Any suggestions???

[smarek82]

Here's what I came up with for my first Pale Ale recipe. Any suggestions or comments that would be helpful???

VeydAPA
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Ingredients
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9 lbs. American 2-row
.5 lbs. American Caramel 60°L
1 lbs. German Vienna
0.5 oz. Yakima Magnum (Pellets, 13.1 %AA) boiled 60 minutes.
.5 oz. Amarillo (Pellets, 8.2 %AA) boiled 20 minutes.
.5 oz. Cascade (Pellets, 7.1 %AA) boiled 5 minutes.
1 tablespoons irish moss at 20 min remaining (not included in calculations)
Yeast: WYeast 1272 American Ale II

Notes
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5.2 stabilizer with 3.5 gal mash...strike 166.5 and rest at 153 for 90
min.

Mash out with 1-2 gal at near boil rest at 168 for 10 min.

Lauter/recirculate until clean.

Sparge 5.5-6 gal at 170 while collecting 2-3 qt/5min.

Boil 75 min...follow hop schedule and add irish moss with 20 min
remaining.

Yeast starter 1L with 1 cup DME. Boil 15 min and cool to 95F. Pitch
propagator and ferment in growler with tin foil lid 1-2 days prior to
brew session.

Vital Statistics
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Original Gravity: 1.051
Terminal Gravity: 1.010
Color: 9.78 SRM
Bitterness: 37.8 IBU
Alcohol (%volume): 5.4 %

 

[AJ_in_HD]

maybe a little light on the flavoring hops? I would likely double those...and also dry hop. But I like smell my Pale Ale's before I drink them.

 

[smarek82]

Good call on the dry hopping. I too am a big fan of big time aroma.

Only thing is, I have never dry hopped before. I usually use pellet hops in the boil. Can I do the same for dry hopping? About how many ounces do you dry hop with? I'll probably use cascades cuz they are great hops.

Thanks

 

[Rick500]

Pellets are just fine for dry hopping.

 

[AJ_in_HD]

i've dry hopped with pellets and with whole leaf...i prefer the whole leaf cuz they're easier to remove when I go to rack my beer.

I used 1 oz of each before and I feel I could/should have added more, just my preference.

I think from now on I'll try 2 oz...but I guess time is also a factor. I DH for about 5 days. On my latest brews I did 1 oz of whole leaf cascade and IMO more is needed...since you talked about liking cascade.