- Recipe Type
- Partial Mash
- Yeast
- California Ale V
- Yeast Starter
- No
- Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter
- No
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 5.25
- Original Gravity
- 1.069
- Final Gravity
- 1.019
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 60
- IBU
- 80
- Color
- 8
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 7 @ 72°
- Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 14 @ 72°
- Tasting Notes
- Amazing! Will do side-by-side tonight.
Malts
2#, 4 oz 2-Row
2# X-Pale Extract
2# Cane Sugar
2# Amber Extract
1# X-Light DME (I wanted to boost the alcohol a bit more without adding more cane sugar)
3oz Crystal 120L
Hops
boil 60 mins 0.75 Chinook pellet 13.0
boil 60 mins 0.75 Simcoe pellet 13.0
boil 30 mins 0.25 Chinook pellet 13.0
boil 30 mins 0.5 Simcoe pellet 13.0
boil 15 mins 0.25 Cascade pellet 5.5
boil 15 mins 0.25 Simcoe pellet 13.0
boil 1 min 0.25 Cascade pellet 5.5
dry hop 7 days 0.5 Cascade pellet 5.5
dry hop 7 days 0.5 Simcoe pellet 13.0
Yeast
WLP051 California Ale V
Beer XML @ Hopville
Hopville Recipe
Just tapped the keg two days ago and I can say this is by best beer to-date. I haven't done a side-by-side test but I will tonight. Beautiful pine aroma with herbal/floral notes. It is a bit cloudy but that is OK.
2#, 4 oz 2-Row
2# X-Pale Extract
2# Cane Sugar
2# Amber Extract
1# X-Light DME (I wanted to boost the alcohol a bit more without adding more cane sugar)
3oz Crystal 120L
Hops
boil 60 mins 0.75 Chinook pellet 13.0
boil 60 mins 0.75 Simcoe pellet 13.0
boil 30 mins 0.25 Chinook pellet 13.0
boil 30 mins 0.5 Simcoe pellet 13.0
boil 15 mins 0.25 Cascade pellet 5.5
boil 15 mins 0.25 Simcoe pellet 13.0
boil 1 min 0.25 Cascade pellet 5.5
dry hop 7 days 0.5 Cascade pellet 5.5
dry hop 7 days 0.5 Simcoe pellet 13.0
Yeast
WLP051 California Ale V
Beer XML @ Hopville
Hopville Recipe
Just tapped the keg two days ago and I can say this is by best beer to-date. I haven't done a side-by-side test but I will tonight. Beautiful pine aroma with herbal/floral notes. It is a bit cloudy but that is OK.