American Pale Ale Chinook & Simcoe APA

[strangebrew14]

I followed Bassbeer recipe tweek and just bottled today. This is my best brew yet and has an awesome hop aroma but still maintains that pale malty flavor I love. Now the hard part..waiting out the carb :0) cheers!

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Home Brew mobile app

 

[Erol]

Hi everyone,

I would like to try this but i am not sure if i can keep the fermenter at the required temperature. I also could not find the FG and OG. Thanks



Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

 

[pstrohs]

Hi everyone,

I would like to try this but i am not sure if i can keep the fermenter at the required temperature. I also could not find the FG and OG. Thanks



Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

OG was 1.057 and shoot for low teens for the FG. If you keep the fermentation temps under 70 you will be good.

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Home Brew mobile app

 

[ProfX]

Fermentation Schedule
7 days @ 64 then raise to 70 over the next 3 days; 7 days @ 70; cold crash for 3 days

At what point in the fermentation schedule do you dry hop? Or did you dry hop it in the Keg? Also, did you ever rack to a secondary?

 

[pstrohs]

At what point in the fermentation schedule do you dry hop? Or did you dry hop it in the Keg? Also, did you ever rack to a secondary?

Total time in the primary is around 21 days and I will typically dry hop the last 7 days of primary. It is not necessary to secondary this beer. You will be fine with adding hops directly to the primary.

 

[Erol]

Hi again,

It is in the fermenter for 5 days. I have two questions. Do i need to cold crash before secondary and dry hoping? How can i prevent the oxygen input during cold crash? Is it so important?

Thanks in advance


Erol


Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

 

[pstrohs]

Hi again,

It is in the fermenter for 5 days. I have two questions. Do i need to cold crash before secondary and dry hoping? How can i prevent the oxygen input during cold crash? Is it so important?

Thanks in advance


Erol


Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Hi Erol, a couple of things. One of the most important things is to ensure that the fermentation is complete before transferring off of the primary. For a pale ale, I typically don't check the FG until at least two weeks into fermentation. One good practice is to check your gravity reading 3 days in a row and if the readings don't change then fermentation is complete (barring a possible stuck fermentation).

After 2 weeks and you have determined complete fermentation, add the dry hops to the primary (there is absolutely no reason to secondary this beer). Keep the hops in for 7 days and cold crash the last 3 days of the 7. It is not a must to cold crash but I will do this to drop the yeast and hop particles.

In regards to oxidation during cold crashing, this should not be an issue. Since you are not moving from the primary, you will have a layer of CO2 over the beer. When I cold crash, I switch my 3 piece airlock to an "S" type airlock to prevent suck back. Not really sure if that was your concern about oxidation during cold crashing?

 

[Erol]

Thank you very much for the detailed explanation.


Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

 

[ProfX]

Doesn't look like my LHBS has any Simcoe in stock and not sure if they carry them at all, anybody have a good substitute for it? I read there really isn't one, but anybody know of a hop that goes well with Columbus/Chinook based on it's characteristics? Or should I just stick my nose in some hops ala Jim Koch and decide there?

 

[strangebrew14]

Working through my second case of bottles of this amazing brew..recipe was spot on and love the hoppy goodness this offers. Looks like a re-brew will be needed soon and this will become a household staple :0) cheers!!

 

[Flipadelphia]

Brewing this today. Thanks for the recipe. I have a pound of chinook and 1/2 lb of simcoe and this is the perfect use for some of them.

 

[Malty_Dog]

Looks like a great APA. Chinook and Simcoe caught my eye. Next time I make a pale, this will be it I believe.

 

[JohnK93]

Brewing this today...been wanting to try Simcoe for a while but this will be my first time. Bringing wort to a boil now. My LHBS recently changed the rollers on their crusher and warned me that my efficiency might go up, which it did, so this might be a little bigger than expected. Not a bad problem to have!

I love pale ales...really looking forward to tasting this one.

Update: Yep...1.069 OG. I think this might turn out more like a lightly hopped IPA.

John