Help with recipe - Light Pale Ale

[Nordman]

I was thinking about brewing a light summer pale ale that would be light in color like a pilsner or a blonde but not using as high % of wheat as most blondes I've tasted and using american/nz/aussie hops. Safale us-05 will be the yeast of choice (have 10 packs of it and nothing else.

I will not order any more grains or hops so I will use from what is available.

Grains

25kg/55lb pale ale weyermann 7 ebc
8kg/17lb pilsner weyermann 3 ebc
3kg/6.5lb wheat 5 ebc
2kg/4lb caramalt 30 ebc
2kg/4lb crystal 120 ebc
1kg/2lb vienna 8 ebc
1kg/2lb pale crystal 70 ebc
1kg/2lb dark crystal 275 ebc
1kg/2lb carapils 5 ebc
1kg/2lb carafa III 1400 ebc
1kg/2lb chocolate 1200 ebc
500g/1lb cara gold 120 ebc
300g/10oz caramunich I 90 ebc
1.5kg/3lb muntons extra light LME
1.5kg/3lb muntons extra light DME

Hops

500g/17oz galaxy
500g/17oz cascade
500g/17oz citra
300g/10.5oz summer
250g/8.5oz magnum
200g/7oz simcoe
100g/3.5oz amarillo
100g/3.5oz chinook
100g/3.5oz perle
100g/3.5oz pacifica
100g/3.5oz saaz
90g/3oz centennial
60g/2oz waimea
14g/0.5oz northern brewer

I will be doing 20 liter/5 gallon batches. I don't think I will use any of the extract as I'm keeping those for a high gravity IIPA.

I have already brewed 3 batches but they were more within style. 2 pale ales and a hefeweizen. This will be sort of out of style.
I want to keep the IBU below 30 and the ABV around 5 and the color light like a golden pilsner but not watery like bud lite or corona.
I don't want it too bitter but I want a decent amount of hop flavor/aroma so I'm thinking plenty of late hopping.

Any good suggestions for a grain bill and hop schedule?

 

[RM-MN]

I made a very light color ale by using pale malt, white rice (ground with my Corona mill) and corn meal. A little carpils might help add body and head retention and you can use some pale crystal for complexity and color.

 

[Nordman]

Thanks but I wasn't planning on using any rice. Mainly barley, maybe up to 5% wheat.

 

[dcp27]

how about 5% wheat, 10% vienna, remainder 2-row. then something like
0.25oz hops @60
0.75oz hops @15
1.5oz hops @0
personally I'd probably split the late hops among simcoe, amarillo, & centennial from what you have, but I dunno what flavor/aroma you're trying to accomplish from them.

 

[Nordman]

Thanks. If you say simcoe, amarillo and centennial is a good combo I may try that.
I was wondering if this looks ok though?

4kg/8.5lb pale ale 2-row 7ebc
460g/1lb vienna 8ebc
230g/0.5lb wheat malt 5ebc

batch size 19l/5gal
efficiency: 60%
est og: 1.043
est abv: 4.6%
est ebc: 10.8 (what does this really look like?)
est ibu: 24.5


60m
0.25oz Northern Brewer (10%)

10m
1/3oz Amarillo
1/3oz Centennial
1/3oz Simcoe

0m
0.5oz Amarillo
0.5oz Centennial
0.5oz Simcoe

Dryhop 7 days
2/3oz Amarillo
2/3oz Centennial
2/3oz Simcoe


I'm thinking of increasing the amount and moving the late hopping from 15 to 10 minute for more hops and less ibu. Also thinking of adding a total of 2oz for dry hopping.
Any input?

 

[Nordman]

I was thinking about fermenting this using my bathtub, pitching at around 13C/55F and keeping it under 18C/65F to make it more clean and non estery. Just like the low ibu, keeping the macro lager drinkers happy (can't try brewing an actual lager until winter).
I have however read on this forum about safale being "peachy" at the low range of it's temperature... Doesn't sound too bad, who doesn't like peaches
But seriously, to make it clean and crisp is there an alternative to safale 05?

 

[dcp27]

I know others do get it, but I almost always ferment S05 that low and have never found it to be peachy. if you can keep it close to 60, nottingham is very clean n crisp.

I think the recipe looks great. That color should be a pale golden yellow I believe
http://www.twobeerdudes.com/beer/srm

 

[strambo]

Keep the 05 at 64-68 and it will be good, I use it all the time. That recipe looks good.


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[Nordman]

Pitched at 17c/60F, it kept at around 19-20c/66-68F for a few days, moved up to 22c/71.5F for a few hours before I got the temp back down to 20c/68F. Hoping it will turn out good.

 

[edb]

I ferment low temps with 05 and never had peach flavors, odd.

 

[Nordman]

Update:

My best brew so far. Thanks to dcp27 for the hop combo suggestion. I'll definitely brew this one again, it's almost empty already.