Pale Ale

[Frostymug]

Looking for an all grain budget friendly pale ale a little on the hoppy side maybe little fruity. Any suggestions ?

5 gallon batch

 

[Griffin495]

Ed Wort's Bee Cave Brewery Haus Pale Ale

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/bee-cave-brewery-haus-pale-ale.31793/

 

[TheHopfather]

Russian River Row 2 Hill 56 Clone; I love this recipe.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/russian-river-row-2-hill-56-clone.369668/

 

[Konadog]

I second the Russian River R2H56, one of my favorites. I've also used the same grain bill, but used all Citra hops (and different hop schedule) that came out awesome too.

Another great tasting, but low alcohol is https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/bee-cave-brewery-haus-pale-ale.31793/

 

[RM-MN]

Looking for an all grain budget friendly pale ale a little on the hoppy side maybe little fruity. Any suggestions ?

5 gallon batch

Rather than a recipe, how about reducing the cost of the grains and hops needed to make a less expensive Pale ale. First is the amount of grains needed. How is your brewhouse efficiency? Below 80%? Improve that so you use less grain.

If you are going to do only one, it is tough to cut the cost of the grain much but where I live I can get base malt made by Briess or Rahr. Rahr malt is much cheaper in bags than Briess. Other areas of the country will have differences in the prices too, such as our western US residents and their Great Western malts.

For hopping I would choose a neutral flavor, high alpha hop for bittering and dry hop for the aroma, probably in lower quantities than most here would, knowing that the aroma fades away in about 3 months with that. The high alpha means that you don't need a large amount for the bittering. My choice for aroma is a combination of Citra and Cascade and I don't use a lot because they are quite pungent. They make a citrus aroma that to me seems like grapefruit. Changing that up and replacing Cascade with Amarillo seems more like orange.

 

[mrdauber64]

The grainbill in this recipe is pretty cheap. It utilizes a chunk of the pale malt that you toast yourself. You could easily substitute Cascade hops to make it cheaper and a more traditional Pale Ale taste. The grainbill used could easily be bought in bulk to reduce the price, along with the hops.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/lake-walk-pale-ale.32939/

 

[JONNYROTTEN]

2 row
Some C60 for color and body
Any C hop
Cant get much cheaper or easier and makes a good beer

 

[blubrewbbq]

Assumes 70% eff
9# 2row
12oz wheat
12oz c20
8oz carapils
.5 magnum @60
1oz centennial @20
1oz centennial @5
US-05 yeast

 

[thehaze]

My latest Pale Ale, which turned out extremely good:

95% Crisp Maris Otter
5% Crisp Crystal 60L
7.5 oz Amarillo for boil, late additions and a big-a.. whirlpool! ( if you want the exact hop schedule I used, you can let me know, as it is a bit long )
NO dry hopping
1 x Danstar Nottingham for the yeast ( fast, reliable, dry and flocculent )
OG: 1.050
FG: 1.008
ABV: 5.5%
SRM: 7.5
IBU: 33

 

[dzlater]

This turned out well

84% 2 Row
8% carapils
8% flaked corn

cluster@60 23 ibu's
cascade @ 15 10 ibu's
cascade @ 5 4 ibu's

dry hop cascade 5 days

US-05

 

[Frostymug]

I appreciate all the feedback. Thank you.

 

[kristiismean]

Mine turned out good, and it's not just me, it's everyone that's tried it. Clean up front, clean on the back end, good in the middle. A very pleasing pale ale,
10 lbs 2 row
1/2 Honey malt

.5 oz apollo @60
1 oz Crystal hops @ 5
1 oz Crystal hops @ 0
.5 oz Apollo @ 0
5 day DH with 1 oz Crystal, but you can substitute a fruity hop here if you wish
I would prefer conan yeast, low and slow (or Omega DIPA, I think it's the same) or s-05 if going cheaper -- Go LOW in temperature, try to hit the bottom temp on the yeast.