rmiranda
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I'm looking for a fantastic American Ale recipe. Something hoppy, solid aroma, and at least 5% ABV.
WANTED: Recipe - Hoppy American Ale.
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The fantasticest AA's I've had are usually the most simple. Something in the neighborhood of:
90:5:5 Pale Malt : Crystal 40 or 60 : Wheat Malt or Carapils
45-50 IBU of Magnum or Warrior at 60 minutes
A few oz of Cascade or Chinook spread out over the last 20 minutes of the boil
I like Danstar BRY-97 yeast for a fairly neutral and flocculant yeast that lets the hops shine, but you have endless options in this department.
Get your water right and get brewing!
The fantasticest AA's I've had are usually the most simple. Something in the neighborhood of:
90:5:5 Pale Malt : Crystal 40 or 60 : Wheat Malt or Carapils
45-50 IBU of Magnum or Warrior at 60 minutes
A few oz of Cascade or Chinook spread out over the last 20 minutes of the boil
I like Danstar BRY-97 yeast for a fairly neutral and flocculant yeast that lets the hops shine, but you have endless options in this department.
Get your water right and get brewing!
I like to keep thing simple also. A couple of mine that go down really well are:
AMERICAN PALE ALE (35 - 45 IBU)
80% 2 Row
10% Wheat (or just use more 2 Row)
7% Munich
3% Carapils
Warrior @ 60 to 10 IBU (sub any clean bittering hop)
1.5 oz Mosaic @ 10 & 0 (per 5.5 gal. Sub chinook, centennial, etc to your liking)
US05
AMERICAN WHEAT (25 - 30 IBU)
60% Wheat
32% 2 Row
8% Rolled oats
Warrior @ 60 to 10 IBU
1oz Columbus @ 10 & 0 (per 5.5 gal)
US-05
In both cases adjust your bittering hops up or down a bit to suit your desired bittering level or to compensate for your choice of late addition hops.... Mosaic imparting more bitterness than if you were to choose something like Cascade.
AMERICAN PALE ALE (35 - 45 IBU)
80% 2 Row
10% Wheat (or just use more 2 Row)
7% Munich
3% Carapils
Warrior @ 60 to 10 IBU (sub any clean bittering hop)
1.5 oz Mosaic @ 10 & 0 (per 5.5 gal. Sub chinook, centennial, etc to your liking)
US05
AMERICAN WHEAT (25 - 30 IBU)
60% Wheat
32% 2 Row
8% Rolled oats
Warrior @ 60 to 10 IBU
1oz Columbus @ 10 & 0 (per 5.5 gal)
US-05
In both cases adjust your bittering hops up or down a bit to suit your desired bittering level or to compensate for your choice of late addition hops.... Mosaic imparting more bitterness than if you were to choose something like Cascade.
...and if you needed extract conversions, use the hop schedules above with:
AMERICAN PALE ALE
87% Light DME
10% Amber or Munich DME
3% Carapils (steeping grain)
AMERICAN WHEAT
96% Wheat DME
4% Carapils (steeping grain)
In both cases, I'd expect medium to full bodied beers due to use of extract. If you prefer dry instead, replace 5% (by weight) of the base extract with ordinary table sugar.
AMERICAN PALE ALE
87% Light DME
10% Amber or Munich DME
3% Carapils (steeping grain)
AMERICAN WHEAT
96% Wheat DME
4% Carapils (steeping grain)
In both cases, I'd expect medium to full bodied beers due to use of extract. If you prefer dry instead, replace 5% (by weight) of the base extract with ordinary table sugar.
