Hi guys, hope you can help. My plan is to brew a simple, citrusy, aromatic pale ale. I want it to be somewhere in the 8 percent abv. Hoping it won’t be to bitter( wife is always asking for a beer that isn’t that bitter). 8% is for me,haha.
Here is what I got
3 gal brew
5 pounds of lme
2 ounces of cascade add to start of boil (bittering)
2 ounces of mosaic ( adding as tea to fermenter for aroma)
S us-5 yeast whole package
I know very simple
I’m guessing it will be at 6 or 6.25 abv.
I have 2 ounces of maltodextrin and about 2 pound of dextrose to raise abv but since I’m not using lots of hops I don’t want over come taste with alcohol.
What are you opinions.
2 oz of Cascade at 60 in a 3 gallon batch is going to be IPA level bitterness, not APA level.
I’d shift some to late in the boil and aim for 35-40 IBUs total for a .66 BU:GU in a 6.5% APA brew. Figure 1 oz at 5 min and with your software, add enough bittering hops to hit between 35 and 40. Then use the rest at flame out. I would just dry hop it with the mosaic, a hop tea doesn’t extract as much aroma as straight up dry hopping does, in my experience, and it always lent a grassy flavor any time I tried it.
Lol ok so this is what I did. I added 1 oz at beginning of boil and added 1 oz at 35 and I plan to add 1 ounce of mosaic at 45 minutes. Then 1 oz of mosaic (dry hop) in 5 days. So much for low abu. I would like to know if I can add dextrose any time to raise abv.
Ok thanks brother. I think I got the lingo wrong. So this was final recipe.
3 gal batch
5 pound lme
1 oz of cascade at start of boil
1 oz cascade 35 minutes into boil
1 oz mosaic 45 minutes into boil
1 oz mosaic at flame out
1 teaspoon Irish moss
1 pound of dextrose 55 minutes into boil.
1oz of maltodextrin at 60 (non fermentabal, but not sure if it will do anything, it’s all I had).
Decided not to dry hop.
I just added us05 yeast to wort in fermenter.
Looks dark (maybe dextrose ) but clean and clear.
You don’t get anything worthwhile out of making 35 and 45 minute additions that is superior to using less hops at 60 minutes. A smaller 60 minute addition gives you more hops to play with for aroma and flavor at the end of the boil and after the boil.
Universally, brewing additions are listed by how long they are IN the boil, ie, how much time is left when you add it. A 15 minute addition means it was added when there were 15 minutes left in the boil.
Sticking to that convention will help prevent confusion when passing recipes along.