American Pale Ale Bee Cave Brewery Haus Pale Ale

[TheDngRngr]

This is a nice simple recipe that turns out perfect for the summer months, I actually had some white labs 001 california yeast still in the fridge so I popped it with this, then first wort hopped with magnum hops for bittering instead of bittering with the cascade. Turned out like a blonde.

 

[StrongBad42]

Question: I used WLP 001that was getting kinda old, so I made a starter and used it. My OG was 1.054 and for the past two days my FG has been 1.018. Does this sound normal? Is there any way I can get it down a bit more? I made the extract version btw

 

[thadius856]

1.054 should finish in the 1.012 or 1.013 range.

Bow were your mash temps?

 

[StrongBad42]

I just edited my post. I made the extract version. I forgot to say that, sorry.

 

[idrinkstuffnthings]

Hello all. I brewed this up awhile back and is ready to drink from keg this weekend. It tastes good but it went down to 1.006FG so a little thin. Anywho i cant quite grasp why it went so low. One difference was I used a new 10 gallon pale that has a loose fitting lid. Does excess oxygen cause a higher attenuation? All mash temps and ferment temps ect were bang on so this is all I can figure might have done it?

Thanks

 

[241]

Brewed this recipe yesterday. Got started later than I wanted due to all my honey-do's, but all is good in the hood. Used US-05 instead of the nottingham. Thanks for the recipe Ed

 

[mesa4234]

I am thinking of brewing this but moving the first hop addition to 30min instead of 60. Has anyone tried this before?

 

[PricePeeler]

Hello all. I brewed this up awhile back and is ready to drink from keg this weekend. It tastes good but it went down to 1.006FG so a little thin. Anywho i cant quite grasp why it went so low. One difference was I used a new 10 gallon pale that has a loose fitting lid. Does excess oxygen cause a higher attenuation? All mash temps and ferment temps ect were bang on so this is all I can figure might have done it?

Thanks

Is it possible that you mashed at a low temperature?

What temperature did you ferment @?

Additionally, this may be more of a band aide than a root cause, but you could monitor the gravity and cold crash the beer when you hit your target FG. The crash could stop the yeast from dropping the gravity any further.

I would not have a loose fitting lid on a fermentation bucket. I would have a tight fitting lid with an airlock or blowoff tube into sanitizing fluid. Can't let the bad bugs in!

Thoughts

 

[241]

I am thinking of brewing this but moving the first hop addition to 30min instead of 60. Has anyone tried this before?

This moves IBU's down to pretty much the minimum of the style, or just out of style. 1.5 oz at 30 mins keeps you in it but you'd need to increase later additions substantially to keep it in the pale ale realm. I liked this brew because you only need a single bag of 2 oz hops which at my LHBS is how they bundle/sell their hops.

All of the above unless you don't care about styles - in which case it should be fine.

 

[PricePeeler]

I am thinking of brewing this but moving the first hop addition to 30min instead of 60. Has anyone tried this before?

I would say we all experiment in this hobby and that you can do whatever. It will more than likely taste great.
Sounds like you would loose some bittering properties and maybe gain more hop flavor.

 

[BuffaloBeer1]

I am thinking of brewing this but moving the first hop addition to 30min instead of 60. Has anyone tried this before?

You can definitely move the hops to 30 min. And yes, it would not b nearly as bitter. You would still get the hop flavor, since most of the flavoring comes from 20 min and under. I've done that with a few beers, just not this one. If your going to do that, rather than increase the hops at 30 min. I would figure out how many IBU's you would get from that. Then just use less hops by moving the 30 min addition back to 45 min or whatever it takes to get the desired IBU's. (unless your goal is to decrease the boil time). Longer boil time with the hops = more bitterness, shorter time = more flavor (and eventually aroma). Remember, if it doesn't work out the way you hoped, you could always make it again.

 

[Setesh]

I have to say, this is my favorite session recipe ever. This beer is only 10 days old (3 days on gas and gelatin) and it is just fantastic. Went over really well at a family reunion we hosted tonight. So crisp and light. It's one of those beers that almost anyone can appreciate. Great for bringing people in from the BMC crowd. Properly good recipe EdWort. This will go into rotation along with your Hefe. I think I'll try the Oktoberfest Ale next.

 

[RatsoRizzo]

First taste of my batch of this after 3 weeks carbing up in bottles. Easily my best effort since my return to brewing last summer. Followed the recipe apart from using carapale instead of 10L and used WLP001. It's midsummer in Sweden tomorrow, the biggest drinking day of the year and this will be my beer of choice. There can be no greater compliment. Thanks EdWort, an epic beer.

 

[ThickHead]

For the life of me I don't know why it has taken me so long to get around to brewing up this recipe, Ed. However, the time is right and tomorrow is brew day. One question of interest I have on this recipe is related to head retention. How is the head retention on this recipe in its original form? Would you steer me away from mucking it up by adding a small amount of carapils or wheat for purposes of boosting head retention?

Cheers!

 

[wyoast]

Finally got around to brewing this recipe... Recently switched to BIAB and still getting dialed in so my OG ended up @ 1.060 and I pitched WLP-001 and it finished @1.010 but Ive got to say,,, Of all the brews I have under my belt this one is definitely my favorite!! excellent..

 

[wyoast]

For the life of me I don't know why it has taken me so long to get around to brewing up this recipe, Ed. However, the time is right and tomorrow is brew day. One question of interest I have on this recipe is related to head retention. How is the head retention on this recipe in its original form? Would you steer me away from mucking it up by adding a small amount of carapils or wheat for purposes of boosting head retention?

Cheers!

Don't know about the head retention of the original recipe.... but I did add a little carapils to the batch I made and it came out wonderful!!!

 

[ThickHead]

Don't know about the head retention of the original recipe.... but I did add a little carapils to the batch I made and it came out wonderful!!!

Thanks for the feedback. I went ahead and added 8 oz of carapils to the recipe and changed the crystal 10 to crystal 20 to increase the SRM. Brewing it up later this morning.

 

[Amesanite]

This was the first beer and maybe the best beer I've brewed. Today it became the first beer I've remade!! I did change it up and try it with Citra whole hops this time

Kudos for the delicious recipe Ed!!

 

[abrdnck]

Brewed this up this morning - a good chance to try out my new brew kettle and cooler mash tun that I made last week. Got 5 gallons in the carboy with an OG of 1.050, so I think I got things pretty darn close.

I used S-05 yeast and had to use Crystal 25L but other than that I followed things as closely as possible.

Can't wait to try this one out.

 

[ThickHead]

Brew day went perfectly with my little bro assisting. Hit gravity numbers perfectly and only a few changes from the original recipe. Some newly installed Brew Hardware components fromm Bobby made sparging and wort transfer a breeze. Transferring to the keg tonight and will be sampling by Sunday afternoon!

New 3 piece ball valves with CamLock fittings installed on Mash Tuns

Mash out

Sparge

 

[brewNOLA]

I am thinking of brewing this but moving the first hop addition to 30min instead of 60. Has anyone tried this before?

I did this a couple of year's ago with this recipe. I think I did all of my additions in the last 20 min of the boil and scaled up on the hops amount to hit the IBUs. Turned out very piney tasting. Not green of or off in any way, just intensely piney from the hops. Hate to admit this, but came home from cruising around the French Quarter on Mardi Gras day (after drinking a fair amount), cracked open a 32 oz of this late hopped Pale Ale and could only drink a few sips - way to piney tasting. The only homebrew I think I've ever dumped.

HOWEVER, this is one of my favorite recipes and I plan on brewing it this weekend and playing around with mash temp to see if I can get a maltier version.

 

[NickTheGreat]

Just made this last night. First AG brew, so I hope it's a good one!

Didn't notice until I got home that the guy at the LHBS gave me Caron-10 Malt rather than Crystal Malt.

Guess we'll see how she turns out!

 

[Zibe]

Just started drinking this one and its awesome. Been experimenting with home roasting grains so made my own pseudo-vienna and crystal 20 for it. Add in that I used harvested yeast from a prior batch and I think I came in around $18 for one of the better brews I've made. Hopefully my first year cascade plant will be ready in a few weeks and the next batch will cost about $14, can't beat that with a mash paddle. Great recipe.

 

[NickTheGreat]

Just made this last night. First AG brew, so I hope it's a good one!

Didn't notice until I got home that the guy at the LHBS gave me Caron-10 Malt rather than Crystal Malt.

Guess we'll see how she turns out!

Well brought this keg to a family reunion and it is pretty much gone. And this is amongst BMC drinkers, so I was surprised it went so fast.

Gonna be making again, for sure! :rockin:

 

[Col_klink]

Brewed partial mash version of this last week. Just took a hydro reading and man the sample tasted great!! Started to cold crash and should bottle in a few days. Thanks Edwort!

 

[Malty_Dog]

Brewed partial mash version of this last week. Just took a hydro reading and man the sample tasted great!! Started to cold crash and should bottle in a few days. Thanks Edwort!

Want to do a partial mash of this one also. Thinking of just 3 lbs DME and 3 lbs 2-row for the base. DME is expensive! Really looking forward to next brew day when I plan to do this along with a hoppy brown ale. Can't come soon enough.

 

[Clonefan94]

I brewed a version of this about 6 weeks ago. Finally got it on tap and ready to drink. I was running low on Cascade so decided to use some other hops I had a better supply of. I used US Tettnanger for the bittering and Chinook for the other additions. Now, I am a huge fan of Chinook, but holy crap, I did not expect this to be anywhere nearly this good. I'm going to brave the heat this weekend to brew this again. This keg is going to go really fast.

 

[BuffaloBeer1]

I've been loosely following this thread for the past year after looking for something simple but tasty to do with my first batch of homegrown cascades, but wanted to push the IBU's more towards the ipA. After I was done brewing this last August I realized I had just used Victory malt instead of Vienna. It took awhile for the malts to blend to a drinkable ale and in the end was okay. I just pitched the yeast tonight on a batch of this. Based on all of the great reviews, I decided to stick with the original posted recipe. I'm excited to have a great everyday pale on hand soon. Thanks for the ideas.

 

[sar_dog_1]

Subscribed. Gonna make this for the wifes boss. Better be good. Lol

 

[Kb8607]

I followed this recipe to the T except for crystal 15 instead of 10 as that's what my LHBS had. Brewed it on 8-14, kegged it on 8-24 and just pulled a pint tonight to give it a taste. It's not carbed up enough yet, but dang does it taste great! Now if I can keep my hands off of it until its finished carbing... I love simple, quick turnaround brews like this one! Thanks for the great recipe.