For anyone interested, here is my house pale ale recipe.
It's crisp and mild with a nice smooth hop finish and is easily my best "crowd pleasing" beer. The lagerheads seem to like it as much as the people who enjoy craft beer.
To help accommodate recipe changes, we decided to set up the hop timings so that different hops can be easily substituted, even though their alpha acid levels are not the same. The timings begin at 60 and work their way down in 10 minute increments. While these additions mean more work on brew day (compared to typical initial and knockout additions), they let us get closer to the bitterness ratio that we want to achieve for the style, and we can scale the amount of each addition accordingly.
I really haven't strayed from magnum on this one because of it's clean bitterness.
It's crisp and mild with a nice smooth hop finish and is easily my best "crowd pleasing" beer. The lagerheads seem to like it as much as the people who enjoy craft beer.
To help accommodate recipe changes, we decided to set up the hop timings so that different hops can be easily substituted, even though their alpha acid levels are not the same. The timings begin at 60 and work their way down in 10 minute increments. While these additions mean more work on brew day (compared to typical initial and knockout additions), they let us get closer to the bitterness ratio that we want to achieve for the style, and we can scale the amount of each addition accordingly.
I really haven't strayed from magnum on this one because of it's clean bitterness.
Recipe: House Pale Ale (Magnum)
Brewer: tknice
Asst Brewer: Pleepleus
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Dry finish, almost lager like. Great summer variation.
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 13.46 gal
Post Boil Volume: 11.96 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 11.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 10.42 gal
Estimated OG: 1.048 SG
Estimated Color: 5.4 SRM
Estimated IBU: 32.1 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 73.2 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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18 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 87.1 %
2 lbs Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 9.7 %
8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 2.4 %
2.7 oz Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 0.8 %
0.25 oz Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 7.5 IBUs
0.25 oz Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 50.0 min Hop 7.0 IBUs
0.25 oz Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 40.0 min Hop 5.7 IBUs
0.25 oz Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 3.8 IBUs
0.50 oz Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 5.0 IBUs
2.20 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining
0.50 oz Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 3.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 0.0 IBUs
2.0 pkg California Ale (White Labs #WLP001)
Mash Schedule: BIAB, Light Body
Total Grain Weight: 20 lbs 10.7 oz
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Saccharification Add 11.97 gal of water at 157.1 F 150.0 F 60 min
Mash Out Heat to 168.0 F over 7 min 168.0 F 10 min
Sparge: Remove grains, and prepare to boil wort
Notes:
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15 minute rest at flameout
Brewer: tknice
Asst Brewer: Pleepleus
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Dry finish, almost lager like. Great summer variation.
Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Boil Size: 13.46 gal
Post Boil Volume: 11.96 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 11.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 10.42 gal
Estimated OG: 1.048 SG
Estimated Color: 5.4 SRM
Estimated IBU: 32.1 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 73.2 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
------------
18 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 87.1 %
2 lbs Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 9.7 %
8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 2.4 %
2.7 oz Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 0.8 %
0.25 oz Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 7.5 IBUs
0.25 oz Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 50.0 min Hop 7.0 IBUs
0.25 oz Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 40.0 min Hop 5.7 IBUs
0.25 oz Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 3.8 IBUs
0.50 oz Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 5.0 IBUs
2.20 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining
0.50 oz Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 3.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 0.0 IBUs
2.0 pkg California Ale (White Labs #WLP001)
Mash Schedule: BIAB, Light Body
Total Grain Weight: 20 lbs 10.7 oz
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Saccharification Add 11.97 gal of water at 157.1 F 150.0 F 60 min
Mash Out Heat to 168.0 F over 7 min 168.0 F 10 min
Sparge: Remove grains, and prepare to boil wort
Notes:
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15 minute rest at flameout
