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Near a Nevada
In keeping with the time honoured tradition of pun based beer naming, I am going to have a brew day this Sat trying a Sierra Nevada pale ale clone (of sorts...)
Have come up with the following based on recipes online. Stupidly forgot to order the correct yeast last week, so am substituting with the 1318. Hope this won’t matter too much, as I’m not looking to make an exact clone, just some tasty beer.
Comments welcomed before I take the plunge on what will be my second AG batch. Looking forward to giving my new strainers a run in both the mash tun and boiler.
23L batch
Est. OG 1.047
Est. FG 1.012
Est. ABV 4.5%
Est. IBU 46
Est Colour 16 EBC
90 min Mash at 67 C
UK Maris Otter 4.8kg, (92.3%)
UK Light Crystal 400g (7.7%)
US Magnum 15.7%, 15g all of boil
Perle 8.2% 15g 30 mins from end
Cascade 6.3% 50g 10 mins from end
Cascade 6.3% 25g at turn off.
Wyeast 1318 London Ale III
Responses
Posted 1 year ago by Admin
Looks good to me. 1318 is a great yeast, one of my favourites so I'm sure it will turn out great.
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Nice one Stu .... hope you have a great brewday (love the name too!)
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
Looks great mate, one question though - if your looking for a snpa type ale how come you using that yeast? I still think it will taste great looking at those hops (Magnum is one of my fav's really crisp). Saying all that I have yet to try snpa.
Conditionin' - LEB Pale
Conditionin' - Thwaits Nutty Black
Plannin' - A user upper!
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Cheers chaps.
Nath its only because I cant be bothered to just order the right yeast on its own. I completely forgot it when I got the rest last week. Reading the descriptions of them though, 1318 is supposed to be a bit citrussy, which sounds perfect. I wont be doing a blind taste test or anything, so I reckon I'll get away with it
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
Mate its looks like a cracker. You cant go wrong with big late additions of cascade. What ebc is the crystal malt of yours?
Have you ever tried mashing at a lower temp? I always stuck to 66 with a few higher but on the Sharps Golden Ale recipe on this site it says to mash at 63c, I did and was quite impressed with the results. I found that it left more aroma and as it was thinner I felt it was easier to drink. (could be dangerous!)
Conditionin' - LEB Pale
Conditionin' - Thwaits Nutty Black
Plannin' - A user upper!
Posted 1 year ago by Member
That's a good point nath, I've never mashed below 65... always afraid of creating a monster :o) Hmmmm .. got me thinking!
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Hmm, interesting point on the mash temp. To be honest, I was just blindly following a receipe. Last time I mashed at 65C. I shall do a little investigating.
So changing the mast temp doesnt have any effect on the strength of the beer, just the body?
The crystal is 60 EBC.
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Hi Stu
yes, I'm fairly sure (others will have more knowledge than I) that lower temp mashes (around 65C) produce more fermentable sugars, giving a 'thinner' beer with a slightly higher alcohol content - more sugar turned to alcohol. A higher temp will create sugars that are not so redily fermentable, therefore a 'thicker' and sweeter beer with slightly less alcohol in it.
Personally I've never been below 65C before - there is obviously a limit though, something tells me its around 62C, where you won't get much of anything :o)
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
Yep Tony has it on the nose, the weird thing is beersmith does not take that into account when changing mash temps. It always produces the same sg no matter what temp you put in.
Conditionin' - LEB Pale
Conditionin' - Thwaits Nutty Black
Plannin' - A user upper!
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Ha! Is that right? :o) I keep meaning to play with that and see what happens but never got around to it. That is odd. I thought BeerSmith was faultless. I want my money back!
Complain!
:o)
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Same is true in BeerAlchemy. Must be a reason for it...
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
May be a minor difference in gravity, still worth having a look at.
Conditionin' - LEB Pale
Conditionin' - Thwaits Nutty Black
Plannin' - A user upper!
Posted 1 year ago by Member
OK, brewday done. Chiller is running, and I am chilling with a beer in the garden. Everything went perfectly, and hit ALL my numbers which surprised me. Worst part was the morning visit to sainsburys for the water.
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
Well done matey, to quote a bloke "I love it when a brewday comes together"!
What efficiency did you hit?
Conditionin' - LEB Pale
Conditionin' - Thwaits Nutty Black
Plannin' - A user upper!
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Was aiming for 65% and nailed it. Nothing to write home about, but better than the 50 I got first time...
Whole process was much easier this time. New strainers worked a treat. Time to plan the next one...
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
Well done mate. I'd go with continuity rather that hitting high one time then not getting it again.
Conditionin' - LEB Pale
Conditionin' - Thwaits Nutty Black
Plannin' - A user upper!
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Bottled last week, and finally had time to sort a label out this morning.
Has had a weeks warm conditioning, now being moved somewhere cool for a final week before tasting
Posted 1 year ago by Admin
They are looking really cool Stu, well worth the effort.
Like the ingredient list - "finest bottled water from Sainsburys"
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Cheers Greg. "cheapest" didn't have quite the same ring, although true.
Can't wait to try a bottle.
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
I cant believe youve waited this long to try it, seriously I really need to work on my uncanny ability to drain the beer from every point in the process!
Conditionin' - LEB Pale
Conditionin' - Thwaits Nutty Black
Plannin' - A user upper!
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Dont get me wrong, I've had cheeky samples when checking the gravity, but I don't count them. Not until I've popped a nicely chilled, fizzy bottle.
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Bottles in formation!
Seriously good label, photo and all-round work. Really looks the biz stu!
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
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