High Sierra (Sierra Nevada) Pale Ale
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doctorRobert
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I would check out this thread: http://forum.northernbrewer.com/viewtopic.php?t=15532
binaryc0de
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I brewed that recipe and other than my color ended up a tad bit darker it was very close. Close enough that I would call it cloned anyways.
RustyMusket
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I Got this recipe from the best of brew your own. it has been in the primary for 4 days now.
I've got this in the fermenter for about 2 1/2 weeks now, I sampled my gravity reading after 1 week and there was something seriously wrong with it. It was my first AG brew. The wort tasted fine, but there was some serious phenol/bitterness in my sample that really discouraged me about the beer. I'm really hoping that goes away here pretty quick cause I'd love to have this in my new kegging system for the summer.
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After another sample, that flavor seems to have gone away. My recipe was slightly different. I only did a 60 minute boil. 10 lb 2-row and .75 lb of crystal 60. I ended up with a little less wort, but my efficiency was also a little low, so it actually came out right on gravity. My pre-carbed and pre-dryhopped sample seemed to have a little more hop bitterness than Sierra Nevada, but that may be due to my water. Excited about my first AG!!
It's been about 4 weeks in bottles. The taste is not quite SN, but it is pretty good. It actually has a little off taste. Not a bad taste, just kinda like a different style. It is not a crisp as SN, for lack of a better word. I think it may still be a little green.
Next time, I'll probably dry hop it a little. I'm more of an IPA person, but I wanted to see what the baseline recipe was like.
Next time, I'll probably dry hop it a little. I'm more of an IPA person, but I wanted to see what the baseline recipe was like.
RustyMusket
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To Newgene, just for clarification purposes, I take it you did not dryhop in the secondary?
No dry hop at all.
Pulled my first glass of this tonight from the kegerator, pretty dang good! I dry-hopped with 2 oz of cascades, so it has the aroma of an IPA. Taste is very close to a SNPA, just slightly undercarbed at this point, only 4 days in the keg. My best brew so far!
I should note, my recipe was slightly different
I should note, my recipe was slightly different
RustyMusket
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I bottled mine last night. I was so happy jumping around the house like a crazy my wife thought i was nutz, it smells just like SNPA. I dry hopped with 2 oz of cascade pellets.
So I compared my SNPA with a real one tonight, I had to take into consideration that the real SNPA bottle was a few months old at this point. Color was spot on! The head on mine was really white while the head on the SNPA was slightly tan, at least compared to mine. Mine has MUCH more hop bitterness and not much of any malt sweetness compared to the SNPA. I'm not sure if it's due to my water or what, but sipping back and forth between the two, the real SNPA tastes soo much maltier. For a first all grain, I did pretty well, but my clone is lacking in the malt department.
Dhruv6911
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wow... that's damn close. I gotta say, this sounds like a good beginner all-grain beer. Cheap (sub 13 bucks minus yeast) and comparable to the real thing.
Will give this thing a try tomorrow if i don't get called in for jury duty.
BTW, how would the Nottingham yeast do?
Will give this thing a try tomorrow if i don't get called in for jury duty.
BTW, how would the Nottingham yeast do?
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