American Pale Ale Cascades / Orange Pale Ale

[bknifefight]

If you can steep grains, you can do a PM.

 

[crusader1612]

Is it sweet orange peel? Bitter orange peel orange zest what r people doing?

 

[bknifefight]

Is it sweet orange peel? Bitter orange peel orange zest what r people doing?

I grate my own oranges. If I want them sweet, I make sure to not get any of the white pith. If I want it bitter, I get a lot of pith in there.

 

[crusader1612]

Cheers, Bknife.

Has anyone brewed this with Wyeast 3711?? I think this might work well with it??

 

[bknifefight]

It would become a hoppy saison, which I think would be pretty good, actually.

 

[Whut]

I need to brew this again as it's been to long.

 

[crusader1612]

It would become a hoppy saison, which I think would be pretty good, actually.

It's just someone said that they were using that yeast. would be interesting to hear if they had success??

 

[theveganbrewer]

What's the consensus on weight of fresh orange peel?

 

[dadnboys]

I have wanted to brew this recipe for some time. I had planned 2 other recipes ahead of it, however. My brew buddy said he was making a barley wine with all Maris Otter base malt and I could use the second runnings! Bought the other ingredients for the Orange Pale Ale and I was on my way! I did a mini mash with 4 lbs Maris Otter and the specialy grains, decanted the tea to my brew pot, dumped the grains atop his sparged grain bed and sparged some more. At 6.5 gal collected in brew pot, the SG (adjusted for temp) was 1.057) almost dead on. The only recipe changes were-I used fresh Cascade hops that I grew myself (10 min, 5 min) and subbed Citra for Cascade in the 1 min hop addition. I'll let you know how it tastes. My suggestion, however, if you're making a big 10 gal Maris Otter beer, this recipe lends itself to a great 2nd running 5 gal batch. You could possiblly steep the specialty grains like a PM recipe, although i did not. Thanks black lab! Ending SG litte high at 1.064

OK, I just cracked my first bottle after 1 week. There is one thing I would change in the future. When I transferred to the secondary fermentor I tasted the beer. The sweet orange was too subtle for me so I added about 2T of fresh grated orange peel to the secondary. Unfortunately, this was too much orange and now it has a super orange nose and taste. I think I just created a fruit beer. Delicious and dangerously way to easy to drink, but too orange right now.

 

[blacklab]

OK, I just cracked my first bottle after 1 week. There is one thing I would change in the future. When I transferred to the secondary fermentor I tasted the beer. The sweet orange was too subtle for me so I added about 2T of fresh grated orange peel to the secondary. Unfortunately, this was too much orange and now it has a super orange nose and taste. I think I just created a fruit beer. Delicious and dangerously way to easy to drink, but too orange right now.

Glad you're liking it...now you know how much to add if you want an orange bomb. In the original recipe it's not 'hit in you in the face' orange. You really need to know what you're looking for when you try a sample pre-bottling, as it will change dramatically when carbed.

 

[cheesecake]

I still need to brew this. This may be my first beer when I finish my 2.5 gallon setup

 

[blacklab]

I still need to brew this. This may be my first beer when I finish my 2.5 gallon setup

Let me know if you need it scaled.

 

[NZLunchie]

Just brewed, but I got distracted and forgot to throw in the orange & coriander, so I made a 5 litre tea, boiled for 15 and threw it in the fermenter. Still be beer right

 

[moorerm04]

Brewed this Monday..... It is fermenting away right now and my brew room smells awesome like a big citrus party!

 

[ZombieBrew83]

I brewed this on 8-20 and bottled on 9-8. After two months in the bottle the hop flavor and aroma have faded quite a bit (which is typical in my experience) but the orange peal has really come forward to keep the overall flavor full and interesting. I am very satisfied with this beer. It has been a real crowd pleaser and I look forward to brewing it again in the future.

 

[cheesecake]

Looks like I'm brewing a 1 gallon batch of this tomorrow. Not motivated to build my 2.5 gallon setup so ill just brew a small batch

 

[NZLunchie]

Just threw mine into cold crash with 32g Motueka and 36g Cascade. Gravity sample was really good, nice hint of spice from the coriander, but not much from the orange. Still made beer though

Ghetto cold crash, thanks to Crusader1612:

Container, water from the hose, 10L ice block rotated every 8 hours (give or take)

Orange Cascade Pale Ale on the right, Rhubarb Saison on the left:

 

[moorerm04]

I'm gonna LE mine sit on the yeast a little bit longer.... It only been in there since Monday. Probably going to let it go till next Friday or so and then dry hop for 5 days. Cold crash and keg.

 

[cheesecake]

Mashing this right now. I can't wait to get this done

 

[bknifefight]

I'm gonna LE mine sit on the yeast a little bit longer.... It only been in there since Monday. Probably going to let it go till next Friday or so and then dry hop for 5 days. Cold crash and keg.

You keep your carboy in DIRECT sunlight?! You might not want to do that...

 

[blacklab]

Yeah, throw a t-shirt on that, or something!

 

[blacklab]

Just threw mine into cold crash with 32g Motueka and 36g Cascade. Gravity sample was really good, nice hint of spice from the coriander, but not much from the orange. Still made beer though

You can dry-peel also, if you want more orange.

 

[cheesecake]

have you ever dry peeled? Im interested in tying that?

 

[blacklab]

Yes, just put it in secondary like hops

 

[crusader1612]

I'm doing this twice.
First time is as Recipe (cost me a bit extra for the us hops here in NZ).
then I'll re do it shortly after, adding 1kg(2lbs of Wheat Malt) to up the abv and give it Something extra and use a saison or farmhouse style yeast. and compare.....

If i like any of these, I might even try one or both orf these with Nelson Sauvin, I reckon It'd go quite well with it.

 

[blacklab]

I've added a 1lb of wheat to the recipe in the past, it's nice. Gives it some more body and a fluffier head.

 

[cheesecake]

Transferred mine to dry hop it /dry peel it. Going to give it a week then bottle it

 

[D_Nyholm]

Using this recipe as my first 10 gallon batch to split with a friend. He likes wheats and Belgians and I like IPA and pale ales. Hope this will make us both happy!

 

[ThickHead]

Transferred mine to dry hop it /dry peel it. Going to give it a week then bottle it

I think you'll like the outcome. I have done it both ways as well. The beauty of this recipe is it's flexibility in my opinion. If you like more spice, add to the coriander. If you like more orange, dry peel or add more to the boil. I have brewed this recipe several ways to find my favorite....and I have equally loved each rendition on it's own merit.

Love this recipe.:rockin:

 

[cheesecake]

Im going to cold crash this and bottle it over the weekend. I cant wait to try it