American Pale Ale Russian River Row 2 Hill 56 Clone

[doublebogey10]

Original recipe calls for Pilsner malt, Belgian I think.
Not specific to this recipe, has anyone used a North American Pilsner malt (Great Western) for this, or any pale, IPA or other hop forward beers?

 

[crusader1612]

Original recipe calls for Pilsner malt, Belgian I think.
Not specific to this recipe, has anyone used a North American Pilsner malt (Great Western) for this, or any pale, IPA or other hop forward beers?

I've used local malts. Came out great

 

[fatherdan]

brewed this last Saturday, everything went well......except I forgot the flameout hop addition.

anyone got any recommendations to try?

Thanks

 

[MerlinWerks]

If it were me I'd just throw the missing ounce in the dry hop, It'll still be a tasty beer...

 

[fatherdan]

Would it be,a bad idea to double up the missed flame out addition in the dry hop?

 

[MerlinWerks]

Would it be,a bad idea to double up the missed flame out addition in the dry hop?

Probably not, but I would just go with 3 ounces myself.

 

[jammin]

Would it be,a bad idea to double up the missed flame out addition in the dry hop?

Def add it in the dry hop!

 

[fatherdan]

Cool. Thanks, I'll let you know,bow,it turns,out

 

[nikvolkert]

I brewed this one up on the 1st and I had a bit too vigorous boil or didn't use enough water or something and ended up with 5 gallons at 1.061.
Last night I dry hopped it and my gravity was at 1.015. I don't have much experience in timing my dry hops until the end. Do you think 3 days will be long enough to finish down to 1.010?

 

[MerlinWerks]

Probably, I wouldn't be surprised if it gets below 1.010. That has been my experience since I started dry-hopping in the primary, seems to get the little buggers all excited again.

 

[TimVeal]

I'm trying this recipe to start out as it sounds delicious!

I have:
OiO 2-row Malt
Halcyon Pale Ale Malt (Thomas Fawcett & Sons)
Brown Malt (Thomas Fawcett & Sons)

...I'm hopeful this will still make a great brew, while not being exact to the recipe. Any advice or whatever words of encouragement are appreciated!

Wondering whether to go with WLP001 California Ale yeast or WLP002 English Ale yeast?

 

[daggers_nz]

Holy heck, this grain bill.. I modified the hops slightly (added Citra to the hopstand and threw some in for dry-hopping) and it might be one of the best beers I've ever brewed. Do you think changing the crystal colour to 60 would have a negative impact? I might use this grain bill in other pale ales in future.

Thanks for sharing

Wondering whether to go with WLP001 California Ale yeast or WLP002 English Ale yeast?

For a hop-forward beer such as this, go with the American yeast.

 

[bigplunkett]

I'm trying this recipe to start out as it sounds delicious!

I have:
OiO 2-row Malt
Halcyon Pale Ale Malt (Thomas Fawcett & Sons)
Brown Malt (Thomas Fawcett & Sons)

...I'm hopeful this will still make a great brew, while not being exact to the recipe. Any advice or whatever words of encouragement are appreciated!

Wondering whether to go with WLP001 California Ale yeast or WLP002 English Ale yeast?

Id go easy on the brown malt only 2 to 4% imo and id use 001 better for hoppy beers especially with the brown malt in it.

 

[hopsandhops]

Just ordered the grains for this! Thanks for the recipe!

 

[fatherdan]

Mine turned out fantastic.

I've read that this grain bill is good for supporting other single hop recipes...

what have others used besides simcoe but with this grain bill?


I used us-05 finished at 1008. I really prefer that range. I set my chamber to 64 and let her rip.

 

[Malty_Dog]

I haven't forgotten how great this recipe was. Next brew day can't happen soon enough!

 

[crusader1612]

Mine turned out fantastic.

I've read that this grain bill is good for supporting other single hop recipes...

what have others used besides simcoe but with this grain bill?


I used us-05 finished at 1008. I really prefer that range. I set my chamber to 64 and let her rip.

indeed it is.
I did mosaic awhile back.
I also mixed the hops up using the same schedule. simcoe amarillo centennial

 

[fatherdan]

indeed it is.
I did mosaic awhile back.
I also mixed the hops up using the same schedule. simcoe amarillo centennial

That's funny, I did the same thing with mosaic also and then did a centennial with a little more crystal. Both came out fantastic.

 

[Malty_Dog]

May try this with Columbus instead of Simcoe. Loved it with Simcoe, just trying something different.

 

[kingmatt]

Brewed this up a few weeks ago (only difference from OP was yeast, I used Dennys Favorite) and it turned out great.

Brewing another batch tomorrow with all galaxy hops instead of simcoe.

 

[brew703]

Brewing another batch but using Citra & Amarillo.

 

[fatherdan]

Brewed this up a few weeks ago (only difference from OP was yeast, I used Dennys Favorite) and it turned out great.

Brewing another batch tomorrow with all galaxy hops instead of simcoe.

I just got a pound of Galaxy. Let us know how it turns out.

 

[woodmansee]

I brewed this up per the original recipe on 2/11/17 and pitched a big starter of wlp001. OG 1.053. Fermented for 7 days at 68. I then days I dry hopped (in primary) and raised it to 70 until today (6 days). The raise was simply me pulling it out of my germ chamber and leaving it at room temp. My hydrometer broke in the middle of this so I didn't get a gravity at the time of dry hopping. But tonight when I was checking it with my new one before cold crashing my fg was 1.003. Anyone else had it attenuate that far down? My mash temp did drop during the mash (ending at 151) so I was probably dealing with a slightly more fermentable wort than intended but still that is some serious attenuation.
Still the hydro samples have tasted great so I'm not super concerned. It will still be an awesome beer. Maybe just a tad drier than the real deal (which I've never had lol)

 

[wyowolf]

Just made this , a 10 gallon batch in the Blichman fermenator. How best to dry hop? I have a SS hop screen I use in my kegs, can I dry hop in the fermentor? I would drain the trub etc out the bottom then dry hop.
advice appreciated... gravity at 1.011 as of last night. Started at 1.066 using 05.

 

[Epos7]

I was checking it with my new one before cold crashing my fg was 1.003.

Does your new hydrometer read 1.000 in room temp water? I've had to return a couple hydrometers. Some of them just aren't very accurate.

 

[woodmansee]

Does your new hydrometer read 1.000 in room temp water? I've had to return a couple hydrometers. Some of them just aren't very accurate.

So I tested it and no it does not :/ it is reading 0.996 at 68 degrees. So can I simply add .004 to my readings to get a (pretty much) accurate reading in the future or should I just buy a new one? Either way the beer is nearly done carbing but I've already drank a few pints of it because it is fantastic! Highly recommend this recipe!

 

[Epos7]

Has anyone tried making this with S-05? I'm wondering if it's worth going to the trouble of using a liquid yeast.

 

[Epos7]

So I tested it and no it does not :/ it is reading 0.996 at 68 degrees. So can I simply add .004 to my readings to get a (pretty much) accurate reading in the future or should I just buy a new one? Either way the beer is nearly done carbing but I've already drank a few pints of it because it is fantastic! Highly recommend this recipe!

Most likely it's off by .004 over the whole scale, so yes you can just add .004 to your reading. It can happen, but it's much more rare for the hydrometer to have the degree of inaccuracy change over the extent of the scale as that would require the scale to be compressed or stretched out. In most cases, the scale placement is just off by a little bit so you can assume the same error throughout.

 

[MerlinWerks]

So I tested it and no it does not :/ it is reading 0.996 at 68 degrees. So can I simply add .004 to my readings to get a (pretty much) accurate reading in the future or should I just buy a new one? Either way the beer is nearly done carbing but I've already drank a few pints of it because it is fantastic! Highly recommend this recipe!

As long as your hydrometer is calibrated to read 1.000 @ 68F then yes, .004. However, most hydrometers that I have seen are calibrated @ 60F, it should say somewhere on the hydrometer.

 

[drez77]

Has anyone tried making this with S-05? I'm wondering if it's worth going to the trouble of using a liquid yeast.

Done many times with S-05 and it will be fine.