American Pale Ale Bee Cave Brewery Haus Pale Ale

[ChelisHubby]

Looks great. On my list

You won't be disappointed THis is a good drinker!

 

[user 117534]

My first batch of this (5 gallon AG) has been in the keg for 3.5 weeks at ~40*F and I've been dry hopping in the keg for 2 weeks with 1 oz of whole cascade flowers in a hop bag. Man, this beer was good at first, but it's really hit its stride now, which is a shame b/c there isn't much left. The flavors are much more blended and it's overall much "smoother". I hate using that word to describe drinks, but I really don't know how else to describe it now. WAY too easy to drink, that's for sure... In my next batch I think I'll try dry hopping in keg for 1-2 weeks before I tap it.

 

[BrewStew]

Notty is awesome I brewed this malt bill with mosaic hops but used S-05 and it refuses to floccuate it's cloudy and tastes like a Belgian I should've stuck with my tried and true notty

I just kicked a keg of Centennial Blonde that I fermented with S05. It came out tasting like a Belgian too. I've never had that with S05. I wonder if it is a batch issue.

 

[treacheroustexan]

I changed up the hop schedule to use 3 oz of hops to fit my liking. Brewed this a couple times now. I have entered it in 3 competitions in the past year. One competition scored a 41 and a silver medal, next competition scored a 35 and no medal, and this past weekend I entered it in one more competition and it scored a 39 but still didn't medal unfortunately. I can't believe it!

 

[macaronijones]

All set to mash in on this and just as a check I weighed out my grains bought+crushed from LHBS and it's a full pound short. This is on a 3.5 gal batch, so that's like 15% short... and who knows which grain is missing, either the 2-row or the vienna or some combination. So steamed. Will have to adjust the boil off and hops on the fly i suppose, who knows how this'll turn out.

 

[Zibe]

That sucks maybe add some sugar and up the mash temp to recover body?

 

[macaronijones]

I'm thinking my scale must have been off... I actually ended up OVERSHOOTING the gravity at 1.060 for about 83% efficiency. Weird! From one extreme to the other.

I'm trying this with Yeast Bay's midwestern ale AKA the Bell's yeast. Excited to see how it turns out.

 

[Iceman6409]

I made this back in April and just got around to finally tasting it this past weekend. I was worried as I am not a fan of IPA/hoppiness but was told this is more of a summer beer. Dead on. Loved it. Excellent. Totally recommend this recipe

 

[havox07]

Not sure what i'm doing wrong but I haven't been able to nail this beer yet, first attempt it had an aftertaste and the second time I brewed it it seems to taste overly bitter (this is before carbonation as I just threw it in a keg) Not sure whats going wrong, the first time I didn't temperature control it for a few days so I thought that may be it, but the second time it was sitting around 68 the whole time.

Guess I should just try another APA.

 

[CGVT]

Not sure what i'm doing wrong but I haven't been able to nail this beer yet, first attempt it had an aftertaste and the second time I brewed it it seems to taste overly bitter (this is before carbonation as I just threw it in a keg) Not sure whats going wrong, the first time I didn't temperature control it for a few days so I thought that may be it, but the second time it was sitting around 68 the whole time.

Guess I should just try another APA.

I haven't made this in a long time, but I seem to remember that it takes a little time in the keg before it all comes together.

Give it a little time and see what happens.

 

[treacheroustexan]

Not sure what i'm doing wrong but I haven't been able to nail this beer yet, first attempt it had an aftertaste and the second time I brewed it it seems to taste overly bitter (this is before carbonation as I just threw it in a keg) Not sure whats going wrong, the first time I didn't temperature control it for a few days so I thought that may be it, but the second time it was sitting around 68 the whole time.

Guess I should just try another APA.

Yeah the first time I brewed this, it was incredible. The last few times were a hit or miss. I experienced the "overly bitter" you mentioned. It wasn't like a good bitter either. I don't know how to describe it. Then the last time I brewed it, it sat in primary a few weeks then to keg and it still tasted very yeasty. Not sure if it's from the yeast? Haven't had great luck with US-05.

 

[havox07]

I haven't made this in a long time, but I seem to remember that it takes a little time in the keg before it all comes together.

Give it a little time and see what happens.

It was cold crashing for over a week previous, but I will give it some time and hope for the best.

 

[Rush]

I have a few OZ's of Columbus and Centennial. How should I alter this recipe so I don't have to spring for the Cascade? I'm thinking all centennial with a hop schedule of 0.5oz/60m, 0.5oz/30m, .25oz/15m and .25oz/5m. This comes out to around 42IBU's to my calculations. Does this sound like a good plan to make a similar beer to the original recipe?

 

[Sellick]

Just finished brewing this beer. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to trying it out!

 

[davimi]

I have a few OZ's of Columbus and Centennial. How should I alter this recipe so I don't have to spring for the Cascade? I'm thinking all centennial with a hop schedule of 0.5oz/60m, 0.5oz/30m, .25oz/15m and .25oz/5m. This comes out to around 42IBU's to my calculations. Does this sound like a good plan to make a similar beer to the original recipe?

That is what I would do

 

[BudPrager]

2nd brew day and second BIAB, bit under on this one with an OG of 1.044. It's funny because when I brewed BM's Centennial Blonde a couple of weeks ago I went over my target gravity.

Ah well I'm sure it'll still taste good.

 

[mikitz]

I made a couple changes to the recipe:

- used gambrinus pale malt instead of 2-row
- used horizon hops for the 60 minute addition (29 IBUs) - some say cascade at 60 leads to too much bitterness
- moved the 30 minute addition to 20 minutes to get more aroma and less bitterness
- dry hopped with 0.5 oz - just threw the pellets into the primary and racked carefully a week later

Well just had my first bottle and its very nicely balanced and easy drinking. This beer should go over well with everyone. This is probably a good one to share with those still developing their palate for craft/home brews.

Thanks Ed!!

 

[macaronijones]

I made this with marris otter and yeast bay's midwestern ale and it's fantastic.

 

[AJStank]

I brewed this about 3 weeks ago, hit my mash temp spot on, OG was 1.052. I used 1056 instead of Notty. I fermented for 2 weeks at 66 deg and then cold crashed for a week. When I took a final gravity reading, it was down to 1.006. I'm not sure if my hydrometer is off (though i did test in distilled water and it was fine). I just wasn't expecting such a high attenuation.

It's tucked away in the kegerator now and I'm eager to try it in a few weeks.

 

[brew703]

Anyone doing any water adjustments? Will be brewing this on Sunday.

 

[stever1000]

I brewed this on Sunday, with an error in my BIABacus spreadsheet and adding too much mash water in my BIAB, I have an OG of 1.040

I used Nottingham yeast and the activity has stopped already in the airlock... could it be finished already? I am going to pull a sample tonight and test on my refractometer

 

[schematix]

I brewed this on Sunday, with an error in my BIABacus spreadsheet and adding too much mash water in my BIAB, I have an OG of 1.040

I used Nottingham yeast and the activity has stopped already in the airlock... could it be finished already? I am going to pull a sample tonight and test on my refractometer

Definitely could be done already, especially if fermenting in the high 60s to 70s.

My 1.060 IPA is at 1.021 after 5 days fermenting on the colder side (64F). I expect it'll only drop another 3-5 points and it'll probably do that in the next 24-48 hours.

 

[stever1000]

Definitely could be done already, especially if fermenting in the high 60s to 70s.

My 1.060 IPA is at 1.021 after 5 days fermenting on the colder side (64F). I expect it'll only drop another 3-5 points and it'll probably do that in the next 24-48 hours.

Ive had it held around 66-68 since Sunday

 

[CGVT]

Notty is a beast. When ever I have made this beer with Notty, the fermentation was violent and quick.

 

[stever1000]

I'm thinking about removing some liquid from the fermenter and dissolving some sugar torraise the final ABV
is this okay to do? Or should I use water instead?

 

[CGVT]

I don't know. I do know it is a pretty tasty beer as designed, though.

 

[Blazinlow86]

So i made a single batch of this and it turned out great. Great all around beer anyone can drink so thanks for sharing. Figured I should make some more of it so I can always have it on top so this time I decided to do a double batch. Unfortunately I messed up and only had 3 ounces of hops instead of 4 and realize this while I was already boiling. Turns out i found the 4th ounce of hops afterwards.... anyway i used 2 ounces at 60m then .5 ounces at 30 and .25 at 15 and .25 at 5. Any recommendations on anything i can do? Would dryhopping with the left over ounce help? Im still in primary right now. Im usually a ipa guy so a little worried that it might be really tame. Thanks

 

[stever1000]

I don't know. I do know it is a pretty tasty beer as designed, though.

I agree, but I don't know how it will fair with an OG of 1.040

The airlock is still bubbling once every few mins, and there are starsan bubbles in the air lock

 

[seabrew8]

What is the fastest way any of you guys went to the glass with this brew? I'm going to cold crash my first batch at 4 days in the primary. Its 1.008 now on day 3.

 

[NickTheGreat]

What is the fastest way any of you guys went to the glass with this brew? I'm going to cold crash my first batch at 4 days in the primary. Its 1.008 now on day 3.

Not the answer you're looking for, but I did in like 2.5 weeks. Kegging, obviously