American Pale Ale SMaSH Vienna/NB APA

[DeathBrewer]

Recipe Type

All Grain

Yeast

Nottingham Dry

Yeast Starter

Recommended

Batch Size (Gallons)

5.5

Original Gravity

1.047

Final Gravity

1.010

Boiling Time (Minutes)

60

IBU

32

Color

Golden

Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)

62°F for at least 2 weeks

Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)

Optional, helps with clarity

Tasting Notes

Lovely sweet Vienna malt balanced with piney Northern Brewer hops

Original recipe posted in this thread:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=87816

Modified slightly to fit newer methods I use for brewing. This is intended to be a stove-top all-grain. The boil volume is higher than most can boil, but if you use less water, you will probably get lower efficiency. Along with lower hop utilization, this recipe should still remain balanced with a lower boil volume.

SMaSH - Vienna and Northern Brewer APA

American Pale Ale

1.047 OG
32 IBU
5 SRM

Batch Size: 5.50 gallons
Boil Size: 7 gallons
Total Grain (Lbs): 10.00
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Grain
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10.00 lbs - Weyermann Vienna Malt

Hops
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0.50 oz. - Northern Brewer Pellet 8.80% AA - First Wort Hop (18.9 IBU)
0.75 oz. - Northern Brewer Pellet 8.80% AA - 20 minutes (12.8 IBU)
0.75 oz. - Northern Brewer Pellet 8.80% AA - 0 minutes (0.0 IBU)


Extras
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1.00 tab - Whirfloc Fining - 15 Min.
0.50 tsp - Yeast Nutrient (Wyeast) - 15 Min.


Yeast
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Danstar Nottingham - 1 pack with 1L starter


Mash Schedule
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Mash Type: Single Step
Grain Lbs: 10.00
Water Qts: 12.00 - Before Additional Infusions
Water Gal: 3.00 - Before Additional Infusions
Qts Water Per Lbs Grain: 1.20 - Before Additional Infusions
Saccharification Rest Temp : 154 Time: 60
Mash-out Rest Temp : 168 Time: 10
Sparge Temp : 170 Time: 10

Total Mash Volume Gal: 3.80 - Dough-In Infusion Only

Ferment in the low-mid 60s Fahrenheit

Enjoy!

 

[masskrug]

Nice and simple. I've never done a SMaSH with Vienna. Interested. Let me know how it turns out.

 

[DeathBrewer]

I've brewed it many times. Was looking through some old threads and it popped up...thought it was time to finally add it to the database. If/When I brew it again, I'll try it with the Vermont IPA yeast, as it's my new favorite for anything pale ale-ish.

 

[drunkEnough4U]

I like the idea a lot, do you think northern brewer would lend itself to a piney woodsy type of pale ale or is it better placed with a lighter flavored beer?

 

[iijakii]

I'm really digging Vienna pale ales this year. Some decent breadiness without being sweet at all. Vienna and Simcoe is my go-to.

 

[drunkEnough4U]

I'm really digging Vienna pale ales this year. Some decent breadiness without being sweet at all. Vienna and Simcoe is my go-to.

awesome, how well do you personally think NB and simcoe would pair?

 

[ba-brewer]

This recipe looks interesting, I will have to give it a try in the future. I really like the flavor and aroma of northern brewer hops. I first used them to make a california common and really liked the smell of them in the kettle and thought it was shame that the hops played only a bittering role in that recipe.

 

[Kharnynb]

I've been brewing this recipe as my basic drinking beer for a while now, since viking malts(local finnish supplier) does a good quality vienna malt.

Only change I made so far is to dryhop with about 1 oz of my own grown northern brewer for some hop kick.

 

[Malty_Dog]

Thanks for posting this one Deathbrewer. Been a fan of yours since I joined here, primarily as a result of your stovetop PM thread. This one will get brewed for sure, just have to figure out when.

 

[seabrew8]

Just ordered the ingredients! Love to get a staple SMaSH going. This will be my first SMaSH.

 

[seabrew8]

Update! I'm drinking a sample of this brew now that i just bottled but i kept a little bit and cooled it down. This is probably the best sample i ever had post bottling, i do it everytime.

What a nice subtle sweet flavour and i can easily taste the piney northern brewer. While its stronger at 1.058 i think i finally found my go to easy drinking pale ale!

Thanks DeathBrewer!