American Pale Ale 15 Minute Cascade Pale Ale

[RhodySeth]

I brewed 2.5 gallons a few weeks ago but I used all Chinook instead of Cascade. Sample after 10 days was darn tasty! I dry hopped with Cascade and I'll be kegging it tomorrow. I'll let you all know how it comes out.

Delicious! Brought a growler to a party and people were really impressed that I made it. You can't go wrong with this recipe!

 

[hopsmakemehappy]

After reading all 40 pages, I can not wait to brew this one, sounds like just what I love.


Fermenter: None
Secondary: Zombie Dust
Kegged: None
Tap #1 Pale house rock
Tap #2 waiting

 

[Kwitty]

I plugged this recipe into Beer Smith and my numbers are off. The O.G. is low as well as the I.B.U.s. I've triple checked my boil volume, trub loss, fermenter loss, & boil off I'm still learning Beer Smith so any ideas on what I'm missing would be great!

BEER SMITH

Boil Vol: 6.29
Boil Off: .06
Post Boil: 6.24
Shrinkage: .25
Trub Loss: .5
Top Up: 0.00
Batch Vol: 5.50
Fermenter Loss: 0.50
Bottling: 5.0

Ingredients and schedule as written in recipe.

Est. O.G.: 1.045
I.B.U.s: 33.0
Color:10.8


V.S. RECIPE


Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5
Original Gravity: 1.055
Final Gravity: 1.014
IBU: 36.1
Boiling Time (Minutes): 15
Color: 12 Copper to Red to Lt Brown


Any ideas where I went wrong?
I'm a whole 10 points off on O.G.!

 

[GenIke]

Something's not right... .06 boil off? Your post boil seems high to me too.

 

[FlyDoctor]

I'm going to try a variation on this that doesn't have any steeping.

6.6# Briess Rye LME (20% rye, 10% crystal 20)
2# Briess Munich LME (50% Munich)

2 ounce centennial at 15
1 ounce Citra at 5
0.5 ounce Citra at 0
1 oz Citra dry hop

I couldn't find anyone that did a Rye version. I think this might give a nice balance of rye, a small amount of crystal, and the malty Munich. The final will be 11% Munich, 15% rye, 7.5% c-20.

I'll report back.

 

[conchhondros]

I did this but in reverse. 6.6 light lme, 1.65 rye, steeped some wheat though and used sazz and Pacific jade. Interested to see how this comes out!

 

[conchhondros]

Oh I did cluster at boil, the rest of my hop additions were all late.

 

[FlyDoctor]

The Briess rye is only 20% rye so I went heavy. Good luck!

 

[FlyDoctor]

I don't think you can "steep" wheat though. It needs to be mashed and I don't think it can self convert.

 

[rideincircles]

I ended up getting first place in pale ales at bluebonnet brewoff with my variation of this recipe. 4 hops in the boil, 6 differnt hops 1/2 oz dryhopped and used 1 lb c-40 and S-05 yeast. Still not sure how many beers it was up against, but it was a total winner at my house.

Unfortunately, a leaky tap let the last gallon go into keezer. Fortunately, this recipe is entirely repeatable.

 

[Damoxemus]

I'm going to try a variation on this that doesn't have any steeping.

6.6# Briess Rye LME (20% rye, 10% crystal 20)
2# Briess Munich LME (50% Munich)

2 ounce centennial at 15
1 ounce Citra at 5
0.5 ounce Citra at 0
1 oz Citra dry hop

I couldn't find anyone that did a Rye version. I think this might give a nice balance of rye, a small amount of crystal, and the malty Munich. The final will be 11% Munich, 15% rye, 7.5% c-20.

I'll report back.

Love rye and Munich in my ipa/apa. How did this turn out, Doc?

 

[rwgaro]

Made this yesterday night - so easy! And yeast is going crazy- look forward to trying this one...

 

[dredzs]

I had a bunch of DME, a yeast packet, and some hops lying around so I threw this modification together. Only had to buy 1oz of hops. Also, I was doing a bunch of other house projects, so it (unintentionally) turned into a 30 min instead of a 15 min:

Grain/Extracts:
5lbs Light dry extract
1 lbs Amber dry extract
1 lbs Pilsner dry extract
.5 lbs Wheat dry extract
1lbs Crystal 60

Hops:
30min 1oz Galena
20 min 1oz Amarillo
15 Min 1oz US Golding
10 Min 1oz Amarillo
0 min 1oz Citra

Yeast:
Safbrew S-33

OG: 1.062
Batch Size (Gallons): 6
Boiling Time (Minutes): 30min

Thanks for the inspiration! I'll let you know how it turns out.
I'll also try your recipe in the future since I grow my own Cascade hops. Just need to wait until harvest.

 

[GenIke]

^^ Looks good to me. I did a version with leftover Amarillo, cascade and citra I had in the freezer and it turned out awesome!

 

[MadHomebrewer]

Just did a one gallon all citra batch but used us05. Going to brew again with s04 for a zombie dust like pale ale. Got it dry hopping now.View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1431538560.356304.jpg

 

[MadHomebrewer]

Maybe I'll try centennial, cascade, citra my next batch. Something like:

2oz Centennial @15min
1oz Cascade @5min
1oz Citra @ 0min

 

[brianles]

Used up some stuff I had lying around. Steeped some 25, 40 and Vienna. Added some wheat dme. Mixed up the hop schedule with simeco and cascade. Bubbling away nicely since Sun I'll post the recipe if it tastes as good as it smells! Fingers crossed

 

[emr454]

I'm going to give this a try with a 2 gallon batch. Here are my numbers scaled down:

2.1 lbs light DME
5.8 oz crystal 60

0.9 oz cascade @ 15
0.3 oz cascade @ 5
0.15 oz cascade at flameout

I'm considering skipping the dry hop since I've never done it before, sounds like a huge mess during racking. Does this look like it will work, or will this still be a pale ale w/o the dry hop?

 

[stonecutter2]

I'm going to give this a try with a 2 gallon batch. Here are my numbers scaled down:

2.1 lbs light DME
5.8 oz crystal 60

0.9 oz cascade @ 15
0.3 oz cascade @ 5
0.15 oz cascade at flameout

I'm considering skipping the dry hop since I've never done it before, sounds like a huge mess during racking. Does this look like it will work, or will this still be a pale ale w/o the dry hop?

It isn't that messy, if the hops are left to sit long enough and they're not whole/leaf hops. Leaf/whole hops clogged up my racking cane pretty bad when I used them.

Will it still be a pale ale w/o dry hopping? Sure it will. However, remember that taste is strongly associated with smell, and dry hopping provides a huge boost to the scent of your beer. Thus, it will add a big hop character to your beer if you do it.

Dry hopping is really easy.

Just add the hops to the primary after fermentation is done - crack it open and drop the hops in. That's it. For whole/leaf hops, you could put them in a sterilized bag if you want to, to keep racking neater. For pellets, the beer will soak into the pellets and dissolve them, and the hops will settle at the bottom of the fermenter just like trub.

I say add the dry hops - it really increases the character of your beer. If you skip 'em though, it'll still be a pale ale

 

[MadHomebrewer]

My all Citra came out great!

5gal
6lb light DME
1lb Crystal 60 (steep till you reach 170*)

2oz citra 15min
1oz citra 5min
1oz citra 0min
1oz citra 7 days dry hop

US 05 yeast

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[emr454]

It isn't that messy, if the hops are left to sit long enough and they're not whole/leaf hops. Leaf/whole hops clogged up my racking cane pretty bad when I used them.

Will it still be a pale ale w/o dry hopping? Sure it will. However, remember that taste is strongly associated with smell, and dry hopping provides a huge boost to the scent of your beer. Thus, it will add a big hop character to your beer if you do it.

Dry hopping is really easy.

Just add the hops to the primary after fermentation is done - crack it open and drop the hops in. That's it. For whole/leaf hops, you could put them in a sterilized bag if you want to, to keep racking neater. For pellets, the beer will soak into the pellets and dissolve them, and the hops will settle at the bottom of the fermenter just like trub.

I say add the dry hops - it really increases the character of your beer. If you skip 'em though, it'll still be a pale ale

Ok, you've talked me into it!

I'm hoping to make this in the next couple weeks, I just can't decide between cascade or citra hops...

 

[brianles]

Try a mix of hops if you can't decide! Bottle one before you dry hop and then you can compare and see if dry hopping is worth the effort. It is though 😁

 

[MadHomebrewer]

Brought my all citra hop version of this pale ale to my homebrew club meeting last night and it was received very favorably! Was a little nervous because I'm a new brewer and no one outside of family and friends have tried my beer. I will be brewing this again soon!

 

[emr454]

Going with cascade for this batch, maybe I'll branch out into something different next time.

I have Notty, S04, and Windsor on hand for this. I've never used S04 before so I'll pitch that one on brew day.

 

[emr454]

I'm going to give this a try with a 2 gallon batch. Here are my numbers scaled down:

2.1 lbs light DME
5.8 oz crystal 60

0.9 oz cascade @ 15
0.3 oz cascade @ 5
0.15 oz cascade at flameout

I'm considering skipping the dry hop since I've never done it before, sounds like a huge mess during racking. Does this look like it will work, or will this still be a pale ale w/o the dry hop?

New plan:

I'm making a 2.5 gal batch tomorrow. I am thinking of doing a partial boil (1 gal with 1 lb DME) and doing a late extract addition to maintain my IBU's. Without a wort chiller, I plan to chill 1.5 gal spring water in the fridge overnight tonight and add the hot wort to it to chill to pitching temp.

Assuming I understand the purpose of partial boils and late additions, this should be good to go as far as IBU's, right?

Edit: Here is the recipe in Brewgr: http://brewgr.com/recipe/10366/15-minute-cascade-pale-ale-american-pale-ale-recipe?public=true

 

[flars]

New plan:

I'm making a 2.5 gal batch tomorrow. I am thinking of doing a partial boil (1 gal with 1 lb DME) and doing a late extract addition to maintain my IBU's. Without a wort chiller, I plan to chill 1.5 gal spring water in the fridge overnight tonight and add the hot wort to it to chill to pitching temp.

Assuming I understand the purpose of partial boils and late additions, this should be good to go as far as IBU's, right?

Edit: Here is the recipe in Brewgr: http://brewgr.com/recipe/10366/15-minute-cascade-pale-ale-american-pale-ale-recipe?public=true

Reduce the temperature of your boiled wort in the kitchen sink with cold water, and ice if you have it, before adding the chilled top off water. With just adding the chilled water you may end up with the full volume of wort to warm to pitch the yeast into.

 

[emr454]

Reduce the temperature of your boiled wort in the kitchen sink with cold water, and ice if you have it, before adding the chilled top off water. With just adding the chilled water you may end up with the full volume of wort to warm to pitch the yeast into.

I didn't think I'd be able to, but my brewpot just barely fits in the kitchen sink

My O.G. is 1.058, so pretty close overall. The hydro sample is nice!

 

[emr454]

S.G. is 1.022 today. I think it's going to be time to dry hop soon

 

[RhodySeth]

Have now made many versions of this 15-minute boil recipe. Love it as an easy alternative to a long all-grain brew day. And the results are consistently great. This one's a favorite and rivals any all grain IPA I make.

Here's my go to 15-minute Amarillo IPA recipe:

OG: 1.065
FG: 1.012
ABV: 7.1%

6 Gallons at end of boil
5.5 into fermenter

9lbs Breiss Light DME

2.5oz Amarillo 15min
1.5oz Amarillo 5min
2oz Amarillo 0min (40 min hop stand)
1.5oz Amarillo Dry Hop

If you want a really quick brew day, try this as a no chill brew. You'll be in and out in less than 2 hours. Not sure about no chill brewing? Check out the September BYO and you'll be sold.

Okay I tried this out. Made a 2.5 gallon batch. Don't let me down, random internet person!

 

[tomchukj]

Did this with mosaic today cant wait for it to finish. In to the fermentor it was nice. 2 oz at 15 mins 1oz at 10 min then .5 at flameout. Will dry hop with the remaining 1.5 that i have.