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Brew UK Forum » Tag: Pale Ale - Recent Topics http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Brew UK Forum » Tag: Pale Ale - Recent Topics en Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:55 +0000 hammy1801 on "Brewing at end of the month..." http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/brewing-at-end-of-the-month#post-18541 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:53:46 +0000 hammy1801 18541@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Hi all Brewing at the end of the month (holiday to go on or would be brewing this weekend) and was considering doing a single hop ale like the brilliant Amarillo IPA. Recipe is going to be: Cascading Lights Pale Ale.[u] DME Light - 2kg DME Wheat - 1kg Cascade hops (7.6%) 30gm 90 min Cascade hops (7.6%) 20gm 15 min Cascade hops (7.6%) 10gm Flame out, steeped for 30 min Beer engine states this should give an ABV of 4.4% with an EBU of 51. Wondering if this is too much hops, what do you think?? Looking forward as always to any pointers, questions or queries. Cheers Hammy jonnycope on "Orangey Pale Ale" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/orangey-pale-ale#post-14846 Tue, 03 May 2011 17:40:15 +0000 jonnycope 14846@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Hey, I was thinking about making an orangey Pale ale and I was wondering if anyone can help me with my idea. I was thing 1) fill the brewing bucket up nearly full with water and put either a) orange peel or b) orange slices and let them infuse over night. 2) boil the malt (don't know which ones to use yet) adding the hops for these times Pacifica for 60 minutes, Progress for 30 minutes and Ahtanum for 30-15 minutes (don't know the amounts yet) 3) Add this to the water, let it cool then add the yeast and leave until ready. What do you think? Anyone got any ideas? Ian on "AG#9 Angry Armadillo" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/ag9-angry-armadillo#post-8300 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 14:21:25 +0000 Ian 8300@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ 1st recipe post from me. I wanted to make a pale ale with big hop character. Amarillo seemed to fit the bill. Angry Armadillo Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) Type: All Grain Batch Size: 23.00 L Mash temp 67C 90 min 12.5l Sparge 70C total boil volume 29l Boil Time: 90 min Ingredients 5.00 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) 21.00 gm Challenger 1 [7.60 %] (90 min) Hops 25.00 gm Challenger 2 [7.20 %] (60 min) Hops 20.00 gm Amarillo [9.40 %] (15 min) Hops 20.00 gm Amarillo [9.40 %] (0 min) 1.00 tsp protofloc (Boil 15.0 min) 3rd generation British Ale (Wyeast Labs #1098) Beer Profile Est Original Gravity: 1.052 SG Measured 0riginal Gravity: 1.051 SG Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.04 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 5.34 % Bitterness: 43.1 IBU Est Color: 9.4 EBC This is now conditioning in mini kegs and bottles. Couldn't resist a taster after a week. It's a bit young but shows good promise. I'll update some tasting notes in due course. Any comments questions gratefully received. Ian on "AG#10 Sunshine Shrew" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/ag10-sunshine-shrew#post-8580 Sat, 06 Nov 2010 10:18:12 +0000 Ian 8580@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ This is the second time I have brewed this, slightly revised this time with more aroma hops. The aim of this was to do something similar to Badger Golden Champion, flavoured with elderflower. A side by side comparison showed they were identical in colour, last time this recipe had better head retention and was more hopy and less sweet than Golden Champion. The elderflower flavour is subtle but compliments the hops This one is getting bottled today and tastes great from the sample I took yesterday to measure the FG. I plan to do a peach blossom version in the spring as I discovered that a tree in the garden I thought was a willow grew one big peach this year much to my surprise. Sunshine Shrew 2 Special/Best/Premium Bitter Type: All Grain Date: 30/10/2010 Batch Size: 20.00 L Mash 10 L @67 C 90 minutes Sparge 20 L @ 72 C Boil Size: 27.00 L Boil Time: 90 min Water treatment 0.5 campden tablet to mash and sparge water 4ml CRS for every 5 l water used teaspoon gypsum in mash 0.5 tsp in boil o.25 tsp epsom salts in mash Mash pH 5.4 Ingredients 3.65 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) 0.14 kg Crystal Malt 1 (105.0 EBC) 40.00 gm Fuggles [5.50 %] (90 min) 15.00 gm Challenger 2 [7.20 %] (15 min) 15.00 gm Elderflower (dried) (Boil 15.0 min) 6.00 gm Fuggles [5.50 %] (0 min) 6.00 gm Challenger 2 [7.20 %] (0 min) 5.00 gm Challenger 2 [7.20 %] @85 C 5.00 gm Fuggles [5.50 %] (0 min) @85 C 1.00 tsp protofloc (Boil 15.0 min) London Ale III (Wyeast Labs #1318) 3rd regeneration Fermentation 1 week Beer Profile Est Original Gravity: 1.045 SG Measured Original Gravity: 1.044 SG Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.31 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.43 % Bitterness: 33.9 IBU Est Color: 11.9 EBC Greg on "Citrus Golden Ale" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/citrus-golden-ale#post-2647 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:31:04 +0000 Greg 2647@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Here's the sneaky brew I put together yesterday. I was testing the recipe out as it was one given to me by a very experienced brewer. The Brewers Gold were an unexpected delight. Very similar aroma to Cascade which I wasn't expecting but very nice. I did a pretty laid back approach to this one as I was doing lots of stuff in the Garden at the same time. I didn't even check the gravity until it was in the fermenter but turned out okay. I decided to switch back to Protofloc to see if I could get a clearer wort out of the boiler but came out the same as Irish Moss to be honest. I did have a really clear wort with lots of visible break material until I added the steep hops which seemed to cloud it up again. Ended up with 20 litres at 1.050 as I lost quite a bit again to the extra hops. I'm planning to ferment for 4 days, then rack to a secondary for a week. I don't normally do this but I want to recover the yeast for a future brew and also I want the beer to clear as much as possible before I add to the Cornie keg. I really like that Wyeast 1318 as I used it in a beer a while ago with great results and I'm think I'm going to use it for all pale ales from now on. This beer is lot lower IBU than my normal Pales but I'll see how it turns out. Looking good so far. Recipe: Citrus Golden Ale Style: Pale Ale TYPE: All Grain Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size: 23.00 L Estimated OG: 1.050 SG Estimated Color: 5.6 EBC Estimated IBU: 22 IBU Boil Time: 75 Minutes Est Abv: 5.2% Ingredients: ------------ 4980.00 gm Pale Malt, Maris Otter (4.5 EBC) 120g Wheat Malt 10 gm Rakau [12.00 %] (75 min) 20 gm Brewers Gold [8.20 %] (15 min) 60 gm Styrian Goldings [2.5 %] (Steep 1 hr) 80 gm NZ Cascade [7.6 %] (Steep 1 hr) Wyeast 1318 London Ale III Yeast. Greg on "House Pale" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/house-pale#post-1544 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:21:25 +0000 Greg 1544@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ So I thought I would do 2 brews in one day and see how that went. Its the way forward and everyones a lot happier all round. Longer brew day but needed less often. I didn't get the water on until gone 8 and was all done by 6.30, although still have some clearing up to do as dinner got in the way after the second one was in the fermenter. I've also been given a small burco by Nath which I will be able to use on the next day after a thorough descaling. Not sure what size it is but I think its about 15 litre which means with my large pan I should be able to heat enough water for the second sparge while the first is still boiling which will cut about 1.5 hrs off the total brew day. Anyway here's the recipe. No name for this one as this is basically my standard house pale ale which I just adjust each time to try different hops and yeast in the safe knowledge that I'm going to like it. Just Pale malt, around 5% ABV with 38 IBU. Variety is the spice of life (or should that be hop of life) and not sure I can make the same beer twice. There are too many hops/yeast combinations. Recipe: House Pale 16/1 Style: English Pale Ale TYPE: All Grain Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size: 23.00 L Estimated OG: 1.049 SG Estimated Color: 4.8 EBC Estimated IBU: 38 IBU Boil Time: 60 Minutes Est Abv: 4.7% Ingredients: ------------ 5000.00 gm Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 EBC) 21.55 gm Challenger [6.30 %] (60 min) 26.73 gm Goldings [4.00 %] (60 min) 4.61 gm Challenger [6.3 %] (30 min) 9.29 gm Goldings [4.00 %] (30 min) 9.35 gm Challenger [6.3 %] (15 min) 26.35 gm Challenger [6.3 %] (5 min) 20.00gm Challenger [6.3 %] (Steep 80c 30 min) Wyeast 1318 London Ale III (Propagator made up to 2 litre starter 24 hrs previous). Choice of hops was simply to use up some stuff I had in the fridge but so far so good. My new brewing plan is to always make a batch based on this criteria and then make something a little more experimental. Double brew days from now on and it will ensure I always have a easy drinking pale ale in supply. Next time I want to try and emulate St Austells Tribute which says it uses fuggles, Willamette and Styrian Goldings in the hops (qty and times unknown). I guessing fuggles in the copper with Willamette and Styrians as the late additions. It has nice citrus aroma but not like cascade type APA's which I'm guessing comes from heavy Styrians in the steep. I'm also keen to experiment further with heavy weighting towards late hop additions with very little copper hops but we'll see how the Rocker comes out first. I also have some draft Black Sheep the other night which was lovely. Hoping to sneak another brew day in a couple of weeks to really give stocks a boost then go back to once a month. Greg on "Pale ale with Willamette and Cascade" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/pale-ale-with-willamette-and-cascade#post-32 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:32:18 +0000 Greg 32@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ My lastest pale ale has cleared, only been in the barrel 2 weeks. Lovely hoppy flavour which I'm hoping won't fade. First time I have dried hopped straight into into the barrel and do seem to have a few bit of hops floating in the beer, hoping these will sink over time. Definitely the hoppiest beer I have made so far. The Willamette and Cascade give a really nice, distinct flavour. I also used a Wyeast English Ale which has given a lovely crisp flavour. Going to try some Rakau this weekend although not sure what to go with it. Perhaps some East Kent Goldings or use up the cascade and willamette from a couple of weeks ago. There are so many combinations. Oh the joy of home brewing!