American Pale Ale Bee Cave Brewery Haus Pale Ale

[CaliBrewin]

this is going to be my first all grain.

got all the necessary goodies today.

only dfference is ill be using WLP001.

super excited!

 

[bendavanza]

JohnnyO
Fermentation creates heat so yes a mild ice bath and or swamp cooler is a way to keep the temps down. You really want to be under 70˚ for the yeast to do it's job without producing off flavors. That being said I brewed for years fermenting at room temps in the 75˚ range and liked them but now knowing better, my beers have improved.

 

[Daddymem]

So...this is a great beer. But...anyone else thinking this would make a nice palette to play with? Anyone add anything to this like a fruit or a spice? Bitter orange? Grains of paradise? I know it is perfect as a pale ale, I'm just thinking what else could I do with it?

 

[paradoc]

Well.. sampled my first batch of this brew last night... and it was my first bad-batch of beer. Very, very estery, and not at all in a good way. As John Palmer says in his How to Brew site "sometimes a beer comes along that could flag down a troop of monkeys."

I posted to this thread a few weeks ago that my fermentation took a long time to start. Used Nottingham and just didn't take off. Not sure if I had a bad batch of yeast, or if a wild yeast took over. My fermentation temps should have been pretty good. We were out of town for a few days, but ambient temp didn't get above 70 during that time. Not sure if anyone has other thoughts as to possible causes.

I'm planning to try this recipe again to see if I can avoid this problem next time! Gotta get back on that horse!

 

[NTOLERANCE]

Sent this to the keg today.
SG - 1.050
FG - 1.010

Needs to clear a bit, not sure I'll be able to wait as long as Ed says to.....

Easy recipe, inexpensive, and a good beer to boot. I am going to brew this beer every other brew.

 

[Captain_Bigelow]

Here is a pic of mine. I am not sure what I did wrong but it looks a lot lighter than other peoples pics and has a terrible after taste. It is about 4-5 weeks old, so I am hoping it will get better with age. I ordered the kit from BMW so know the ingredients are correct. Also my mash temps were good.

I think it could be bad because of 3 possible reasons;
- I used tap water for this. First time used tap water and not store bought spring water (even for AG).
- Despite swamp cooler could have fermented at a temp too high.
- First yeast I pitched was bad and nothing after 72 hours, so I had to pitch a second packet.

 

[Brutus Brewer]

Does anyone know what efficiency this recipe is for the original recipe?

 

[Memorex88]

Does anyone know what efficiency this recipe is for the original recipe?

You must have missed it right?

"This recipe is calculated at 75% efficiency."

 

[Brutus Brewer]

I did, thanks

 

[Memorex88]

- Despite swamp cooler could have fermented at a temp too high.

What temperature was the room at?
The swamp cooler will bring the fermenter temp down some but if it's too hot in the room, it won't be enough.

 

[Captain_Bigelow]

What temperature was the room at?
The swamp cooler will bring the fermenter temp down some but if it's too hot in the room, it won't be enough.

The room temp was about 76-78. I figured the swamp cooler brought it down to around the 68 required. I don't know how i managed to take Ed's pale ale recipe and end up with something which looks like a witbier!

 

[Memorex88]

The room temp was about 76-78. I figured the swamp cooler brought it down to around the 68 required. I don't know how i managed to take Ed's pale ale recipe and end up with something which looks like a witbier!

Ya it should have been darker regardless of the temperature.

 

[Hawgbranch]

I am upgrading to 10gal batches and I felt nothing would be better than BCB Haus Pale Ale. I bought 2 kits from Brewmasters Warehouse and I am almost finished tricking out my keggle. (SS Valve and Syphon Tube)
I just doubled everything in Brewsmith and updated my equipment profile.
Is it as simple as doubling the recipe or is there some other tweaking that I should know about?

Cheers!

 

[CodeRage]

Breaking in the new brewery with this baby right now! thanks Ed!

 

[chirs]

I did this as my second extract brew. I finally bottled this one after 2 weeks in primary and 3 in secondary. Finished at 1.020. Tastes very estery -- bananas and other off flavors, nearly hoegaarden flavors. I don't know if it will all mellow out and be drinkable in a month.
Would there be a more appropriate style to call this beer, knowing it fermented at 75-80º?

I'm not ready for all grain yet, but I'm going to retry this as a PM and do a full boil on my new bayou burner

 

[globeboxxr]

I'll be brewing this for the first time tomorrow (mini mash version). I'm hoping to brew a harvest version after this, on the day I harvest my hops... just thought I'd try it first to make sure I like it. How could I not, eh?

 

[globeboxxr]

The mini mash went flawlessly (love that technique) and I'm half way through the boil. "Working from home" on a Friday has never been better.

 

[Elaelap]

Hello all,

I've been a long time forum lurker, but first time posting. So, I made the switch from PM/Extract to AG a few weeks ago and decided to brew this as my first AG batch. I usually keg my batches, but I bottled this so I could give some to a friend. The beer turned out 'excellent'. The only thing I did different was add another addition of bittering hops, which gave it an extra bite at the end.

Also, this beer turned out very golden in color, which looks great BTW. Thank you for the recipe, I'll be making another batch of this soon.

 

[pnj]

Made this lastnight. I hit 1.040 on my OG and also came up way short on my wort when I drained into my brew kettles. I ended up boiling/cooling another gallon so I could get the amount up to 5.5 gallons. I wonder if that is why I came up low in my OG..?

 

[keelanfish]

I've brewed this recipe several times and it is consistent, very economical and delicious! I was thinking of doing a fall spice beer, maybe a pumpkin ale, and thought that this recipe might be a good starting point. A little lighter than typical pumpkin ales, but I think if the spices were held to a minimum, it might turn out really good. Thoughts?

 

[BunzoBrew]

I brewed the extract version of this stuff last winter. I ordered the munich syrup from austin homebrew and everything... it came out great!

A week ago I delved into my first AG brew with this recipe. I just got a kegging setup and it will also be my first brew on draft I can't wait to try my first AG batch.

I'd like to thank this community and Edwort for his beginner friendly recipes. I definitely read the MLT cooler thread and this one for my first all grain.

I really enjoyed my first all grain brew. I hit 75% efficiency and the process was very streamlined due to the batch sparge option, and a simple cost efficient recipe from Ed.

I am all about the mantra of KISS (keep it simple stupid) and efficiency. My own extract recipes have revolved around a modest OG with humble amounts of a single hop to keep the costs down. I am looking forward to sipping this one and see if it's that magical and light crispy ale of wonders that everyone is raving about.

Cheers to HBT and the great community here which provides THE central location online for the exchange of homebrew information

 

[NTOLERANCE]

This beer will cleary so well after about a month, you will swear its a filtered microbrew lager.

Awesome recipe Ed.

 

[pnj]

I just picked up 50 pounds of 2-Row and the rest of the grains in bulk as well. Enough for six batches.

I would like to add some other specialty grains to change this up a bit, but I'm not sure what....?

What would adding more Vienna do? Could I add 'too much' and ruin this beer?


My last batch was altered heavily because,
1. I fermented in the low 70's (all my beers do that from time to time)
2. After bottled we had a heat wave at it was over 100 in our apt. This was the real killer.


that batch tastes like Malt Liquor. I can taste a hint of the vienna after I've had half a bottle or so, but mostly it just taste like high alcohol booze. Still gunna drink 'em though..

 

[bkov]

has anyone tried this with MO isntead of 2row?

 

[paradoc]

Here is a pic of mine. I am not sure what I did wrong but it looks a lot lighter than other peoples pics and has a terrible after taste. It is about 4-5 weeks old, so I am hoping it will get better with age. I ordered the kit from BMW so know the ingredients are correct. Also my mash temps were good.

Interesting... looks EXACTLY like my first batch did. I also ordered the kit from BMW. I think the yeast (Nottingham) was a bad batch, but not sure. I'm going to try again in a couple of days with fresh ingredients. My mash temps and OG were right on, but VERY slow start to fermentation. Hard to imagine a bad batch of grain causing this. Something seems to have gone awry in the fermentation to me.

I'm not 100% sure, but believe my yeast was from the same lot as this one:
Lot: 1081140118V
exp: 01-2011

I'd be curious to know if you have a lot number, and when you ordered your kit from BMW. I ordered mine end of June.

 

[mc_eric]

Just mashed in on my second batch of this stuff. The first batch turned out great. I've actually used this recipe as a base when coming up with my own recipes. I made a wheat ale by replacing 4# of 2-row with 4# of wheat malt, using some tettnang hops, and adding a little honey. That was one of the best batches I've done so far.

Thanks for the recipe, EdWort!

Oh, I used s-33 on that wheat, if anyone's interested

 

[keelanfish]

has anyone tried this with MO isntead of 2row?

Ditto on trying Marris Otter instead of 2 row. Anyone try this? Please share the results.

 

[jacketsfan]

brewed this one last weekend with friend. suprised to find after 12 hours primary lid BLOWN CLEAR OFF BUCKET! replaced lid and was still fermenting good so proceeded as usual. Bottled after 8 days and we'll see how it tastes in a few weeks.

 

[paradoc]

Be aware that there is a batch of Nottingham that was recalled (same batch I used). I'm cross-posting this here, since my kit from Brewmasters Warehouse came with the recalled yeast. Before you brew, you might want to check the lot number. The lot number, and instructions for getting replacement are in the following thread.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/nottingham-yeast-recall-135065/

 

[Jaysus]

so... let's say i had 3.5lbs of fresh nugget and cascade (mixed, no idea of the AA%) that I wanted to use in a beer awfully similar to this - how would you suggest I go about doing that?