American Pale Ale Bee Cave Brewery Haus Pale Ale

[CGVT]

I'm doing this recipe as my first "getting back into brewing" brew. I've got a new system and I haven't brewed in years. I'll be brewing this recipe shortly.

To give myself something to compare to, what commercial beer does this recipe taste most like ?

The first that comes to mind is Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.

Not a clone, but very similar

 

[Rush]

My 2nd try and this recipe followed the recipe exactly, except for using US-05 yeast instead of Nottingham and added 1oz of Cascade for dry hop.

Came out delicious and also, one of the clearest beers I've made so far. Even Gary Coleman says it's clear!

 

[thebeardsmen]

I'll add mine. Great Beer! Brewed as written, used US-05.

 

[PearlJam]

Great recipe. Brewed it two weeks ago, but tried something different on the sparging which resulted in a very poor efficiency (56%). Used US-05 and even with the poor efficiency and over attenuation (91.8%), it is a very good beer. Going to make a new batch and stick to my normal continuous sparging method. At this stage it tastes like a beer I will have to ensure I always have in stock.

 

[Iceman6409]

Ok so I made this beer last year and to my surprise I actually enjoyed it. I am not normally an IPA or APA fan but this one was delicious. I would like to make this again but go for a slightly different taste. I would like to add a tropical fruitiness to the flavor. What hops and hops schedule might you suggest to anyone that is seeing this?

 

[CGVT]

Replace the Cascades with Mosaic and add all but the 60 min addition at 5 min or flame out

 

[Iceman6409]

Cool. Could I do the same thing with Citra hops?

 

[CGVT]

Sure. I just like Mosaic.

 

[Iceman6409]

So 1oz Cascade at 60min and then 1oz Citra at 5min or flameout?

 

[CGVT]

I'll bet that will be tasty.

 

[WhoDatDad78]

On the original recipe, what's the batch size? 5 gallons?

 

[armenianbrewer]

Anyone ever try this recipe but with all citra or all mosaic? with or without adjusting to keep ibu's in line

 

[Cain]

Drinking this now. It was my first attempt at all-grain beer. It's only 18 days old, and I know I'm supposed to wait and let it age. I couldn't wait...

I followed the recipe exactly. No changes, no substitutions.

What a delicious beer!

I think Ed hit his goal for a quaffable, inexpensive and tasty, easy drinker. I will definitely be making this again, hopefully I will be able to keep my hands off of this batch until it matures(no possible way that will happen).

I would recommend this beer to anyone looking for a summer thirst quencher! Thanks, Ed!!!

 

[jappler]

Kegged on April 11th. There was a real harsh bitterness the first few weeks in the keg but that has completely mellowed. Cleared up really nicely with a bit of gelatin in the keg.


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[hipHOPapotamus]

I made this about 1.5 months ago and it is really hitting it's stride now. first week in the keg it was good, but the flavor has improved a lot after a month.

Definitely one of the better brews I have made to date and will likely become a staple!

 

[Mothman]

I want to do this recipe as my first all-grain, as a BIAB.

Can I ask what efficiency the original recipe is written for? I'd like to scale in Beersmith for a guestimated 70% efficiency with my first BIAB attempt.

 

[keahunter]

Mothman, the recipe says that it is calculated at 75% efficiency

 

[fragged]

I want to do this recipe as my first all-grain, as a BIAB.

Can I ask what efficiency the original recipe is written for? I'd like to scale in Beersmith for a guestimated 70% efficiency with my first BIAB attempt.

75%, in the OP.


Used this as my first 10 gallon batch. In my first 5 gallon BIAB I had low efficiency(60%). So I learned how to add DME after the fact to get that one's OG up... not ideal.

After that I did some research. Adjusted the crush finer (LHBS lets me do that myself), and fixed mash ph. Been getting 80% since then. I also didn't squeeze the bag much this time, as a trial. Just let it hang over pot to drain until after boil started.

This one was 86.1 Mash Efficiency and 75% brewhouse.

I also figured out this time that 20lbs of grain for 11g batch size is about my max in my 17 gallon kettle

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[Mothman]

Mothman, the recipe says that it is calculated at 75% efficiency

I see it now. Thanks.

 

[Mothman]

As I'm preparing to order my ingredients for this,my go-to online source seems to have no Cascade hops currently, nor does the tiny local HBS here....

Any recommendations on a good substitute for the hops?

 

[Mothman]

As I'm preparing to order my ingredients for this,my go-to online source seems to have no Cascade hops currently, nor does the tiny local HBS here....

Any recommendations on a good substitute for the hops?

And as a pre-emptive follow-up, for subsitutes suggested, if someone could recommend if I should change the amount called for, I'd appreciate it. (ie. if a replacement should be used in smaller amounts due to increased bitterness, etc)

 

[ericbw]

Any 6% ish hops will work. Willamette is my go-to, but East Kent Goldings might be better for the last addition. Those aren't quite the same but better

If you're close to his 6.6%, then you can keep the 60 minutes addition the same.

 

[rossi46]

Ahtanum, Amarillo, or Centennial, just watch you AA.

 

[fragged]

Kegged and quick Carb'd 5 of 10 gallons yesterday(5 days total in primary). I normally don't like to quick carb, but sometimes you need more beer quick

I'm amazes at how good this is with all the cheats I mentioned above to get it ready quick.
Wow, great work Ed! Cant wait to see how it is after a few weeks go by.

 

[Mothman]

I ended up making this, my first all-grain (BIAB) on Sunday.

Managed to find all the ingredients needed, scaled the recipe to 3.5 gallons in Beersmith, and I think it went great!

I hit all the gravity and volume's pretty much spot on, and as of yesterday (about a day after pitching) it was bubbling away like crazy, and still doing so this morning.

Only hiccup on brew-day was in the mash... I'd planned on putting the kettle in the oven to help hold the temperature, but I was doing it at a friends place and realized his oven was too small.

So I just kept it on the stove top, and monitored, turned the heat on a bit and stirred a few times when I saw the temp drop more than a couple degrees.

Near the end of the mash I overshot the heat and got up to 160 (mashing at 152)

Fortunately (I think), this was with about 15 minutes left in the mash, so likely most, if not all, of the conversion was already done.

Other than that, all went well.

I'm not sure it'll be as dark as some of the pic's in this thread. As I was pouring from the kettle into the bucket, the beer looked more pale. Hard to tell for sure though.

I also made the decision to just dump everything, cold break and all, into the bucket. Not sure if that was a good plan or not. I've done that before with my extract batches, but the cold break on this all-grain was incredible, and now I'm hoping that it compacts down decently so I'm not cursing it when the time comes to rack to the bottling bucket.

I've got it fermenting in my fermentation cooler bag. The bucket went in the bag at 71F, dropped to 61F overnight, and as of this morning, with the vigorous fermentation, it was sitting at 64.

Plan to try to keep it around 64-65 through the next 3 or 4 days, assuming the bulk of fermentation will be done by then, then probably try to let it rise to high 60's until it measures as being done.

Then into the bottles to condition!

I'm looking forward to tasting this in a month or so.

 

[WhoDatDad78]

Brewed this on 4/23. Life got crazy, bottled on 5/28. Life got crazy again, cracked my first bottle today. Really crisp, slight bitterness gives way to a nice citrus/tropical finish. I've had a few bad batches recently so this is a welcome success. Bottled it in bombers, so..... yeah.🍻

 

[WhoDatDad78]

Almost forgot... it's lighter than it looks.

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[r8rphan]

What kind of FGs are you guys hitting with this beer?

 

[rossi46]

I use us-05 and hit 1.010

 

[PearlJam]

What kind of FGs are you guys hitting with this beer?

I got 1.008 with US-05 mashing at 152f

My previous batch to this one was 1.003 with everything the same, not sure what happened