American Pale Ale Cascades / Orange Pale Ale

[MacBruver]

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.

The picture doesn't really do it justice- I can almost get inside the thing it's so big in diameter. I actually bought it at a swap meet... there was a guy there selling huge tamale pots, but he also had some stainless ones. Of course they have no idea how many gallons it holds, so I had to actually get out my tape measure and calculator.

 

[MeanGreen]

This was my first attempt at AG back in Dec. faulty thermometer had me miss the mash temp. Went in at over 165. So I made the best smelling 3.1 beer around

Going to attempt again on Friday, but running low on Cascade so going to mix in some Citra. Any thoughts?

 

[MacBruver]

Ok I think this is the best beer I've ever made. Combination of a good recipe, and finally getting my all grain setup nailed down. I'm going to be kegging this one after 3 weeks in primary, I'll post back again after that to report on how the amount of zest worked out.

 

[rickstar1970]

Mine came out great. Kegged it. Neighbors liked it. I used real oranges since in my neighborhood we have so many we cant give them away(Glendora, CA). Used a potato peeler to get the outermost part of the skin with barely any white. I used a darker caramel 60L, but still came out great. I concur its a nice balance of orange and cascade hop flavor. Thanks for the Recipe.

 

[ThatGuyRyan]

Mine is still young but I pulled a pint last night and strong hop and coriander maybe just a bit too much coriander with just a hint of orange. It did have way more orange flavor before I dry hopped it. But again it has only been on the gas for a week so once the hops mellow out hopefully more of the orange will come back. Still a great beer.

 

[blacklab]

This was my first attempt at AG back in Dec. faulty thermometer had me miss the mash temp. Went in at over 165. So I made the best smelling 3.1 beer around

Going to attempt again on Friday, but running low on Cascade so going to mix in some Citra. Any thoughts?

I recently made an IPA with 100% Citra that I was very happy with. Very fruity, perhaps even stronger than Cascades. Should be great!

 

[ILOVEBEER]

Just carbonated the keg for my second batch. I used 6oz of raw orange zest I got from 9 oranges and threw them in at the 60 min boil to extract the most out of the orange zest.
I'll let you guys know how it turned out.

 

[hoppheadIPA]

I'm wanting to brew this real bad, but thinking of only using half the amount or corriander. Last time I used that in a saison, it was too spicy for a few months before it mellowed out. I'm also going half cascade and half citra for dry hops. I'm calling it "Citra Blast Orange Pale Ale". Hope it turns out good. What's going to be the difference if i used -05 as opposed to -04?

 

[ILOVEBEER]

HoppheadIPA,

Honestly you cant even taste the coriander.....at all (atleast I cant).

 

[Wild Duk]

I just poured a pint of this brew. I brewed it 2/21 and used 1.75 oz. of fresh orange zest. It was about 10 medium size oranges, not sure what type. To be honest, the beer is good, really good hop flavor, but I don't taste any orange in there at all. I put the zest in with 5 mionutes remaining.......Anyone else have this problem using fresh zest. Maybe It wasn't in the boil long enough????

The beer is still very good though.....

 

[ChemEMc]

I know i tried using fresh yest w/ another recipe and i ended up having to add more to the keg to bring out some orange. I've read on this board that you need at least twice as much fresh zest by weight when compared to using the dry stuff. I think you'd be safe with even more then twice as much...

edit: yest=zest

 

[blacklab]

I know i tried using fresh yest w/ another recipe and i ended up having to add more to the keg to bring out some orange. I've read on this board that you need at least twice as much fresh zest by weight when compared to using the dry stuff. I think you'd be safe with even more then twice as much...

Also - by trial and error, I got the amount of orange to a level that I like, which is just a hint. If you want more orange flavor, you'll definitely need to up the addition.

 

[hoppheadIPA]

Brewed this today. It was my 1st all grain. It went pretty well. Only difference I made was used 10lbs 2-row instead of 9lbs maris otter, and I also lessened the coriander a touch. I hit an OG of 1.059. I hope it turns out good.

 

[ILOVEBEER]

wildduk,

I used 6oz of orange zest. IMHO I think this is the greatest beer I have made to date. It has a minor orange flavor (even with 6oz of zest @ the 60 min boil). This is for certain my forever house beer. I did do three different things:

-I used 6oz of fresh orange zest @ the 60 min boil (I wanted more orange flavor..got it)
-I used three packets of yeast Safale-04
-I used gelatin prior to cold crashing for 3 days

Other than that I doubled ingredients and used a little more water to fill 2 cornies to the top for an 10+ gallon batch

 

[blacklab]

wildduk,

I used 6oz of orange zest. IMHO I think this is the greatest beer I have made to date. It has a minor orange flavor (even with 6oz of zest @ the 60 min boil). This is for certain my forever house beer. I did do three different things:

-I used 6oz of fresh orange zest @ the 60 min boil (I wanted more orange flavor..got it)
-I used three packets of yeast Safale-04
-I used gelatin prior to cold crashing for 3 days

Other than that I doubled ingredients and used a little more water to fill 2 cornies to the top for an 10+ gallon batch

Cool, man. I have been making this beer with reduced gluten (brewer's clarex) lately. I'm really happy to be able to drink it again.

 

[ILOVEBEER]

Thank you for the awesome recipe!!!!!!!!!!!!!! People that try this beer say it is F*%$#@G AWESOME (to be exact).

I just brewed it again Tuesday for my baby's shower in June. I upped the orange zest to 8oz just to try it since I want a little more orange residual....worse case I dont do it next time. This is going to be a staple through my tapper. People at work ask for it by name all the time.

I reduced the S-04 to only two packs since I think 3 packs is a waste IMO.

Thanks again for the great recipe!

Joe

 

[JMass]

OK, I re-brewed this again yesterday. The 1st time a few things went wrong. I didn't use the 10L Crystal malt that I used this time. I didn't do the first wort hopping the 1st time as I didn't understand what that was. This time I did. And I think last time I had a problem with tannins if I remember right, so I tried to keep the sparge temp from getting too high.

I only used 2 ounces of fresh peel, so hopefully that was enough. Believe it or not, I only used one large orange for this. I'm not sure how dried peel equates to fresh. Obviously, the dry will be lighter, but I'm thinking some of the flavor will be gone also - so maybe the weights are equivalent(?)

 

[blacklab]

Not sure about the level of orange you'll get, but I know for sure that you'll have beer. You can also 'dry orange' in the secondary if you feel you'd like some more in the final product.

 

[BucksPA]

look, its in my signature. cant wait to brew this on saturday!!!

 

[blacklab]

look, its in my signature. cant wait to brew this on saturday!!!

solid! let us know how it goes!

 

[Pete79]

Brewed a PM version of this and love it. Fiance loves it. Soon to be father in law loves it. My uncle hates it. (Natty light drinker!).

I did forget to dry-hop it though. I'll try that next time.

 

[blacklab]

Brewed a PM version of this and love it. Fiance loves it. Soon to be father in law loves it. My uncle hates it. (Natty light drinker!).

I did forget to dry-hop it though. I'll try that next time.

Solid! Sounds like your new mission is to convert Uncle Natty.

 

[JMass]

Hi all,

I kegged 2 beers today. One was the Orange Cascade. It looked crystal clear in the hydrometer cylinder. I don't recall that happening before. (This is my second batch.) I didn't use the secondary fermentation, so hopefully I didn't get too much gunk in the keg. Should be great. Other different things I do: I hop in the keg; I use speiss for carbonation. I like the head better and it saves on CO2. Also makes me feel like I have a British real ale style.

 

[ILOVEBEER]

what is speiss? Never heard of it

 

[MVKTR2]

I stopped reading this thread as soon as I saw a pic with a magazine featuring Oprah on the cover(first post)... just doesn't seem right no matter how good the bier is or how many post the thread has!

Schlante,
Phillip

 

[blacklab]

what is speiss? Never heard of it

You save some wort from brewday and add it back to carb when bottling/kegging, rather than corn sugar or force carbing.

I stopped reading this thread as soon as I saw a pic with a magazine featuring Oprah on the cover(first post)... just doesn't seem right no matter how good the bier is or how many post the thread has!

Schlante,
Phillip

What can I say, the wife reads Oprah while drinking.

 

[MVKTR2]

What can I say, the wife reads Oprah while drinking.

If I read Oprah... I'd need a drink also! :fro:

Has anyone won/placed in competition with this brew?

Schlante,
Phillip

 

[JMass]

You save some wort from brewday and add it back to carb when bottling/kegging, rather than corn sugar or force carbing.
QUOTE]

Thanks for the reply. My spelling was off. It should be spelled SPEISE.

 

[blacklab]

Has anyone won/placed in competition with this brew?

Not sure, I don't do the competition thing, and I'm not sure which BJCP category this would go into.

 

[BucksPA]

this is going to be the best beer ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!

patiently waiting for her to clean up a bit in the secondary and then off to the old kegerator. every sample thus far tasted delicious!