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The Pale Ale lasted about 2 weeks. Very good. (Before anyone notices, yes I had a boil over :). My daughter had my attention then when I looked over it was boiling over.). Nothing like drinking a home brew while home brewing.

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fortyseven said:
I used about 8.5 lbs 2 row pale malt, 2.5 lbs carapils and 1 lbs caramunich. Cascade and Williamette @ 60 mins and Chinook @ 0 mins. So far, it seems to have turned out brilliantly although I've not really had much yet; just bottled it yesterday.

Holy carapils Bat-Man!
 
Enjoying a glass of this right now. This was our choice for our very first all grain brew. Great clear recipe for a beginner and amazing results. Thanks for sharing!
 
Has anyone dry hopped this with chinook or nugget? I am thinking ahead to hop harvest and what I should have produce this year
 
Just brewed an extract version of this with a few tweaks. It went something like this:

6.5# Pilsen LME
1.0# Munich LME
8 oz. Crystal 10L (steep)
8 oz. Carastan (steep, because I had it and my buddy wanted to add some)


Boil & Hops
0.5 oz Belma at 60 min.
0.5 oz. Cascade at 30 min.
0.25 oz. Cascade at 15 min.
0.25 oz. Cascade at 5 min.

Planning on dry-hopping with an ounce of Cascade and maybe half or full ounce of Belma. Gravity sample tasted promising. I'll keep you updated.
 
This one is in the bucket as of yesterday. My 3rd attempt at BIAB. Hit pre-boil numbers on the nose but ended up not boiling off enough and missed my SG by 2 points. Close enough for now but I definitely need to pick up a refractometer.

I'm sitting at 69 degrees in the closet so I moved it down to the basement which is currently a steady 57 - 58 degrees. Everyone agree that the Nottingham will do better at lower temps?
 
Anyone done this brew with wyeast 1272?

No, but I've been using 1272 on all my beers lately and I'm loving it. I could see it being really good in this beer. I like it because it's a relatively clean American-style yeast, but with just a hint of the fruity esters you get from something like Nottingham. I also bottle my beer so I like that it's nicely flocculant. I get little to no sediment and with most recipes I can pour the entire beer in my glass. Only con I could see with 1272 is that I might not be conducive to the "fast turnaround" that Ed was going for here. Plan on a slightly longer fermentation.
 
Cool thanks, looking for something clean and flocculent and good for a pale, this might work. I am not inpatient so I will try it.
 
So I eventually managed to get all the ingredients together and brewed this this past Wednesday. Everything went perfect; probably one of my most stress free and best brews to date. The OG was somewaht higher than the recipe, 1.062.

On Thursday morning I checked on it but no bubbling from the airlock yet. Got home on Thursday night, still nothing. This morning, no bubbling although I could definitely smell that familiar fermenting smell in the air. This evening after work I checked and still no visible bubbling. So I decided to take a gravity reading, just for ****s n giggles. I was so surprised to see it's down to 1.022. Color me confused!

The gravity sample tasted freaking awesome though.
 
Brew day was bang on. All numbers bang on. Only little problem was 2oz of cascade at only 6%. I'm pretty new to this gig, is the .6% diff in AA gunna throw off the flavour too much?
 
My beer went down to 1.006. I had the right mash temp. And OG was 1.051. Used Nottingham and fermented at 68f. Never missed my FG like that before. Any reason that might've happened?
 
More importantly is 1.006 that bad?

EDIT: I broke my old hydrometer when I finished this brew. Have not calibrated my new one..... maybe I'll do that before I get all bent out of shape. :S
 
Brewed this about a month ago. 1 week in the primary, 1 week in the secondary and 2 weeks in the bottles. Delicious! You have outdone yourself on this recipe. Gracias.
 
I'm brewing this today. Am I supposed to pull out hops as I'm adding in the new hops? I'm using pellets, so it would be kinda tricky.
 
Nope keep adding them in and try to filter them out when you transfer to the fermentor. When I add them into the boil I put them in a mesh bag to contain some of the sludge.
 
This was a great brew day. I brewed the extract version and everything went perfectly. Almost completely stress free. OG was 1.054. Sample tasted awesome. Thank you for the recipe Ed. Days like today are why I started home brewing.
 
This is only my third brew.

So I saw this recipe, it looked great, got great reviews. So I brewed it. I used Maris otter in placed of Vieenna (its what I had, so this could be why) But...in my mind I was thinking this was an ordinary IPA, some what hoppy, but not too much. Pale Ale did not register with me as NON IPA.

He, When checking for FG, I tasted it. It tasted less hoppy than it smells and is kind of pilsnery. Now I know beer out of the primary is different than a month in the bottle.

Just wondering if I'm on the right track with this beer, or if it is supposed to be more hoppy. I've read that hops flavor diminishes with age rather than increases.

I think, now, that I brewed a style that I thought was IPA, but... was something different. But, I want to be sure what I brewed was what I tasted.
 
I think you're on the right track. I think this beer is meant to be a catch-all for beer drinkers. BMC drinkers should like it as well as craft drinkers. Not too hoppy, but not BMC either.
 
It's not an IPA, it's an America Pale Ale.

10A.

Aroma: Usually moderate to strong hop aroma from dry hopping or late kettle additions of American hop varieties. A citrusy hop character is very common, but not required. Low to moderate maltiness supports the hop presentation, and may optionally show small amounts of specialty malt character (bready, toasty, biscuity). Fruity esters vary from moderate to none. No diacetyl. Dry hopping (if used) may add grassy notes, although this character should not be excessive.

Appearance: Pale golden to deep amber. Moderately large white to off-white head with good retention. Generally quite clear, although dry-hopped versions may be slightly hazy.

Flavor: Usually a moderate to high hop flavor, often showing a citrusy American hop character (although other hop varieties may be used). Low to moderately high clean malt character supports the hop presentation, and may optionally show small amounts of specialty malt character (bready, toasty, biscuity). The balance is typically towards the late hops and bitterness, but the malt presence can be substantial. Caramel flavors are usually restrained or absent. Fruity esters can be moderate to none. Moderate to high hop bitterness with a medium to dry finish. Hop flavor and bitterness often lingers into the finish. No diacetyl. Dry hopping (if used) may add grassy notes, although this character should not be excessive.

Mouthfeel: Medium-light to medium body. Carbonation moderate to high. Overall smooth finish without astringency often associated with high hopping rates.

Overall Impression: Refreshing and hoppy, yet with sufficient supporting malt.
 
Took the day off and doing my first all grain with the Bee Cave Haus Ale recipe. I'm about 30 mins into the mash.

Working inside our cheapo screened tent to keep tree debris out of the wort. That's why the pic is kinda grainy.

Going ok so far. Red cooler is my MLT. Blue cooler is a makeshift HLT. That's Biermuncher's Centennial Blonde keeping me company (a little cloudy because i just moved the keg). Beautiful day here in MA.

Cheers!

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