Here the recipe I've come up with. It's for a five gal batch (5.25 into fermentor, to aim for 5 gal after racking to bottle), partial mash, partial boil... though I may scale down to a 3 gal batch. That way, I can do a full vol boil (3.5 gal, to get about 3 gal into fermentor and 2.5-2.75 to bottle), and, since it's a new recipe, I'm not out as much if it's not too good.
Simply Simcoe APA - 5 Gal
Style: American Pale Ale OG: 1.053
Type: Partial Mash FG: 1.012
Rating: 0.0 ABV: 5.34 %
Calories: 172.42 IBU's: 38.80
Efficiency: 70.00 % Boil Size: 3.50 Gals
Color: 6.7 SRM Batch Size: 5.25 Gals
Preboil OG: 1.026 Boil Time: 60 minutes
Grains & Adjuncts
Amount Percentage Name Time Gravity
1.50 lbs 16.67 % Briess 2-Row Pale Ale Malt 60 mins 1.037
8.00 ozs 5.56 % Munich Malt - 10L 60 mins 1.035
6.00 ozs 4.17 % Victory Malt 60 mins 1.034
6.00 ozs 4.17 % Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L 60 mins 1.034
4.00 ozs 2.78 % Cara-Pils/Dextrine 60 mins 1.033
1.00 lbs 11.11 % Extra Light LME 60 mins 1.035
5.00 lbs 55.56 % Extra Light LME 10 mins 1.035
Hops
Amount IBU's Name Time AA %
0.50 ozs 25.93 Simcoe 60 mins 12.70
0.50 ozs 12.87 Simcoe 15 mins 12.70
1.00 ozs 0.00 Simcoe 0 mins 12.70
1.00 ozs 0.00 Simcoe 7 days 12.70
Yeasts
Amount Name Laboratory / ID
2 vials California Ale White Labs 0001
Additions
Amount Name Time Stage
1.00 each Whirlfloc Tablet 15 mins Boil
1.00 tsp Gypsum 60 mins Mash
Mash Profile
Profile Name: Partial Mash
Grain Temp: 78.00 °F Mash Tun Vol Loss: 0.00 Gals
Grain Absorption: 0.13 Gals/lb Tun Temp Loss: 4.00 °F
Cooling Shrinkage: 4.00 % Kettle Trub Loss: 0.13 Gals
Hourly Boiloff: 0.50 Gals/hr
Mash Steps:
Partial mash 60
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Add 4.20 qts water @ 170.0°F
Dunk sparge in new pot 10
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Add 6.30 qts water @ 170.0°F
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Sparge 5.06 qts water @ 149.87 °F
Water Profile
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Fermentation Steps
Name Days / Temp
Primary 11 days @ 68.0°F
Primary 3 days @ 70.0°F
Secondary 7 days @ 68.0°F
Carbonation
Bottle Carbonation
Desired Vol of CO2: 2.50 Vols
Beer Temperature: 78.00 °F
Residual CO2 in Beer: 0.75
Corn Sugar Required: 4.93 ozs
Notes
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For the grain bill, I set it up as a 1/3 mash (3 lbs total), then adding 1 lb LME for the 60 min boil, and the other 5 lbs late addition - for 9 lbs total. Do you think the CaraPils is necessary? I've been adding it to my last couple brews to help with head retention, but not sure if it's necessary since I have the C40 in there...
Was thinking 154 for the partial mash temp... Should be about right for a medium body beer, no? Or should I lower it a bit, to make up for the LME being generally less fermentable? Am leaning that way, the more I think about it (my Oktoberfest I made from Munich extract - extract and steeping, though, not PM - was much more unfermentable than I calculated and my FG was higher than desired, and on the sweet side).
Also, I'll do a starter (unless I do the three gal batch, then 1 vial should just about be enough), not pitch two vials like it says (I just don't see where to change it to "starter" in my software).
I want it less bitter (for the APA instead of an IPA style - but still within the BJCP APA range) and more flavor/aroma, so that's why I went with the 0.5 0.5 1 1 oz hop schedule.
Would love to hear any thoughts/experiences/critiques, please! Thanks...
