American Pale Ale 15 Minute Cascade Pale Ale

[stonecutter2]

Is the 30 day primary needed with a simple ale like this??

That was just how the original poster did it. So long as fermentation is complete, you can do what you like.

For this recipe, I've done 2 weeks in primary and the ale is great. Even cracked one after bottled 7 days and it was awesomely carbonated and delicious.

 

[notixx]

I brewed this last night at a 1.375 gal size (2 gal fermenting bucket)

OG was 1.051 so i missed it by a tiny bit (probably due to a rough measurement of the extract) but not a big deal.

This was my first extract batch as I started with AG BIAB brewing and i gotta say, man was that a QUICK brew night. Not sure if i'm a fan, but hey, if you dont have much time and wanna whip something up quick, this is it.

Planning on rushing this one through the pipeline as sort of a "how fast can i go from grain to glass" tester. will report back

 

[stonecutter2]

I brewed this last night at a 1.375 gal size (2 gal fermenting bucket)

OG was 1.051 so i missed it by a tiny bit (probably due to a rough measurement of the extract) but not a big deal.

This was my first extract batch as I started with AG BIAB brewing and i gotta say, man was that a QUICK brew night. Not sure if i'm a fan, but hey, if you dont have much time and wanna whip something up quick, this is it.

Planning on rushing this one through the pipeline as sort of a "how fast can i go from grain to glass" tester. will report back

Agreed, very quick brew process. I like it as a fast and easy pale ale option. I even tried making this into a fast imperial IPA earlier this week...it's still bubbling away. My OG on that was 1.080 and I used around 3oz of hops for 1 gallon. The blowoff smells awesome.

I used this recipe as the basis, and then adjusted a bit:

1.25 gallons water
2lbs light DME
2oz Crystal 60 (ended up a little darker than I expected...might try for CL40 next time)

Steeped grains until 165, then pulled them out.
Added DME and brought to a boil.

Boil 15 minutes with the following additions:
1oz Cascade @ 15min
.75oz Cascade @ 10min
.25oz Cascade @ 5min
.25oz Mosaic @ 5min
.25oz Cascade @ flameout
.25oz Mosaic @ flameout

Dry hop for 7 days with whatever you like. I'll probably do Cascade .5oz or something.

Should be around 8% ABV and 108IBUs roughly.

 

[Damoxemus]

So, the competition was tonight and we got 2nd!

First place took the kit and added 6lbs of wheat, dry hopped on cherries etc, basically added a tonne of stuff to it and a lot of work. Suckers! (jk)I didn't get to try it but I heard it was really good.

When I got my award they asked me to talk about what I did (no one knew the recipe etc). When I told everyone I stuck with the kit and only did a 15 Minute boil I got a bit of a response - even more when I said brew day was a little under 2 hours!

One judge gave it 33 (flavour was 15/20!), the other a few points less. I honestly think if I just left it alone and not dry hopped it with Amarillo I would have got 35 easy. The uncarbed hydro sample was really, really good.

One of the judges suggested I try Ahtnum next time. I don't even know what that is but he makes great beer so I'll keep it mind.

 

[masskrug]

I knocked this out yesterday. It took two hours from pouring water to cleanup. I made a few adjustments.

8 lbs DME
1 lb Carahell
1 lb C60

1 oz Galena at 15 minutes
2 oz Cascade AND 2 oz Centennial at 2 minutes

ABV 6%
SRM 9
IBUs 46

We shall see what comes in 6 weeks.

 

[notixx]

just tried a couple of these after 8 days in the bottle. quite hazy but MAN delicious for sure! for how easy this recipe is.... definitely something to consider if you want a short quick brew day! i cant wait to try some more after a couple more weeks.

will report back with pics in a couple weeks

 

[Keith_O]

Hate to ask what is probably obvious to everyone else, but this is actual hops, not pellets, correct?

 

[RhodySeth]

After a couple less-than-stellar brews this one looks right up my alley. Thanks! Just picked up the ingredients and I'll give it a go soon.

 

[ArizonaGoalie]

Brewed this so many times, it's a staple of my offerings and a BIG hit with pale ale drinkers I know. Did a little variation tonight, at the 15 minute hop addition I did 50/50 Chinook/Cascade, then Cascade the rest of the way. Also am trying Munton's ale yeast. Reviews of this are mixed, but I got some on the cheap so I figured WTH.

 

[wcarter1227]

That was just how the original poster did it. So long as fermentation is complete, you can do what you like.

For this recipe, I've done 2 weeks in primary and the ale is great. Even cracked one after bottled 7 days and it was awesomely carbonated and delicious.

When I wrote this recipe up I put in that I reccomended at least 30 day fermentation. This has always given me a really clear beer allowing the yeast to settle out and giving them a chance to clean up an aftertaste and biproducts... but you can have this from kettle to bottle in 2 weeks easily.

 

[Keith_O]

Made this and tweaked recipe a bit.
Won't post it until I find out if it works.... no need to pass along problems, lol
SWMBO definitely liked the shorter brew day! lol

 

[nopride]

Piggy backed this yesterday with a no boil berliner weisse. Talk about an easy brew day, and getting two brews out of it! I'm looking forward to seeing how this one turns out.

 

[Damoxemus]

Hate to ask what is probably obvious to everyone else, but this is actual hops, not pellets, correct?

I used pellets. Either should work.

 

[stonecutter2]

I amped this up to an IIPA (barleywine?) and got 8.93% ABV. I had 2lbs of extract, and figured why not.

Bottles are conditioning and a taste from my hydrometer sample was totally awesome, easy drinking, hoppy but not an obnoxious bitter bomb.

This was my recipe:

Starting volume: 1.25 gallon
Final volume: 1 gallon
OG 1.080
FG 1.012

2lbs light DME
2oz Crystal 60

Steeped grains until 165, then pulled them out.
Remove from heat, add DME, and bring to a boil.

Boil 15 minutes with the following additions:
1oz Cascade @ 15min
.75oz Cascade @ 10min
.25oz Cascade @ 5min
.25oz Mosaic @ 5min
.25oz Cascade @ flameout
.25oz Mosaic @ flameout

Dry hopped with 1/4oz Centennial and 1/2oz Cascade.

The drawback to doing this is that you lose some volume from all of those hops. When I went to bottle, I was a bottle or so short of what I usually get from a 1 gallon batch. The taste of it makes it totally worth it, though.

 

[plath]

Marking this to come back to later. I'm going to size this down and try it.


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[petrolSpice]

Anyone tried this with honey? The best beer I've ever made was with 2lb of honey. I was thinking of adding it to the primary once the krausen begins to fall.

I'm thinking of trying this recipe this weekend maybe with Centennial hops in the boil and Citra for dry hop.

 

[LordMcALe]

Hi,

I brewed this beer last year and loved it! I have some hop left overs from my last brew:
- Amarillo (2 oz)
- Simcoe (2.5 oz)
- Warrior (2.75 oz)

Any suggestions on a good combination/scheme of the above mentioned hops to make a good tasting APA/IPA based on this recipe?

Thanks!
Lord McAle

 

[Zoidberg]

Upping it to an IIPA sounds great but I would be concerned with dms and maybe other issues with such a big beer and a short boil.

 

[stonecutter2]

Upping it to an IIPA sounds great but I would be concerned with dms and maybe other issues with such a big beer and a short boil.

It's been conditioning for a few weeks now in the bottle, and I had it about 6 weeks in primary.

First bottle I opened was not carbonated. Too early. Tasted great though. The 2nd bottle was carbonated and also tasted great. No off flavors or weirdness I can detect. The Mosaic comes through in a big way.

I'd never guess a 9% ABV beer could be so easy to drink.

 

[stonecutter2]

Hi,

I brewed this beer last year and loved it! I have some hop left overs from my last brew:
- Amarillo (2 oz)
- Simcoe (2.5 oz)
- Warrior (2.75 oz)

Any suggestions on a good combination/scheme of the above mentioned hops to make a good tasting APA/IPA based on this recipe?

Thanks!
Lord McAle

Just guessing...
1oz Warrior @ 15min
1oz each Simcoe/Amarillo @ 5min
1oz Amarillo @ flameout
0.5oz Simcoe @ flameout
1oz Simcoe dry hop for 5-7 days

Should be like 45 IBUs. You can adjust the Warrior for less bitterness if you want.

 

[LordMcALe]

Hi,

Thanks for the input. I checked, and my stock on Amarillo and Simcoe was a bit lower than I thought (0.5 oz less each).

So I did some calculations and came to the following:


15 min: 1.5 oz warrior 14,3% and 0.5 oz simcoe 9,3%
5 min : 1 oz simcoe 9,3%
flamout: 0.5 oz amarillo 8,9%
dry hop: 1 oz amarillo 8,9% and 0.5 oz simcoe 9,3%

The warrior is pretty high on alpha acid, so I think I should not use more than 1,5 oz.

I have some cascade hop leftovers, less than 0,5 oz. Could I just add it to the dry hop, or will it be over the top?

Cheers,
Lord McAle

 

[petrolSpice]

Brewed this one today...

6 gal preboil volume
5.75 gal into fermenter
7.6 lb Pilsen LME (most of which was late addition at flameout)
1 lb Crystal 10L steeped 45 min @ 155F-160F
1 oz Centennial (9.5%AA) 15 min
1 oz Centennial (9.5%AA) 5 min
0.5 oz Centennial (9.5%AA) 0 min
Servomyces yeast nutrient
Whirlfloc
WLP001 California Ale w/ 1.6L starter
Oxygenated with pure O2
1.049 OG
30.02 IBU

The plan is to ferment at 66F for the first few days and then ramp it up to low 70's as fermentation slows.

I used Centennial because I have a LOT of these hops. And then I used Crystal 10L to keep the beer light in color.

Now for the dry hop, I have cascade, centennial, amarillo, citra, and simcoe. Any thoughts on which one I should go with? I'm leaning towards more centennial to keep it simple.

 

[Keith_O]

For my dry hop, I bought Citra, as someone suggested. The citra is 13.5 alpha vs the 7.5... is that going to throw things way off?

 

[nopride]

You don't need to worry about alpha acids in a dry hop, as the dry hop does not add bitterness. These are only utilized in the boil. Citra is a nice hop to dry hop with, so go for it!

 

[Calabash]

First time brewer here. Figured I'd give this recipe a whirl, and despite some unexpected events, it has turned out (well, its still carbonating so I guess it is turning out) pretty well. I committed infanticide on a bottle a few nights ago and it's actually pretty freaking good. Tastes ever so slightly of Dale's. It turns out that after I cooled the wort I made the mistake of aerating it before topping off to 5 gal. The foam from the aerating made it difficult to see the 5 gal mark, so I had to eyeball it to the best of my ability. So, long story short, I ended up with 4 gal instead of 5. This sucks in that I had a compromised yield, but has resulted in a denser, richer beer than expected (not better than recipe, just different). The beer turned out having a rich red color. I will be sure to post some pics when I get the chance.

Thanks for the recipe MCarter. I plan to brew this again in the not too distant future, but this time a little more according to the recipe hopefully!

 

[ArizonaGoalie]

Drinking my 10th batch of this fantastic beer. I've moved on to all grain and enjoying my 'real' brews, but still brew this once in a while for ease and quick drinking. Never lets me down.

BTW - did an experiment with this batch, fermenting it with Munton's Ale Yeast. Turned out GREAT.

Cheers my friends!

 

[RhodySeth]

Tasted pretty darn good when I bottled it. Looking forward to trying one in a couple weeks!

 

[gono]

Just thought I'd share my results... This has been my best tasting beer to date! Ready to make it again only have about a 6 pack left

 

[masskrug]

I tried a few after two weeks of bottle conditioning; they were mediocre. I tried a few after 4 weeks of bottle conditioning; surprisingly good! I ordered some more DME! I am going to throw some Simcoe in there for ****s and giggles!

 

[plath]

I amped this up to an IIPA (barleywine?) and got 8.93% ABV. I had 2lbs of extract, and figured why not.

Bottles are conditioning and a taste from my hydrometer sample was totally awesome, easy drinking, hoppy but not an obnoxious bitter bomb.

This was my recipe:

Starting volume: 1.25 gallon
Final volume: 1 gallon
OG 1.080
FG 1.012

2lbs light DME
2oz Crystal 60

Steeped grains until 165, then pulled them out.
Remove from heat, add DME, and bring to a boil.

Boil 15 minutes with the following additions:
1oz Cascade @ 15min
.75oz Cascade @ 10min
.25oz Cascade @ 5min
.25oz Mosaic @ 5min
.25oz Cascade @ flameout
.25oz Mosaic @ flameout

Dry hopped with 1/4oz Centennial and 1/2oz Cascade.

The drawback to doing this is that you lose some volume from all of those hops. When I went to bottle, I was a bottle or so short of what I usually get from a 1 gallon batch. The taste of it makes it totally worth it, though.

Just brewed this today! Fingers crossed it turns out well. Hoping to bump it up to a two gallon batch next time if it does.


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