8psi for just 4 days. Hope that once it carbs up I'll start getting more flavor, but I'm afraid the fg is just too low.

 

[Supergus]

So, I decided to brew this again, but this time I tweaked it. (Hey, this is why we do this right?)

Did the recipe the exact same way as before, except I added 1lb of brown sugar. (I wanted to add candi sugar to make it a bit more like Belgian trippel or dubbel)
Have any of you added brown sugar before, and what was the taste like?
I will post again on the taste of it in a few weeks. (This is what I love about this recipe, and home brewing in general, is that we can take a base recipe like this and make it into anything we want!)

 

[rideincircles]

I am going to be submitting my Citrade Pale Ale to Bluebonnet this month. So far it blows away the pale ale kit I made last year. I will probably brew it again later once my keg system is setup. I may just do it all grain to save the expense of DME since it's the most expensive part.

It is way better than most commercial pale ales. It's not even at 3 weeks yet since bottling. My main differences were using the Danstar BRY-97 west coast yeast and dryhopping with citra instead of cascade with a 20 minute boil.

 

[FlyDoctor]

I am going to be submitting my Citrade Pale Ale to Bluebonnet this month. So far it blows away the pale ale kit I made last year. I will probably brew it again later once my keg system is setup. I may just do it all grain to save the expense of DME since it's the most expensive part.

It is way better than most commercial pale ales. It's not even at 3 weeks yet since bottling. My main differences were using the Danstar BRY-97 west coast yeast and dryhopping with citra instead of cascade with a 20 minute boil.

Cool - so there was cascade for the kettle additions, but citra dry hop? How much did you use?

Swapping out grain for DME is cheaper - but takes it out of the 15-minute concept - at least since you need to mash.

 

[rideincircles]

I just used an ounce of citra for the dry hop. I think it's fantastic as is. Ended up 3 weeks primary then dry hopped with citra for a week and bottled. I need a cold crash setup at some point.

After last nights time spent fumbling around with my all grain 2nd batch, I will reconsider the saving money aspect. The benefit of this recipe is the quickness and results.

 

[ArizonaGoalie]

Brewing my 6th batch of this today. Today's recipe modifications:

2oz crushed coriander (5min)
2oz orange peel (5min)
1/2 cup organic blue agave syrup (5min)

Combining 4lbs LME w/ 3lbs DME

Going to up the dry hop to 2oz

Wheeeeee!

Just opened a bottle after 8 days conditioning - BOOM! This version is my best yet. Great hop flavor, great body, awesome orange/coriander notes. It's a winner!

 

[Pinhead]

Mine has been in the bottle about 9 day's may open one this weekend can't wait

 

[tcory77]

I just modified the base recipe with a new hop schedule.

1 oz Columbus @15
2 oz Simcoe @5
2 oz Simcoe @ flameout

The smell coming off of the fermenter is amazing right now!!!!!!

I plan on dry hopping with a couple of ounces of Simcoe more than likely.

I am really excited!!!!

 

[EndOfLine]

Did this recipe last weekend with my mate and my father.
Ill let you know how it turns out! it was a such an easy brew night.

 

[sweed]

I'll be brewing this tomorrow. I adjusted the recipe a little bit. A little more malt and hops.
7 lbs Extra Light DME
1 lb Crystal 60
Cascade- 2 oz at 15min
Cascade- 2 oz at 10 min
Cascade- 1 oz. at 5 min
Cascade 1 oz. at 0 min
Cascade 2 oz. Dry hop



That's what I'm planning. Yeast is TBD.

 

[HomebrewDaddy]

I brewed the original version of this recipe about a month ago, the only change I made was that I used Safeale 05 in one carboy and the Nottingham in the other. I just pulled samples of each and I can say that I am truely impressed with this beer! What a great concept for short brew days! I personally liked the 05 over the notty, which is very contridictory for me as I primarily use notty for most of my beers. I am going to brew this again for sure! Thanks for the great recipe! Cheers!

 

[jauntyjoe]

Hi all! Love this thread, and am eager to try my hand at the shorter brew time. I am planning a 3gallon boil size, 5 gallon batch, 30 minute brew time. What do you guys think of this? Did I try to put too much in one recipe?

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 1 11.8 %
4.0 oz Munich Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 2 2.9 %
4.0 oz Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 3 2.9 %
7 lbs Pale Liquid Extract [Boil for 15 min](8. Extract 4 82.4 %
2.00 oz Cascade [7.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 5 20.8 IBUs
1.00 oz Cascade [7.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 6 4.2 IBUs
1.0 pkg American Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1272) [124 Yeast 7 -

Total Grain Weight: 8 lbs 8.0 oz

 

[scorpien222]

This is a very simple pale for a brewer of any level of experience. While I enjoy doing my All Grain beers, I still brew this beer from time to time. The plus is that you only have to boil the beer for 15 minutes and you are done. So we are looking at a 2 hour brew day including clean up with a wonderful tasting hoppy yet sweet caramel flavored pale ale. And since its extract and with such a big hop bill you only need to boil the extract for 15 MINUTES!

Pours a nice copper/reddish color with a 1 finger head that sticks around leaving a nice lacing down the glass.


Grain/Extracts

6lbs Light Dry Malt Extract added to the boil
1lbs Crystal 60 add the grains to the water and steep until the water temp reaches 170 and pull them out.

Hops

2.5oz Cascade 7.5% AA at 15 min
1oz Cascade 7.5%aa at 5 min
.50 oz Cascade 7.5% at flameout
1oz Cascade 7.5% dry hop 7 days after primary fermentation has wrapped up.


This beer is great with notty as I typically use notty on my beers I want to ferment on the cooler side. I imagine any clean fermenting yeast would do well. If you want some fruity esters I have done this recipe twice with s-04.

Do you remove the hops after the boil or just tip then in th the fermenter with the wort ??

 

[sweed]

Do you remove the hops after the boil or just tip then in th the fermenter with the wort ??

I use pellets and I dump it all in the fermenter.
I just finished this, and it took maybe 2 hours with cleaning before and after. The boil is so quick, it's great, but you just have to make sure you get every thing in at the right time.
OG came out a bit high around 1.068, but I used 7 lbs dme, and expected OG was 1.065. Oh well, it'll be a tad stronger, good thing I added more hops too.
I used S-05 for the yeast.

 

[scorpien222]

Ok I'm probably going to get shouted at for even asking this but how much difference would it make if I swapped 2lb of malt extract for 2lb of cane sugar ?? I'm just trying to bring the cost of the recipe down as its quite expensive over here in the UK.

 

[ArizonaGoalie]

Ok I'm probably going to get shouted at for even asking this but how much difference would it make if I swapped 2lb of malt extract for 2lb of cane sugar ?? I'm just trying to bring the cost of the recipe down as its quite expensive over here in the UK.

I believe it will make a significant difference in taste. I wouldn't do it. The original recipe is simply an outstanding beer. If you modify anything for creativity or what you have on hand purposes, it should be hops or yeast.

That being said, I am the ultimate experimenter. However, I would make the original recipe first, THEN try your 2lb sugar version second so you can taste the difference.

Cheers!

 

[CityOChampBrew]

Ok I'm probably going to get shouted at for even asking this but how much difference would it make if I swapped 2lb of malt extract for 2lb of cane sugar ?? I'm just trying to bring the cost of the recipe down as its quite expensive over here in the UK.

I would think it would dry and thin out the beer. Most I would sub would be 1 lb.

 

[scorpien222]

Thanks for that guys I will follow the original recipe although I am going to have to do it in 5 smaller 1 gallon batches I know I will have to devide all of the ingredients by 5 is there anything I will have to change other than that to compensate for the smaller batches ?? I will be putting them all in the same fermenter I just haven't got a big enough boil kettle.

 

[ArizonaGoalie]

Thanks for that guys I will follow the original recipe although I am going to have to do it in 5 smaller 1 gallon batches I know I will have to devide all of the ingredients by 5 is there anything I will have to change other than that to compensate for the smaller batches ?? I will be putting them all in the same fermenter I just haven't got a big enough boil kettle.

The first time I made this beer it was in a 1 gallon batch, I did exactly what you've said - divided everything by 5 or by taking 20%. It turned out great.

 

[scorpien222]

What is the expecte ABV of this recipe ?? Thanks


Justin.

 

[sweed]

What is the expecte ABV of this recipe ?? Thanks

Justin.

In my software BrewR (phone app). OG is 1.056, FG is 1.014 which comes out to 5.5%. That's if you hit both readings spot on. I upped my dme to 7 lbs and I'll be at an est abv of 6.8, my OG was a little higher than expected (1.065).

 

[scorpien222]

In my software BrewR (phone app). OG is 1.056, FG is 1.014 which comes out to 5.5%. That's if you hit both readings spot on. I upped my dme to 7 lbs and I'll be at an est abv of 6.8, my OG was a little higher than expected (1.065).

Thanks for that sweed that's what my app got it toss well I just wanted to double check it.

Justin.

 

[sweed]

Np.
My bubbling in the air lock is basically done, that was quick. I'll give it another 5 days, check the gravity, then dry hop for 5 days, bottle and them it'll be tested on Easter!
I can't wait to try this.

 

[scorpien222]

Np.
My bubbling in the air lock is basically done, that was quick. I'll give it another 5 days, check the gravity, then dry hop for 5 days, bottle and them it'll be tested on Easter!
I can't wait to try this.

Me neither this Will be my first extract brew can't wait to get on with it.