American Pale Ale Cascades / Orange Pale Ale

[Whut]

I'm 1/2 way through 1 of 2 kegs of this and even though I'm not a fan of Safale-04 it's really quite good.

 

[ILOVEBEER]

I kegged my ten gallons a week ago...I tap them the 5th....can't wait! I used gelatin for the first time on this batch and it came out CLEAR as day!

 

[blacklab]

I'm 1/2 way through 1 of 2 kegs of this and even though I'm not a fan of Safale-04 it's really quite good.

05 or any other clean ale yeast works fine as well. I just happen to like 04.

 

[Whut]

05 or any other clean ale yeast works fine as well. I just happen to like 04.

Yeah, I'm definitely brewing this one again and will use '05. I cleared it with Gelatine and my wife told me that it looked like I was drinking something that was brewed professionally.

Thanks for the awesome recipe by the way.

 

[ILOVEBEER]

Yes thanks for the recipe...I try it tonight.....I'll let you know how it came out

 

[ILOVEBEER]

I really liked this beer. I used gelatin for the first time and it did clear it up substantially, but the dry hopping in the corney gave me particles in my glass....which I am ok with.

Once in a while I will taste orange and other times I don't. I wonder how it would taste with more orange zest added to it?

 

[GroosBrewz]

I really liked this beer. I used gelatin for the first time and it did clear it up substantially, but the dry hopping in the corney gave me particles in my glass....which I am ok with.

Once in a while I will taste orange and other times I don't. I wonder how it would taste with more orange zest added to it?

I made this with 2.75 oz of orange peel and I personally felt there was too much orange.. However 6 or 7 other people loved it and told me not to change a thing.. So, go figure.. In short, it will be fine with more zest, and I think you could even do the full 3 oz and be fine.. But that orange flavor will cling to your tongue! I can taste it a full hour after I drink it. It's a hard flavor to shake, I imagine because of all the oils...

 

[ILOVEBEER]

I know what you mean....hey you know how i mentioned that I was getting a bunch of hop material in my glass....after 10-12 glasses it is gone. I used a fine bag and whole leaf cascade...I didnt think it would deposit particles, but I guess they gotta go somewhere. My beer looks exactly as the glass pictured in the original post. I am happy with it and will brew this again for sure!

 

[skyzo]

I just brewed a half batch of this (2.5 Gallons) and I will have to say it smells and looks great so far. I used fresh orange peel, and zested two large oranges for this. Do you think this was enough for a half batch. I had no scale so it was just an estimate.

 

[iddqd]

Damn, I was going to make this tomorrow but my starter (made from the sediments from a bottle) hasn't grown enough and the LHBS is closed. Might have to postpone it a few days.

 

[binaryc0de]

Just racked this recipe to the secondary and had a taste. Great stuff! :rockin:
I can't wait to see how the dry hopping cascades effects the flavor.

 

[ThatGuyRyan]

I brewed up 11 gallons on Saturday and it smells great! I did run into a little problem though. When I came home from the LHBS the bag broke open just as I was about to set it on the counter. Well one of the packs of orange got away from me. I forgot that I already had a pack of coriander from before that was on the counter so I mistakenly thought that I picked up an extra coriander by mistake at the store thinking it was orange. So I put the orange that I had in and also 1/2 oz of bitter orange that I had on hand. Of course when I was cleaning up later I found the missing orange pack!

So I decided on Sunday morning to boil up 2 cups of wort with DME and put the last pack of orange in that and boiled for 15 min then chilled strained and dumped into the fermenter. Since it’s a 11 gallon batch hopefully the bitter orange won’t show much

 

[Wild Duk]

I still have a bunch of cascades saved up so will be giving this brew a try this week.

What is the Wyeast equivalent of Safale-04......

 

[ILOVEBEER]

Awesome beer.....I made 10 gallons. I tapped it Feb 6th....by the 8th it was gone....EVERYONE LOVED IT!!!!!

I would like a little more orangeflavor...I think next time i will ad 4 oz of orange zest to try it.

 

[Wild Duk]

I'm brewing this up this weeked, 5 gallon batch....ILOVEBEER, how much orange zest did you use, and when did you drop it into the boil?

Thx

 

[binaryc0de]

I used 2 oz of zest (had to zest like 9 oranges to get it). I think that is what the recipe called for. I dropped it in with 10 mins left in the boil along with the Corriander

 

[skyzo]

I did a 2.5 gallon batch of this, and zested two huge oranges to get the zest, but i still dont think it was enough to get the 1oz needed for the scaled down recipe.
Upon tasting after a little after a week in the primary, there is tons of nice grapefruit hints from the cascade, but no orange present
I'd imagine they might come through in time, so hopefully that is the case.

 

[ThatGuyRyan]

All of this lack of Orange makes me wonder. When I found my missing pack of orange I boiled it up in 2 cups or wort and the strained and dumped the wort into the fermenter. I then put the strained orange in a zip lock and threw it into the freezer. I wonder if it would give any additional flavor or aroma pitching the frozen/used orange into secondary. Guess I will have to take a gravity reading and sample it tonight.

 

[ILOVEBEER]

I used the recommended amount of orange that the recipe calls for...I doubled everything since I brew 10 gallon batches.....I will add more next time...definitley one of my favorite beers I have made.

 

[GroosBrewz]

I would like a little more orangeflavor...I think next time i will ad 4 oz of orange zest to try it.

You are a brave, brave man... LOL

 

[GroosBrewz]

We've heard an awful lot about the orange in this brew, but has anyone been able to define the coriander? When I made it I was so hung up on the orange that I never even noticed the coriander.. My wife said she "thought" she could taste it, but I could never precisely taste it.. What about you guys? Do you taste it?

 

[ILOVEBEER]

I taste a spice of something....not sure what it is.


I was thinking adding the 4oz of zest for the recommended 10 gallon batch I made plus adding an extra 2 oz for 6oz total.

 

[blacklab]

We've heard an awful lot about the orange in this brew, but has anyone been able to define the coriander? When I made it I was so hung up on the orange that I never even noticed the coriander.. My wife said she "thought" she could taste it, but I could never precisely taste it.. What about you guys? Do you taste it?

It has sort of a spicy grapefruit thing going on when you grind it fresh. That's why I thought to include it in this recipe, as a compliment to the orange and Cascade flavors. Honestly I've never been able to cleanly taste it shining through, but I think it all mixes together well.

 

[ThatGuyRyan]

I filtered and kegged mine last night and it definitely has a strong orange taste upfront followed by the coriander finish. Reminds me of Blue Moon. I think that I got such a strong flavor from both since I lost one of the packs or orange while brewing so after I ground the coriander I put it back in the mortis and pestle with all the sweet orange and worked them again. I think working the orange really let the oils come out because it is ORANGE! Very nice flavor all around they are both strong but work very well together. I also filtered it and then dry hopped it so we will see how it turns out in a few weeks.

 

[binaryc0de]

Bottled this one today. This is the first brew where instead of bottling the last few drops out of the bottling bucket (below the line of the spigot where hop residue sits) I drank down to the last drop from the bucket of flat beer! Awesome stuff even flat! On mine the Orange and Cascade hits you around about the same time so it makes it hard to separate the two but you can tell their are both there and the Coriander is in the aftertaste.

 

[ILOVEBEER]

This is my second time making this...brewed it yesterday. I wanted more orange flavor. I hand zested 6 oz of orange (instead of the 4oz of pre packaged sweet orange from LHBS last time) and added it to the 1hr boil to get the most out of the orange oils. I'll post once I keg and taste...can't wait!!!!!!

 

[MacBruver]

Brewing this one right now... grains are mashing and sparge water is heating up. I'm trying to decide just how much orange to use for mine as well. I think I'm going to do 6oz as well for 10 gals.)

It's been so long since I've brewed (october) that I'm pretty much out of everything! Can't wait until this one is ready to drink.

 

[ILOVEBEER]

MacBruver,

How much did you end up going with after all?

 

[MacBruver]

I ended up doing 6oz, plus a little extra. SWMBO did the zesting, and she went a little nuts with it- I had almost a quart bowl full of zest! I did it in two additions, 2oz at the beginning of the boil and 4oz with 10 minutes left.

I actually used tangelos instead of oranges... they were both on sale for 99 cents per pound, and I thought the tangelos would be more interesting. Not sure how different the flavor will end up being.

This was the first time I used my new 15 gal brew pot:

It worked great, but I really need to put a valve on it... my back is killing me from hefting all this water around!

 

[blacklab]

That brewpot is sweet! I'm working with a 10 gallon right now. I need to get a larger one so I can do 10 gallon batches.