American Pale Ale Bee Cave Brewery Haus Pale Ale

[Helly]

Just curious, did you follow the partial mash instructions for this recipe or did you make adjustments? This will probably be my next batch.

I basically followed the recipe. Used a strainer bag and mashed the Vienna and Munich. Wrapped the pot in towels instead of putting it in the oven though. I used LME not DME. 6# if I remember correctly. Hops as stated in the recipe, I'm going to check it today but I'm thinking about doing a secondary and dry hopping.

 

[Wulfman]

Sipping my first beer with this recipe! Mm mmm good! Thanks!

 

[Helly]

I basically followed the recipe. Used a strainer bag and mashed the Vienna and Munich. Wrapped the pot in towels instead of putting it in the oven though. I used LME not DME. 6# if I remember correctly. Hops as stated in the recipe, I'm going to check it today but I'm thinking about doing a secondary and dry hopping.

I checked my notes, I had the Vienna and the Crystal (not Munich, sorry) the same, 6 lbs of LME, and hop schedule was the same. I did a full-volume boil. Just tasted it and it has a ton of potential. I'm going to transfer to secondary and dry hop in the next few days. Can't wait to have this one bottled.

 

[ButcherBoy]

THIS IS GOOD BEER! Have brewed this 3 times, third time I added 2 oz of chocolate malt, wow! It's excellent, a little darker (duh), taste is a little richer. That batch won't last long, time to brew more!

 

[america]

Thanks for another great recipe edwort! I just brought a keg of my 4th batch of this to a party on Friday and we killed it and another keg of ipa. Everyone loved it. Most of the crowd weren't BMC drinkers but even the ones who were seemed to enjoys this. Im sure ill make it again soon!

 

[BrewHaas]

Brewing my third batch as I type. 10 gallons on my new e-biab system and loving it.

 

[rossi46]

Just wrapped up making 11 gallons of this wonderful brew.

 

[dford]

I just bottled 5 gallons and will keg 5 gallons tommorrow. Tasted great

 

[scratchex]

Phew after 2 weeks or so I FINALLY finished reading all of the posts. I'm a beer nerd & actually enjoyed reading all of the comments & recommendations on what people have done over the past 5 years...5 years! Anyways I stopped by AHS today to pick up ingredients for my next 4 brews & this being one of them. I'm going to start w/ a 5gal batch & then maybe do a larger batch later. Have to fill some of the taps in our Keezer so just doing 5gals now.

AHS didn't have Admiral hops so I purchased one of the substitute hops instead. I purchased 2 ounces of Challenger & will use slightly less to achieve the 14.75% AA. I'm sure it will be just fine. I also went w/ WLP001 for the yeast b/c I recall someone else saying they used this yeast. I've used it several times before and I always make a starter so I'm not too worried about that. I know a starter isn't required but I tend to do things the same when it comes to brew days and I actually enjoy making starters.

Thanks again Ed for the great recipe(s). Anyone here that's from Austin part of Austin ZEALOTS? If not maybe some of us Austinites could meet up sometime for a brew & talk shop one of these days. The next couple of days will be spent in the brew cave brewing up new beers including this one.

 

[atimmerman88]

I'm excited to brew this as my first AG batch this weekend, and I found a LHBS as well to get all my stuffs from!!

Happy brewer

 

[scratchex]

Grains are sitting in the Mash tun as we speak. I realized that the hops I listed in my previous post was from another recipe I'm brewing up this week. At first I freaked out & thought I got the wrong ones but all is well.

 

[Helly]

I checked my notes, I had the Vienna and the Crystal (not Munich, sorry) the same, 6 lbs of LME, and hop schedule was the same. I did a full-volume boil. Just tasted it and it has a ton of potential. I'm going to transfer to secondary and dry hop in the next few days. Can't wait to have this one bottled.

This was one of two beers I recently kegged as my first venture into kegging. Really good stuff and I'm loving having a kegging setup. Can't wait to try this one again, will definitely do all-grain next time.

 

[TheDocta16]

Finally getting around to posting. Brewed this up 2 months ago for my first ever AG. Very exciting. Very very tasty. I didn't hold my ferm temps great and got a little bit of fusel in the back end, but nothing my friends really notice, only me when I pick it apart. Maybe a little astringency as well. Still great though. I've noticed that the middle seems to have a very 'juicy' malt flavor. for lack of a better term. Im thinkin this may be the Munich malt? Im trying to get better at picking apart what flavors are coming from where in a brew.

 

[TrubDog]

About six weeks ago I did a scaled up batch (about 12lb grainbill) and added an extra ounce of Cascade at flameout. I kegged it at three weeks and started tasting at 4 weeks. It was ok but now at six weeks it's EXCELLENT! The hops finally showed up!

Not sure if it will last two more weeks. This is my second batch of haus pale ale and I plan on a third really soon!

 

[Huskysibe]

I made this Monday and it's now Saturday and ready to keg, I can't wait to drink it!

 

[squeekybobo]

I made this Monday and it's now Saturday and ready to keg, I can't wait to drink it!

Give it a couple more weeks in the fermenter. You'll be glad you did

 

[atimmerman88]

I missed OG on this due to some poor poor poor eff. (50%) @ 1.034

Notty took her all the way down to 1.003 in 10days, I was shocked!!

 

[D-MOTITAN]

Made another 10 gallons of this. Its a house favorite that is a quick grain to glass that i can tweak with different hops and specialty grains at times. Ed is the grandmaster of simplicity.

 

[hio3791]

Brewed 10 gal Sat night. Used S-04 on one bucket and US-05 on the other. Air lock sniffing is a wonderful thing! Going to let it ride for 3 weeks, then keg. Can't wait. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

 

[Huskysibe]

Give it a couple more weeks in the fermenter. You'll be glad you did

Next batch I will, this one had to get to carbing as I have a party to go to in 7 days that requires BEER!

 

[BuffaloBeer1]

Has anyone used fresh hops for this? I grew some for the first time this year. I have about 30 oz of fresh cascade and about 12 oz of fresh chinook. What sort of hop schedule and amount would you use for the fresh hops? Would you use a pellet for the bittering hop and reserve the fresh hops for later?

 

[squeekybobo]

Count your fresh hops on a 7:1 ration if you're using wet hops. Dried out, probably 2:1.

 

[squeekybobo]

Count your fresh hops on a 7:1 ration if you're using wet hops. Dried out, probably 2:1.

Oh... And use pellet hops for bittering, since you don't really know the AA of your fresh hops for sure.

 

[kappclark]

Enjoying some now, and will surely surprise son in law this weekend with this great, easy to brew beer...did this batch with 001, and I like the results

 

[MirImage]

Thought I would mention that this was very well received at a Fantasy Football draft party tonight. It was great talking to a lot of people about home brewing (I was the only home brewer and this was my 1st AG). Glad to have a little left for my next draft party Sunday. Cheers!

 

[kappclark]

Son in law was shocked !! OMG he kept saying..you should sell this !!

This beer consistently amazes people everytime ... it seems to have just enough but not too much of what makes a beer so satisfying, esp this time of year...

 

[DMartin]

Bump.... anyone?? I know these are probably basic to most of you.. but, I'm still learning.. So, a copy of my post a few up...

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The salts in question are any of several common minerals added to brewing water to fine-tune it.

Pure H2O, such as RO water, will not make good beer. You need certain minerals in very small quantities for it to taste right. Different styles of beer are best with different styles of water. The water in Dublin, for example, has filtered naturally through whatever rock Ireland is made of and as a result is near perfect for Stouts, which led to the success of Guinness.

Altering the mineral makeup of your spring water, or creating your own brewing water from scratch starting with RO, is some seriously Advanced Chemistry, and not recommended for beginners. If you are interested in learning more, the Brew Science forum can get you started.

This thread is a great place to begin:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f128/brewing-water-chemistry-primer-198460/

 

[BrewHaas]

I've brewed this also with an OG of 1.055 and it was excellent. Last month I overshot for fun and hit 1.061 OG and 1.009 FG and that is too much. It's tasty enough but at almost 7% it is too strong Two beer limit is a good idea. Ed's original recipe is just about perfect. Thanks again Ed.

 

[BrewHaas]

And BTW, I love strong beers. It's just not right for this style.

 

[Huskysibe]

Took a Growler to a party this weekend and it didn't last at all! All of my BMC friends loved this one. Thanks Ed!