All American APA

[CarlosM]

All right guys, this is my 3rd version of my APA. Using nothing but American Ingredients

What Id like you guys to do is critique and feel free to make changes the best you see fit..

Im going for a nice session APA


NOTE: I plan on batch sparging

3gallon mash in at 152 60min

then a 3.8 gal mash out at 170 10min


Thank you in advance.

Size: 5.0 gal
Efficiency: 75.0%
Attenuation: 80.7%
Calories: 170.42 kcal per 12 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.052 (1.045 - 1.060)
Terminal Gravity: 1.010 (1.010 - 1.015)
Color: 8.04 (5.0 - 14.0)
Alcohol: 5.47% (4.5% - 6.0%)
Bitterness: 41.7 (30.0 - 45.0)

Ingredients:
9 lb Standard 2-Row
.60 lb 2-Row Caramel Malt 40L
.55 oz Chinook (13.0%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min
.5 oz Cascade (5.5%) - added during boil, boiled 30 min
.5 oz Cascade (5.5%) - added during boil, boiled 15 min
1 oz Amarillo (8.5%) - added during boil, boiled 2 min
1 tsp 5.2 pH Stabilizer - added during mash
1 tsp Wyeast Nutrient - added during boil, boiled 10 min
1 tsp Irish Moss - added during boil, boiled 15 min
1.75 oz WYeast 1056 American Ale

Schedule:
Ambient Air: 70.0 °F
Source Water: 60.0 °F
Elevation: 0.0 ft

00:29:47 Mash In - Liquor: 3.0 gal; Strike: 162.28 °F; Target: 150.0 °F
01:29:47 Saccharification Rest - Rest: 60.0 min; Final: 144.8 °F
01:38:47 Mash Out - Heat: 9.0 min; Target: 168.0 °F
02:23:47 Sparge - Sparge: 3.84 gal sparge @ 170.0 °F, 5.72 gal collected, 45.0 min; Total Runoff: 5.86 gal

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[stever]

looks pretty good but I would add some dry hop additions. maybe .5oz amarillo and .5oz cascade?

 

[BarleyWater]

I would also add some dry hops.

And I thought you said ALL AMERICAN... "1 tsp Irish Moss - added during boil, boiled 15 min" (probably not actually from Ireland).

 

[CarlosM]

hmmm... Amarillo and cascade dryhopped sounds pretty damn tasty. Looks like ima have to stock up on Amarillo now.

 

[BarleyWater]

You are probably also going to want to collect more water than that. I usually boil off about 1.5 gallons during my boil, which would put you at around 4.36 gallons post boil, and even less into the bottles due to loss from trub. I would recomend collecting at least 6.5 gallons. I usually collect around 8, boil off 1.5, leave about .5 in the kettle with the break and hops, to give me about 6 gallons into the fermenter. Then I can lose another .5 to fermenter trub, and a little more while bottling. Starting with 8 gallons ensures that I always end up with at least 5 gallons in the end.

 

[CarlosM]

yeah, i was thinking of that too. Should I just up my sparge water or strike water?

I was using the 1.25qt's x per lb of grain formula.