I’ve never done a pale ale. And never done anything this low SRM. Nor have I dry hopped. So this will be interesting.
Anyone have feedback on this recipe? And any tips for dry hopping in a bucket?
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Pale Ale
Method: BIAB
Style: American Pale Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 6.7 gallons
Boil Gravity: 1.047 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 74% (brew house)
Original Gravity: 1.057 Final Gravity: 1.013 ABV (standard): 5.75% IBU (tinseth): 32.77 SRM (morey): 9.27
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable PPG °L Bill %
10.5 lb American - Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 91.3%
1 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 60L 34 60 8.7%
11.5 lb Total
Hops
Amount Variety Type AA Use Time IBU
0.33 oz Magnum Pellet 15 Boil 60 min 17.62
0.2 oz Simcoe Pellet 12.7 Boil 30 min 6.95
0.5 oz Simcoe Pellet 12.7 Boil 10 min 8.2
2 oz Centennial Pellet 10 Aroma 0 min
1 oz Centennial Pellet 10 Dry Hop 4 days
1 oz Amarillo Pellet 8.6 Dry Hop 4 days
Hops Summary
Amount Variety Type AA
1 oz Amarillo Pellet 8.6
3 oz Centennial Pellet 10
0.33 oz Magnum Pellet 15
0.7 oz Simcoe Pellet 12.7
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Temp Time
6 gal Infusion 153 F 60 min
2.1 gal Sparge 175 F 0 min
Yeast
White Labs - California Ale Yeast WLP001
Attenuation (avg):
76.5%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
68 - 73 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
70 °F
Pitch Rate:
1.0 (M cells / ml / ° P)
292 B cells required
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Last Updated: 2017-05-07 10:56 P
That looks like a solid, classic APA recipe all the way around. Simcoe-Amarillo-Centennial is a proven combo that works every time. I could quibble about things I’d do differently if I were brewing it myself (I’ve moved away from 30-minute additions, and I’d ferment in the mid-60’s), but that’s just personal taste.
As for dry hopping in a bucket, just drop them in. There’s no trick to it, really.
Guess I got lucky! The homebrew shop was out of cascade so I had to quickly guess which ones I wanted to use (the wife was hungry, and when she’s hungry she gets angry). Thanks for the feedback!
Im gonna do my best to keep it cooler with my swamp cooler setup but well see how that actually goes
As for the swamp cooler, I did that for 2 or 3 years and it worked well. I didn’t use the t-shirt/ fan thing, so I guess it wasn’t a true swamp cooler. I put the fermenter in a tub of water and swapped frozen water bottles a couple times /day. I checked water temp with a thermometer and added bottles as needed .
^this was the best way that I found for doing the swamp cooler as well. works really well if you live in an area that has high humidity. Wet t-shirts just get moldy in my summers and don’t really cool anything down.
