American Pale Ale Bee Cave Brewery Haus Pale Ale

[munklunk]

I plan on brewing this up next week, and just made some drastic changes to the hop schedule, with the hopes of bringing a hop punch to the party. Additions are as follows:
.75oz magnum @ 60
.5oz cascade @ 30
.5oz cascade @ 15
1oz cascade @ flameout.

ibu's should be around 38, and cascade presence should be rather high. Thoughts?

 

[Centexbear]

Crash cooling is basically moving the fermenter to a cold place (outside, fridge, kegerator) for 24-48 hours in order to let everything settle to the bottom. This is done at the end of fermentation. You can then bottle/keg a much clearer beer.

I've also heard of using gelatin. Are they used for the same effect? Are there pros and cons to using either/or?

 

[IowAve]

Brewed this today. Had to use some Hallertau I had sitting around to make up for the low AA% of the Cascades I found. Looking forward to 5-6 weeks from now.

 

[D0ug]

Bottled my first batch of this about 10 days ago, I've been drinking it for 4.

I can tell this one is not going to be around for very long, my friends came over for a brew session last night and enjoyed this recipe mightily!

Thanks for the great recipe Edwort!

 

[philrose]

Brewed this today. Had to use some Hallertau I had sitting around to make up for the low AA% of the Cascades I found. Looking forward to 5-6 weeks from now.

Wow, when hallertau beats cascade on alpha content, those are some weak cascades!

 

[IowAve]

oh, no. The cascades where stronger that the hallertau; I had the full 2oz of cascade, I added just about .25 oz of hallertau to get the total AAUs indicated by the recipe. I will admit they were a little on the weak side for cascade.

 

[RobBug]

So...ya I brewed this and ended up a bit higher on the gravity - 1.062. I thought my efficiency would suck so I modified my grain bill a bit. Stupid me also modified my brew method a bit at the same time. Needless to say I achieved an 85% efficiency when I calc'd a 50% efficiency.

As to taste - Awesome. I brewed a 90min IPA today with friends. I had a full keg of this ale on tap. I now have <2 gals on tap from 5gals. They are "happy". I am happy.

Thanks for posting the recipe!!

 

[Toecutter]

Ok, so i have been drinking this for a week now. great beer. wife has been asking for it by name (I want that light stuff). I substituted Columbus for bittering. looks like I'll be brewing 10 gallons next, its going too fast.

 

[platypotamus]

most excellent. I've been looking for a simple, easy Pale Ale to use my first batch of homegrown nuggets and cascades in. this one sounds perfect. just have to decide where / when to use the hops. maybe I could just dry-hop with them. thoughts?

 

[wacko]

Not sure when this was published but congrats on getting listed in the ten most popular beer recipes in popular mechanics Edwort
http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/how-to-plans/beer-recipes-how-to-home-brew?src=rss#fbIndex1

 

[IPAAAA]

Just kegged this after being in the primary for 4 weeks. Had a strange smell I haven't smelled with any of my beers. Does this yeast give off a very strong odor? (S-05)

Hopefully it goes away after being carbed.

 

[Pappers_]

Had a strange smell I haven't smelled with any of my beers. Does this yeast give off a very strong odor? (S-05)

Not in my experience.

 

[steinsato]

IPAAAA, I'm pretty sure US-05 is known for being a pretty clean ale yeast.

 

[munklunk]

Yup, it ain't the yeast. Could be other nasties, but take a sample from the beer before proceeding further.

 

[jackers252]

I'm brewing this right now, hopefully it turns out great!

 

[IPAAAA]

The beer looks fine and I tasted the gravity sample and it seemed ok. Guess I have to wait till I carb this keg but it just seemed real weird with the smell. Don't even know how to describe it but the first thing that comes to mind is vinegar.

 

[jamie3]

i've made the extract recipe of this numerous times and finally got around to doing the AG last week. OG was 1.046 and FG came in at 1.008 after 7 days so 5.1% ABV. the AG version tasted much cleaner and looking forward to drinking it on NYE.

also, this thing fermented like a woman in labour, it screamed for 2 days straight. here is a sample video

[ame]http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150342564365046&saved[/ame]

 

[crash1292]

I want to do this beer with the biab method anything I need to adjust in my grain bill?

 

[EricT]

Brewed this one today, OG was 1.052. I made a yeast starter with some leftover WLP002 the night before (just to make sure the yeast was good) and pitched it at about 66F. I'll check it in the morning but I expect it to be going nuts. This beer is a lot lighter in color than I expected for a Pale Ale. I plan to dry hop this one in about 5 days. Hope it turns out well. Thanks for the recipe Ed.

 

[dwarven_stout]

Hey, grats on the PM mention, Ed!

 

[munklunk]

So, I just pulled a sample from my batch I did a week ago with my different hop additions, and holy crap. Smooth and hoppy, this is the definition of a session beer.

My hop schedule went:

.75oz magmums @ 60
.5oz cascade @ 30
.5oz cascade @ 15
1oz casade @ flameout

I wanted a good, clean bitterness, but all of the cascades to be used for flavor/aroma. I've heard great things about using magnums for bittering, and after this beer, I am a convert.

 

[elproducto]

Silly question I know, but this recipe looks great. I'm placing an order from a HBS, but they don't have Crystal 10. Closest thing seems to be Munich 10l. I'm assuming the Crystal is just for color.. any other sub?

 

[EdWort]

Silly question I know, but this recipe looks great. I'm placing an order from a HBS, but they don't have Crystal 10. Closest thing seems to be Munich 10l. I'm assuming the Crystal is just for color.. any other sub?

Bump it to the next level of Crystal your HBS has and cut back on it a fraction.

 

[elproducto]

Thanks Ed.

Looking forward to this quaffer.

 

[D0ug]

Success! SWMBO loves it! She will back this hobby as long as I keep some of this on hand!

Thanks Ed!

 

[badmajon]

I made this beer once, I have to say its probably one of my favorite beers ever. So crisp and delicious, it's really almost lager-like, you'll be surprised. I second the cold crash, helped me get a really nice clarity in the beer.

I might do this one again, but with a pound of rye in it for some spiciness and instead of 2 oz cascade, 1 oz cascade for bittering and 1 oz Saaz for flavor, with the same original schedule. I'll let you all know how it turns out.

And for $20 for grain+hops, you can't really complain... I'm going to use a reused/washed Wyeast London Ale yeast for this.

 

[EricT]

Has anyone ever tried dry hopping this with Citrta?

 

[a_w_taylor]

Just having a pint 21 days after brew day. 10 days primary ferment - 4 days cold crash @35degF - one week kegged/carbed/chilled - I like this and look forward to enjoying it on christmas day with my in-laws!

 

[Toecutter]

Just put 12 gallons of this into the fermenter. wife loves this beer

 

[Centexbear]

Bottled up the Haus Pale Ale after 4 weeks in primary. Hit FG perfectly.

The sample tasted great. I can't wait for this one to bottle condition as it may be my best brew yet.

Jeff