American Pale Ale Da Yooper's House Pale Ale

[hunter_le five]

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That looks freaking amazing. You're making me thirsty.

 

[hunter_le five]

words and stuff

And aren't you a bit old to be going down the slide?

 

[mgr_stl]

I brewed this recipe exactly as posted in the first post. It was my first all grain brew (BIAB), and I ended up at a final gravity reading of 1.017-1.018 compared to Yooper's 1.010.

What is typically the most common culprit for not fermenting down all the way to the expected FG? I'm guessing it may be due to my inexperience with hitting the mash temp (it may have been as high as 157 at the very start).

I used rehydrated US-05.

 

[Yooper]

I brewed this recipe exactly as posted in the first post. It was my first all grain brew (BIAB), and I ended up at a final gravity reading of 1.017-1.018 compared to Yooper's 1.010.

What is typically the most common culprit for not fermenting down all the way to the expected FG? I'm guessing it may be due to my inexperience with hitting the mash temp (it may have been as high as 157 at the very start).

I used rehydrated US-05.

The culprit is most likely the high mash temp. One fix for next time is to have some boiling water handy, along with a couple of ice cubes, so you can adjust the mash temperature right away and that should help.

At 1.017, it will still be very good!

 

[mgr_stl]

Thanks for the tips. I definitely had a bit of trouble accurately determining the mash temp. During the hour mash, I got pretty different temps before/after stirring each fifteen minutes. I had the kettle covered with a couple towels and a blanket for insulation.

 

[FoxPaw]

Just started strike water for 10 gal batch all cascade

 

[TheHairyHop]

Thanks for the tips. I definitely had a bit of trouble accurately determining the mash temp. During the hour mash, I got pretty different temps before/after stirring each fifteen minutes. I had the kettle covered with a couple towels and a blanket for insulation.

you may want to rig up a mash tun from a cheap cooler that you find on Craigslist. That being said, make sure you stir the heck out of your mash right when you dump the water in and then let it sit for a minute before taking the temp reading.

 

[FoxPaw]

Boil is done and cooling is down to 100*f

 

[MikeSkril]

Hi,

Could I use WLP001 instead of S-05? I have still a lot of 001 in the fridge.

Thanks!

 

[Yooper]

Hi,

Could I use WLP001 instead of S-05? I have still a lot of 001 in the fridge.

Thanks!

Yes, and that is actually my preference over the last few years.

 

[MikeSkril]

Thanks Yooper! I'm ending up brewing only Yooper recipes!

Will do the oatmeal stout and after that this APA.

Thanks for the support!

 

[Kee]

I usually brew Belgian style beers but I happened to obtain Wyeast 1056 at a good price (free). So I brewed with this grain bill. Many thanks, Yooper, it turned out great! Malt forward, as you said, lots of flavor. I'll try another batch some day with the original yeast.

 

[ggriffi]

I just got done with this and I have a question. For whatever reason, at the end of the boil I was just under a gallon too much wort. So I boiled longer to get down to 5.5 gallons and my OG is 1.060 compared to 1.046 it should be according to beersmith. Something to worry about or should I just RDWHAHB?

tia,
g

EDIT: My reading was temp corrected and my hydro reads at 1.000 in plain water

 

[Jsamp]

It will just be higher in alcohol. I wouldn't consider it anything to worry about.

 

[Nightstrife]

I consistently brew this with an extra pound of MO to get the gravity higher. Love the extra thickness and abv. I would not worry about being at that gravity.

 

[Jwin]

I just got done with this and I have a question. For whatever reason, at the end of the boil I was just under a gallon too much wort. So I boiled longer to get down to 5.5 gallons and my OG is 1.060 compared to 1.046 it should be according to beersmith. Something to worry about or should I just RDWHAHB?

tia,
g

EDIT: My reading was temp corrected and my hydro reads at 1.000 in plain water

I made a 1.086 version
Don't worry

Oh, and it was awesome.

 

[BrewinBromanite]

First time I made it I also ended up with extra wort (about .75 gal extra), and also boiled down a bit, and ended up with ~7.5% ABV beer. One of my favorite brews to date. Hoppy and malty deliciousness.

 

[Brauer]

Just brewed this on Wednesday with a few changes
6# MO
3# Vienna
1# Munich 20L
.5 # C40
.75# Victory
All Amarillo to 45 IBU's with. 1 oz Amarillo and .5 oz homegrown cascades at FO.
Fermented with Nottingham.
Missed my numbers a little...OG 1.053
Also used you primer
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=198460
.24 lbs. Sauermalz (2%)
1 tsp cal chloride per 5 gallons.

 

[jbb3]

Brewed a batch this past weekend. Unfortunately, I grabbed the recipe while walking out the door BEFORE I had scaled it to my equipment profile... :smack:

And of course, Yooper's fly sparge mash efficiency is about 10 points higher than my batch sparge mash efficiency.

So to squeeze every bit out of the mash possible, I did a third running and manually recirculated (bailed) a few times before adding the third running to the BK. Also reduced my typical post boil volume by about a quart. And guess what? My SG ended up 1 point lower than Yooper's!

I was pleased with the mash results and look forward to kegging this Da Yooper's HPA!!

 

[catdaddy66]

Gonna make this my next brew. Want to try a few APA recipes to end the year.

 

[arnobg]

Has anyone Brewer this with 2-Row or is Marris Otter recommended?

Also a few questions for people who have Brewer it more than once since this is a lot of pages to read through:

What is the best yeast for this recipe?
How long in primary/secondary?
Cold crash/finings?

 

[Yooper]

Has anyone Brewer this with 2-Row or is Marris Otter recommended?

Also a few questions for people who have Brewer it more than once since this is a lot of pages to read through:

What is the best yeast for this recipe?
How long in primary/secondary?
Cold crash/finings?

You can it with US two-row and it'll be fine. I like maris otter (or golden promise) because it's a "warmer" malt flavor, if that makes sense. Not exactly more bready, but sorta kinda, and I like the malt flavor it brings. With US two-row, it'll still be great.

I usually leave the beer in primary for 10-14 days, then keg it. I don't cold crash or use finings, but you could.

I stopped using S05 a while back, due to it not clearing all that well for me and having some "fruity" peach esters when fermenting it cool (under 64 degrees).

I really like WLP001 and Wyeast 1335 in this beer.

 

[jtratcliff]

I've only used 2row for this and think it's great. I do sub in 1lb of victory, though to get little bit of what I miss by not using Maris otter

 

[arnobg]

I have some 1056 and 1272 these should be good right? Anyone else use these in this recipe?

 

[arnobg]

So I am brewing this recipe next bought all ingredients as stated on first page and going to do WL001 for yeast.

Any suggestions for brewing this? Was thinking 3 weeks primary including a few days cold crash with gelatin. does this sound good or is 2 weeks sufficient?

 

[Yooper]

So I am brewing this recipe next bought all ingredients as stated on first page and going to do WL001 for yeast.

Any suggestions for brewing this? Was thinking 3 weeks primary including a few days cold crash with gelatin. does this sound good or is 2 weeks sufficient?

I don't do a long primary, but if you do it will be fine.

 

[arnobg]

I don't do a long primary, but if you do it will be fine.

Excellent. What size starter do you normally use on the recipe Yoop?

 

[Yooper]

Excellent. What size starter do you normally use on the recipe Yoop?

I use mrmalty.com 's yeast pitching calculator. I use slurry that I've saved, so it really depends on how old my slurry is and how it calculates out.

 

[catdaddy66]

Making ten gallons of this recipe at a flood relief fund raiser for my local LHBS today. Going to change the hops to 7 C's in place of cascade.

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

I'm thinking of using this method in place of dry hopping, Ive used it before with other beers and came out great
HOPS:
1 oz - Cascade, Type: Pellet, AA: 7, Use: Mash, IBU: 5.25
1 oz - Cascade, Type: Pellet, AA: 7, Use: Boil for 30 min, IBU: 20.24
1 oz - Cascade, Type: Pellet, AA: 7, Use: Boil for 15 min, IBU: 13.07
1 oz - Cascade, Type: Pellet, AA: 7, Use: Boil for 5 min, IBU: 5.25
1 oz - Cascade, Type: Pellet, AA: 7, Use: Whirlpool for 30 min at 190 °F, IBU: 0.95

recirculate in the mash for an hour first