Thedagem
Active Member
Hey all. Below is the recipe for Brewers Best Imperial Pale ale. I'm sure you've all heard of this recipe, if not brewed it. I've done a bunch of extract kits, and this one was by far our favorite beer we've made. I recently purchased beer smith 2 because we are starting to make all grain beers. Our first few have been underwhelming. And everyone that has tried our beer still talks about that Imperial Pale ale extract kit beer we made. So we were wondering how to convert it to an all grain so we could brew it again.
I realize that with beer smith 2 there is a way to do this, but depending on the order of steps I change things in, it turns out completely different. Also the names of the LME and DME in beersmith are named differently, and I wanted to make sure I used the right one. I want to do this right, as I paid for the program, and want to learn to use it well. I'm not sure what type of water to pick from the list, or what size pot to tell it I'm using, or what type of mash schedule to use. I'm overwhelmed by the options I guess.
I also realize that it's not going to taste exactly the same as the extract beer, I'm fine with that, but I'd like to make a beer that's close at least. That way I can tinker a bit with the recipe to make it better.
I have some Wyeast smack packs 1 of Rogues Pacman Yeast, and one 1056 American Ale yeast I intend to use for this weekends brew session. I plan to do a 10 gallon batch of this Imperial Pale ale, and use the 2 different yeasts to see what the difference is in each. I figure it will be a good learning experiment. If anyone has any suggestions, or tips on how to use Beer Smith to make the below recipe into an all grain success I'd love the help. In case it matters, we have an igloo cooler mash tun, and a keg we cut up to make a brew pot. Thanks for reading my post.
6.6# light LME
2# golden DME
1# caramel 80
0.5# victory
0.25# carapils
Hops
2 oz columbus boil 40 min
1 oz columbus boil 15 min
1 oz columbus boil 5 min
I realize that with beer smith 2 there is a way to do this, but depending on the order of steps I change things in, it turns out completely different. Also the names of the LME and DME in beersmith are named differently, and I wanted to make sure I used the right one. I want to do this right, as I paid for the program, and want to learn to use it well. I'm not sure what type of water to pick from the list, or what size pot to tell it I'm using, or what type of mash schedule to use. I'm overwhelmed by the options I guess.
I also realize that it's not going to taste exactly the same as the extract beer, I'm fine with that, but I'd like to make a beer that's close at least. That way I can tinker a bit with the recipe to make it better.
I have some Wyeast smack packs 1 of Rogues Pacman Yeast, and one 1056 American Ale yeast I intend to use for this weekends brew session. I plan to do a 10 gallon batch of this Imperial Pale ale, and use the 2 different yeasts to see what the difference is in each. I figure it will be a good learning experiment. If anyone has any suggestions, or tips on how to use Beer Smith to make the below recipe into an all grain success I'd love the help. In case it matters, we have an igloo cooler mash tun, and a keg we cut up to make a brew pot. Thanks for reading my post.
6.6# light LME
2# golden DME
1# caramel 80
0.5# victory
0.25# carapils
Hops
2 oz columbus boil 40 min
1 oz columbus boil 15 min
1 oz columbus boil 5 min
