American Pale Ale BBD Brewing Kabe's Secret APA

[ChshreCat]

Dog hair in the mash, á la Tasty McDole?

psssh... of COURSE not. I'm very careful with my mash. What kind of brewer do you think I am that I'd let dog hair get in my mash!

it was in the boil

 

[Coldies]

I just did this one last night. 2nd partial mash i have done and used a new 3 gallon cooler. Considering using new equipment everything went smooth. I used White Labs CA ale yeast WLP001 though. I will get back to you on how it is. Thanks for posting.

 

[EarthBound]

The first keg was gone in 3 days, guys... Insanity!

 

[Coldies]

I just did this one last night. 2nd partial mash i have done and used a new 3 gallon cooler. Considering using new equipment everything went smooth. I used White Labs CA ale yeast WLP001 though. I will get back to you on how it is. Thanks for posting.

WOW just tasted this one just now. It's amazingly good.

 

[dunnright00]

Two ?'s on this.

How many smack-packs did you use and did you use a starter?

and

When do you add the extract? Beginning or end of boil?

 

[Coldies]

It says to add the extract the last 10 minutes of the boil. I highly recommend brewing this one. I got nice and buzzed off this one last night because I couldn't put it down. For what it's worth I did not use a starter on this one.

 

[ChshreCat]

I'm a bad boy. I've never made a starter. Ever. I do believe in the benefits of them though and think it's a good idea.

 

[Coldies]

I have 3 stouts fermenting right now, I think its time to brew this one again. This was the fastest keg I have ever gone through.

 

[hess]

I'm thinking of making this recipe but am a bit concerned about dead space in my 9 gallon mash tun. Would it affect the brew much to mash at a 1.5 or 2 water-to-grist ratio instead of 1.25, so I can get a little more volume in the mash tun?

 

[ChshreCat]

I do all my beers in a tun made from a 10 gallon coleman cooler, even the ones that only use a couple lbs of grains. I've never had an issue with the deadspace. If you're using a rectangular cooler, it might be different though.

I like to shoot for 1.25, but since I SUCK at hitting my mash temp, I'm sure I usually end up closer to 2 when all is said and done from adding hot or cold water to adjust.

 

[Mr_Pear]

Anyone have a picture!? It sounds really good but I'm torn on what I want to try for my next APA. I bought some Amarillo hops and you said this showcases their flavor well but I've also been looking at Dude's Lakewalk Pale Ale which uses Amarillo and Simcoe hops.

 

[ChshreCat]

Ya know, I'm surprised I don't have a pic of this beer!

I threw a couple in the fridge so I'll get one ASAP.

 

[ChshreCat]

Ok. Quick crappy cellphone pic done.

 

[Mr_Pear]

Oooo it looks so delicious! I got denied by SWMBO to brew this weekend but she did agree that I need to start kegging due to the closet full of beer bottles so it seems to be a win overall!! This might just have to be my first kegged beer!

 

[Emc]

Question, any suggestion for another yeast strain? With everyone ranting about how good it was I hate to use something else, but since the pacman isn't available, suggestions for something similar?

 

[ChshreCat]

No pacman at your LHBS? You could order it online. My LHBS is also a major online HBS and they always have plenty: http://store.homebrewheaven.com/rogue-pacman-ale-yeast-1764-pc-from-wyeast-p1534.aspx.

If you don't want to order online, I'd probably do an clean fermenting American ale yeast. If I couldn't get pacman, I'd probably go with Safale US-05. Cheap and easy.

But if you do want to order it online, it's GREAT for lots of other beers. I use it for an Arrogant Bastard clone, among other things and you can wash the yeast and use it over and over again so you get a good return on the investment.

 

[Emc]

Ordered the yeast and hops from the link you suggested. Unfortunately the larger or the two local shops, well, I'll stay polite and just say I choose not to give them my money. Luckily a second opened recently, but they are small but keep slowly expanding there selections as more people are supporting them. So that leaves me to often fill in the blanks via the Internet. I'm actually going to brew your saison recipe hopefully this week, and then when it's done fermenting at higher temps will do this recipe. Really excited to try both.

 

[molsonG]

I brewed a different version of this, i used munich instead of vienna, and golden naked oats instead of flaked barley. I also used san fran lager yeast. i dryhopped tonight, the gravity sample didnt taste that good, but it finished high, 1018. I'll have to try the actual recipe

 

[molsonG]

good news is a warmed it up to 74F and its bubbling again...the bad news is now the dryhops might not be as effective

 

[ChshreCat]

Since you used a lager yeast, did you have it at lager temps?

 

[molsonG]

no, in the low 60s, which is recommended for the strain, its one of those hybrid ones

 

[ChshreCat]

Ahhh, cal common yeast. With that and the other changes, it'll definitely be a different beer.

Warming up a liquid will make CO2 come out of solution, so warming it up will make your airlock bubble without any real activity taking place with your yeast, though that CO2 is carrying away our dry hop aroma as it goes. The only way to know if it's done fermenting is by using your hydrometer. Take a sample and if it's done, bottle it up!

Give it some time for the flavors to come together and see. It might be a great beer still!

 

[EarthBound]

I'll be making this a third time tomorrow. It's my favorite. I plan on making this my house APA, implementing slight hop variations with each batch just to slightly change things up.

 

[Coldies]

^^Yep^^ gonna be doing this a third time as well. I'm now doing AG but last batch I still brewed it as a PM. Cant wait.

 

[pwndabear]

im going to do this this weekend as my first pale ale! im so stoked for it.

i had some trouble finding honey malt (i did find it eventually); if i had not been able to get my hands on some, would this be a significant change?

 

[ChshreCat]

i had some trouble finding honey malt (i did find it eventually); if i had not been able to get my hands on some, would this be a significant change?

Yea, it would. In this beer, the honey malt is really center stage in the malt.

 

[pwndabear]

so i had to go to 3 different LHBSs to get my ingredients (as rochester absolutely SUCKS for homebrewing) and i still didn't get everything I need.

Pacman wasnt available so I had to get Wyeast American Ale II, and they were also out of Amarillo so I opted to go with Centennial instead. Yes, I know, a bit different from Amarillo but not so much as it would ruin anything...

My main question is this:
The flaked barley and the crystal are steeping grains. Since this is a partial mash, would I bring temp up to ~150, steep, and then would i go for the main grains?

 

[ChshreCat]

My main question is this:
The flaked barley and the crystal are steeping grains. Since this is a partial mash, would I bring temp up to ~150, steep, and then would i go for the main grains?

Nope, it all goes together.
Once you're mashing, you mash all the grains. No reason to steep some and mash others.

 

[pwndabear]

ok thats what i figured. making saturday. ill try to grab some pics and throw em on here. thanks for the recipe!

 

[pwndabear]

I didn't take pics as I am lazy when it comes to "side quests" if you will.

Looked great. too bad no amarillo in the area... OG 1.064. bubbling away on sunday morning too.