Looking for some help formulating a recipe for this weekend!!!

[Mx750ktm]

Hey guys/gals I would like to brew a nice pale ale to drink during the summer months. I recently had a three Floyd's pride and joy mild. I'm not an expert here nor have I ever had any other milds but from my readings the pride and joy would fall somewhere in the pale ale category. So I'm not looking for an exact clone by any means but I would like something that is almost just slightly more hoppy than malt forward,But something that you can definitely taste the malt.
Everyone's taste is different but The three Floyd's beer I tasted grapefruityness possibly orange and citrusy flavors and it followed up with a nice caramel malt taste and it was great.

Here's what I know about pride and joy from three Floyd's
Style: American Mild Ale
IBU 42 ABV 5%
From what I've tasted and read it's more hoppy than bitter not sure if that's a certain hop. Like some IPAs it's hoppy and then your expecting the bitterness well this one never comes the malt then hits.


So I need help formulating a nice malty caramel/ hoppy pale ale.
If anyone feels they can help me with out with a starting recipe I'll send you a 6 pack when it's all brewed up !!! Looking to make a 6 gallon recipe or 5.5 something along the lines of after the hops I'll end with roughly 5 gallons bottled
Thanks jake

 

[sptaylor70]

Some good summer beers include Ed Wort's Bee Cave Koelsch, Biermuncher's Cream of Three Crops, Biermuncher's Centennial Blonde, and Biermuncher's Orange Koelsch. None of these is a pale ale, however.

In the pale ale category

• Yooper's House Pale Ale
• Ed Wort's Bee Cave Haus Pale Ale
• Biermuncher's Ugly Kettle Pale Ale
• Biermuncher's Sacred Summit

But from your description, you might also look into brewing an Irish Red Ale

• Mysticmead's Raging Red
• Dangerbrew's Dunken Lullaby
• Saccharomyces Irish Red

I hope that this helps.

 

[plankbr]

For a 5 gallon batch, I would cut this recipe in half:
FERMENTABLES:
17 lb - American - Pale 2-Row (84.2%)
2 lb - American - Caramel / Crystal 20L (10.5%)
1 lb - American - Victory (5.3%)
HOPS:
1 oz - Centennial, Type: Pellet, AA: 10, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 18.24
1 oz - Amarillo, Type: Pellet, AA: 8.6, Use: Boil for 15 min, IBU: 7.78
1 oz - Centennial, Type: Pellet, AA: 10, Use: Boil for 15 min, IBU: 9.05
1 oz - Amarillo, Type: Pellet, AA: 8.6, Use: Boil for 5 min, IBU: 3.13
1 oz - Centennial, Type: Pellet, AA: 10, Use: Boil for 5 min, IBU: 3.64
2 oz - Amarillo, Type: Pellet, AA: 8.6, Use: Boil for 1 min, IBU: 1.35
1 oz - Centennial, Type: Pellet, AA: 10, Use: Boil for 1 min, IBU: 0.79

YEAST:
Fermentis / Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05

NOTES:
Target Mash Temp: 152* for 60 min.

This came out really well and tastes great. Victory gave it a great malty backbone.

 

[Mx750ktm]

Thank you I'll look into all those. I guess what I would like is to take a good base pale ale recipe and try to get the hops to balance evenly with some malt and would prefer the maltyness taste like caramel.

But I'm not sure how to accomplish this taste I'm seeking.

 

[Mx750ktm]

For a 5 gallon batch, I would cut this recipe in half:
FERMENTABLES:
17 lb - American - Pale 2-Row (84.2%)
2 lb - American - Caramel / Crystal 20L (10.5%)
1 lb - American - Victory (5.3%)
HOPS:
1 oz - Centennial, Type: Pellet, AA: 10, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 18.24
1 oz - Amarillo, Type: Pellet, AA: 8.6, Use: Boil for 15 min, IBU: 7.78
1 oz - Centennial, Type: Pellet, AA: 10, Use: Boil for 15 min, IBU: 9.05
1 oz - Amarillo, Type: Pellet, AA: 8.6, Use: Boil for 5 min, IBU: 3.13
1 oz - Centennial, Type: Pellet, AA: 10, Use: Boil for 5 min, IBU: 3.64
2 oz - Amarillo, Type: Pellet, AA: 8.6, Use: Boil for 1 min, IBU: 1.35
1 oz - Centennial, Type: Pellet, AA: 10, Use: Boil for 1 min, IBU: 0.79

YEAST:
Fermentis / Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05

NOTES:
Target Mash Temp: 152* for 60 min.

This came out really well and tastes great. Victory gave it a great malty backbone.

Thanks you for the reply!!! Have you brewed this before? If so how did it come out? Did it have a nice hoppy front with some caramel malt on the back end? This recipe looks very good. I'm assuming I would cut everything in half including the hops correct ?
Thanks again

 

[plankbr]

Thanks you for the reply!!! Have you brewed this before? If so how did it come out? Did it have a nice hoppy front with some caramel malt on the back end? This recipe looks very good. I'm assuming I would cut everything in half including the hops correct ?
Thanks again

I have made this. I tried to get the base recipe as close to great lakes burning river as possible (minus the hops). This turned out excellent.