American Pale Ale Kona, Fire Rock Pale Ale (AG Clone)

[NFryan]

I made this Saturday as well. I used S05. Has anyone else brewed this using S05 if so how did it come out?

 

[Mojzis]

I made this Saturday as well. I used S05. Has anyone else brewed this using S05 if so how did it come out?

Terrific

 

[Hawaiibboy]

Living on Oahu, this is practically on tap everywhere. I love it, but want to brew a PA 3gal BIAB. Gonna have this be one of my two next brews. How does this look for a scaled down version?

BM's AG Kona Fire Rock Clone 3gal BIAB Edit

Style: American Pale Ale OG: 1.053
Type: All Grain FG: 1.013
Rating: 0.0 ABV: 5.24 %
Calories: 173 IBU's: 31.70
Efficiency: 70 % Boil Size: 5.64 Gal
Color: 7.1 SRM Batch Size: 3.00 Gal
Preboil OG: 1.031 Boil Time: 90 minutes

Fermentation Steps
Name Days / Temp
Primary 14 days @ 67.0°F
Bottle/Keg 21 days @ 74.0°F

Grains & Adjuncts
Amount Percentage Name Time Gravity
5.50 lbs 83.97 % Pale Malt, Maris Otter 60 mins 1.038
0.50 lbs 7.63 % Munich Malt 60 mins 1.037
0.30 lbs 4.58 % Honey Malt 60 mins 1.037
0.25 lbs 3.82 % Cara-Pils/Dextrine 60 mins 1.033

Hops
Amount IBU's Name Time AA %
0.25 ozs 17.13 Centennial 60 mins 10.00
0.10 ozs 4.63 Cascade 40 mins 7.70
0.10 ozs 4.06 Cascade 30 mins 7.70
0.10 ozs 3.20 Cascade 20 mins 7.70
0.10 ozs 1.86 Cascade 10 mins 7.50
0.10 ozs 0.82 Mt. Hood 5 mins 6.00
0.30 ozs Cascade 7 days 5.50

Yeasts
Amount Name Laboratory / ID
1.00 pkg German Ale/Kolsch White Labs 0029

Additions
(none)

Mash Profile
BIAB No Sparge 60 min @ 154.0°F
Add 23.85 qt water @ 160.5°F
Mashout 10 min @ 170.0°F
Heat to 170.0°F over 2 mins
Sparge
Sparge 0.00 qt ( 0.00 qt/lb ) of 170.0°F water over 60 mins

Carbonation
Amount Type Beer Temp CO2 Vols
2.62 oz Table Sugar - Bottle Carbonation 74.0°F 2.50

Notes

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[NFryan]

I'm dry hopping on Saturday. I made an 10.5 gallon batch. I'm going to use

1oz- centennial
1- oz Amarillo
1oz- cascade.


Ill let you know how it turns out.

 

[Avocet]

This is fantastic! Made 5.5 gals 8 days primary/8 secondary w-dry hop 1/2 oz Cascade/3 cold crash ---been in keg only 48 hours @ 20 psi-still not totally up to par as far as carbonation but it's already great! Will make more real soon-it's in the 90's here already-this baby hits the spot!!!!

 

[Avocet]

oh man up to speed as far as Co2 and this is the shizz-nit man!! Can't keep my scarred up hands off that silver Perlick tap and it's right next to my Challenger Ale which is a hot weather (it's been running near 90 here) favorite of mine. I'm going to blow-out this son-bitch by the weekend single handed!

 

[sirmichael]

I brewed this back in March and bottled it on April 15. Had my first taste last night and holy smokes this is delicious. I used Simcoe instead of Mt Hood and threw in a half ounce of Simcoe to dry hop as well. OG came in at 1.062 and FG was 1.008. It's remarkably easy drinking at around 7%. It just may be the best beer I've made so far.

 

[NFryan]

Dry hopped with and ounce of cascade and an ounce of centennial. Came out great! Another week it should clear up nice !

 

[Avocet]

Trying again with 2 row instead of Maris-will let you know-blew this one out in damn near record time--this is a winner!

 

[basementbrewbrad]

Brewed this one today, or I guess it was technically yesterday. O.G was 1.056. I can't wait for the next couple weeks to go by so I can taste its deliciousness coming out of the Keg.

 

[brodacious]

Trying again with 2 row instead of Maris-will let you know-blew this one out in damn near record time--this is a winner!

I would love to know how the 2row comes out. LHBS is doing 2 for 1 sack's of 2row this weekend.:rockin:

 

[Brizzo]

My lhbs did not have centennial, chinook or columbus. Could i use galena or nugget instead?

 

[Avocet]

Brod-2 row came out OK-good but not AS GOOD-methinks more than the grain was the fact I used 1oz Centennial (.5 at 60, .5 at 30) vs. the only half oz. for bittering in Biermuncher's recipe. Gives it a bit of sourness-winds up a bit metallic on the aftertaste.

I'm not 100% gassed up but pretty damn close and I don't see it evolving much from here.

That being said-I got 4 kegs on tap and I will GUARANTEE this one will blow out 1st. It's still doggone tasty!!!

You in Northport FL? Right down the highway!

I will brew up again prob Monday and go back to original recipe. I will ALWAYS keep this one on tap! It's a homerun man.

Best,
G

And I should not have tweaked a fine recipe anyway. I only went to 2-row because after I had filled most of my grain list I found out they were out of Marris Otter. WTF kind of joint is that?

 

[basementbrewbrad]

Keged mine yesterday

 

[brodacious]

Brod-2 row came out OK-good but not AS GOOD-methinks more than the grain was the fact I used 1oz Centennial (.5 at 60, .5 at 30) vs. the only half oz. for bittering in Biermuncher's recipe. Gives it a bit of sourness-winds up a bit metallic on the aftertaste.



You in Northport FL? Right down the highway!

Northport, NY! So, WAY down the highway! :cross:

And I should not have tweaked a fine recipe anyway. I only went to 2-row because after I had filled most of my grain list I found out they were out of Marris Otter. WTF kind of joint is that?

I was curious since my LHBS was voted best LHBS on Long Island and thus were doing a 2 for 1 on Sacks of grain. I had herd it was going to be two-row but I was able to get a sac of Marris Otter as well!

Thanks for the info Avocet and Thanks again to BM for a killer recipe. I've got 10 gallons carbing in the keezer right now (along with another 10 gallons of centennial blonde I'm going to keg tonight!):rockin:

 

[Avocet]

You are going to like it!!! And to be honest my 1st draws off keg had some amount of trub, trash, etc. Got way better after about 3-4 pints-smoothed out and lost a lot of bitterness.

 

[m_perci]

I made 10 gallons of this recipe. I can't get liquid yeasts where I live, so I used S-04 on 5 gallons and pitched the other 5 on a Muntons Premium Gold yeast cake from a previous Irish red beer I made. Both batches where very good, but the Muntons version was the crowd favorite at a party I had. Muntons version seemed a little dryer and the S-04 tasted fruitier with more hop presence.

I've never tried the real Kona version, so I can't say which was closer. Either way, thanks for the great recipe BierMuncher!

 

[mccullpl]

What is the reason for a 90 minute boil? I thought that was generally for pils malt to eliminate DMS?

Thanks!
Pat

 

[justkev52]

It is already on my grain bill for my next HBS visit. Damn you BierMuncher , now I am wishing I didn't have my first lager planned this weekend, so I could fill my fermenter next weekend with Fire Rock. Oh well, I don't know why some recipes just consume me and others I walk away from eventually before trying. This one is a definite though for the same reason as before mentioned. I loved my trip to Hawaii. I've been following this since you posted and drooling with the pics. Now I have this and EdWort's haus to brew. Great thing is I will be drinking them before these silly lagers I have planned are ready. Again, thanks for the recipe.

Sounds like time to buy another fermenter.
I'll be brewing this one next weekend too!.

 

[Brizzo]

Brewed this today, used galena instead of cent. Came in at 1.050 so I guess we wait and see

 

[Brizzo]

Threw in the oz of centennial dry hops. Hydro sample was awesome, first time using honey malt an there is a distinct sweetness from it. I will let it sit probably 5 mor days then bottle.

 

[ziursrm]

I have this in the fermenter now. Can't wait to see how it turns out.

 

[basementbrewbrad]

Need to make a new batch of this with all my fresh hops. Ill let you guys know how a wet hop batch tastes

 

[Chromebrew]

Outstanding recipe. Thank you sir! I did a test batch and loved it. Ill now be brewing it for my little brother's wedding in Kaui.

 

[jasonduff84]

I have brewed this twice and this is a great recipe. The second time I substituted US-05 yeast with same great results, definitely a go to brew. Thanks.

 

[justkev52]

I have brewed this twice and this is a great recipe. The second time I substituted US-05 yeast with same great results, definitely a go to brew. Thanks.

Good to know. Just been waiting to get some Kolsch yeast. Maybe now I'll use Kolsch in 5 gallons and S-05 in the other half.
Thanks!

 

[Brizzo]

Finally got to try this after sitting about 2 months in the keg. I garnished with fresh fried hops and it is delicious

 

[Avocet]

Bier-tried this recipe w plain ol' 2 row (cuz place was slap out of Maris) and I found it to be nowhere near as good. Have you heard any similar tales or was I having an off (too honked to time hops additions/etc.) day?

Also-2 weeks at 68 degrees-no rest-cold crash and keg huh? I think I will still go to secondary-but that straight to keg seems to be working for a buddy-maybe I will grow a pair and try it.

Also-did NOT dry hop but will try this time-probably back off to half your recipe. Planning 10-12 days primary/10-or when I get around to it secondary/3 cold crash/4-5 on gas. That was basic schedule on what we all seem to remember as best batch to date. We all got into this stuff hot and heavy so memory may not be perfect.....lol!

 

[NewBrewB]

I did it with all maris and it was spot on....but not as good as split 50/50 two row

 

[ziursrm]

Legged up my batch of this last night