Hows this sound?

[MmmBrew]

Doing my 2nd all grain brew today. I usually don't follow a recipe I just look at a few that sound interesting then throw something together. Here's what I'm thinking-

14lb Pilsner 2row
1lb Dingemans cara 45
.5lb Special Roast
.5oz Columbus pellet hops 14.2% 60min
1oz Centennial leaf 10.1% 15
1oz Cascade leaf 7.4% 2min

Any thoughts?

 

[GuldTuborg]

5 gallon batch, or 10? What do you want it to taste like?

 

[MmmBrew]

5 gallons strong pale ale ish? I'm still new to brewing. Already mashing right now but I could rearrange the hopping if you think I should.

 

[el_kirk]

Mash temp and yeast will also influence the taste.
What are you doing for those?

 

[MmmBrew]

Mash temp was 158 and for yeast I'm using safale-us05 dry ale yeast. Says it's for American ales with a clear crisp end palate.

 

[el_kirk]

I brewed a pale ale today, as well.

My mash temp was 154, which is pretty middle of the road. That will give me a beer with a pretty good amount of fermentable sugar and a little body (from the unfermentable dextrins). In comparison your beer will have a lot more body from more dextrins because of your higher mash temp; your final gravity will likely be higher than mine, again because of the dextrins. I'm NOT saying your beer won't be good, just a little heavier than your average pale ale (which you said you were hoping for).

I'd drink it.

Let me see if I can get my (fully plagiarized) recipe together to share with you.

Kirk

 

[el_kirk]

This isn't my recipe, but it also isn't Tasty's APA (Google that if you want his recipe) since I made some changes.

"Tasty's APA approximation"

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 11.00 Wort Size (Gal): 11.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 21.50
Anticipated OG: 1.055 Plato: 13.61
Anticipated SRM: 6.6
Anticipated IBU: 34.1
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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60.5 13.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) Great Britain 1.038 3
27.9 6.00 lbs. Pilsener Germany 1.038 2
4.7 1.00 lbs. Crystal 40L America 1.034 40
4.7 1.00 lbs. Vienna Malt America 1.035 4
2.3 0.50 lbs. Munich Malt Germany 1.037 8

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0.50 oz. Nugget Pellet 13.00 9.9 Mash H
0.50 oz. Nugget Pellet 13.00 14.2 60 min.
0.75 oz. Centennial Pellet 6.00 3.3 20 min.
0.50 oz. Nugget Pellet 13.00 2.8 10 min.
1.00 oz. Willamette Pellet 4.50 1.6 5 min.
1.00 oz. Centennial Pellet 6.00 2.2 5 min.
2.00 oz. Centennial Pellet 6.00 0.0 Dry Hop
1.00 oz. Willamette Pellet 4.50 0.0 Dry Hop


As I mentioned earlier, I mashed at 154. I pitched WLP001, but I've used US-05 before and liked the beer it made.

Keep us posted on how your beer turns out.

Kirk