New Brunswick Craft Brewers Association
Beer Recipes and Food => All Grain => 10 - American Ale => Topic started by: Kyle on May 13, 2011, 08:00:13 PM
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8# 2-row
1/2# Vienna
1/2# crystal 60
mash for 60 min @150F
sparge for 15 min @163F
1/2oz galena @65 min
1/2oz fuggle @15 min
whirlfloc @13min
1/2oz fuggle @1 min
Edit: double the flavour and aroma additions
yeast: S-04
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I think I'll give this one a go but with different hops based on what I have.
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I suggest aiming for a clean bittering hop and something mellow for the late additions.
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The hops i have are cascade, willamette, fuggle and simcoe.
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cascade for bittering and fuggle for late additions would be nice. I actually almost went that route myself, but I've been using alot of Cascade lately, so I thought I'd do something a little different.
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that's because Cascade is awesome :P
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btw, use a blow off hose for this one
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I've learned to use a blowoff on all the smaller carboys for the first 3 days....
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yeah, I don't bother with the small 5gal Carboys, too much mess. I use the 6.5g ones.
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I got two of each, so Ive been using the 5's for secondarys now.
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I designed this one for a quick turn around and low calorie content. Kegged it this evening, and had a pint to spare. Despite being warm and flat, it was very good. I think this will be my house pale ale.
It will sit at 30 psi until morning, then I'll give it a good shake, and let sit until Friday evening, should be good to go... grain to draught, fully carbonated in exactly two weeks.
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I shared this with quite a few non-craftbrew drinkers this week, with really good feedback.
I'll be making this again for sure, just with Marris Otter instead of 2-row.
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Perfect I'm gonna make this Sunday or Monday. I'm trying to get some of my friends interested in brewing but I'm having a hard time getting them off the rice water.
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I also make a Light Ale very similar to keiths !!!
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Having a pint of this now... I have to say, for 4.5% abv, its flavourful, balanced, and yummy.
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Jealous :P
That grain can't get here soon enough... I might be forced to break my "two weeks 'til bottling" rule for my current (KISS Pale Ale) brew, and get it in bottles tomorrow. I used a metric shitload of yeast, so I suspect the normal conditioning might not apply. Will do a diacetyl force-test to be sure.
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Jealous :P
That grain can't get here soon enough... I might be forced to break my "two weeks 'til bottling" rule for my current (KISS Pale Ale) brew, and get it in bottles tomorrow. I used a metric shitload of yeast, so I suspect the normal conditioning might not apply. Will do a diacetyl force-test to be sure.
What temp have yours been fermenting at?
I have mine downstairs at 65F and it's still bubbling away, nowhere near kegging and we were brewing at the same time.
Of course you used the ringwood and i used the london esb, so that would be a big difference, too.
JW
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What temp have yours been fermenting at?
About 19.5C on average ambient temperature (18-21 according to the thermometer on the wall), so I guess 67F-ish.
I have mine downstairs at 65F and it's still bubbling away, nowhere near kegging and we were brewing at the same time.
Aye, mine stopped bubbling a couple of days ago but I wasn't exaggerating when I said I used a shitload of yeast. I had some washed yeast (S05) in a bottle that I used - roughly 250ml of compact yeast slurry, with 250ml water I poured off. This is a pretty hefty over-pitch, I suspect, and will have led to the seriously reduced primary times.
Of course you used the ringwood and i used the london esb, so that would be a big difference, too.
As mentioned, I ended up using S05, so I'd expect the ester profile in yours to be a little more prominent. Nothing major, though.
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Anybody got 1/2 pound of vienna and some s-04 so I could start this one up??
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I can cover the vienna, but you'll need to get the yeast.
I have to say, this is extremely good beer.
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I can cover the vienna, but you'll need to get the yeast.
I have to say, this is extremely good beer.
Thanks K!
Anybody got some S-04 I could borrow?
JW
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this keg is already gone... will be making it again for sure.
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Too bad it's empty, I'd love to have direct compared it to the version I just finished...Day 5 today, it's clearing nicely and I might just shoot for 7 days to the tap as well, gravity is down to 1010.
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Well, When I get moved into my new place in August, I think this will be the first one I brew. What I really liked about this one is that the 6 week rule for my standard 12# batch did not apply. With the light grain bill and low hoppage, it was at peak at 2.5-3 weeks from brewday.
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Kyle and I just shared a bit of my version of this,
the mods were in the hops (doubling and subbing)...
1 oz Nugget leaf @ 60 min
1 oz Willamette leaf @ 15 min
1 oz Willamette leaf @ 1 min
My version seems to have received the approval of the original author, it will be available for tasting tomorrow.
JQ
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I'll be brewing this one yet again today. I'm glad I can do 10gal at once now, this beer always goes quick. I'll leave the bittering hops at their current level, but double the flavour and aroma amounts.
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I'm on my last keg of it now from the first 13.5 gallon brewing of it...I think I might try upping it to an 18 gallon batch and do it early next week.
I have a 4 way spunding connector now that worked well 3 ways on my Hoppy Porter, so I'm going to give it a go and see how it goes. Maybe follow it up with 4 different dry hoppings. That'll go a long way to making the summer cruise on by.
JQ
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JQ, if you need S04, I have S04, I'm actually in need of a packet of S05, so if you wanted to do an even trade I can drop some off tonight?
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JQ, if you need S04, I have S04, I'm actually in need of a packet of S05, so if you wanted to do an even trade I can drop some off tonight?
We should have some US-05 by Wednesday HH. I believe there is some coming with the grain order.
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I'm out of 5 and have lots of 4 now, so I'm in the same boat!
JQ
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nice of you guys to offer to JQ, but this thread was started a long time ago.
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We should have some US-05 by Wednesday HH. I believe there is some coming with the grain order.
Yup - a whole box (4 trays) = 158 sachets of US-05 should be here next Wednesday...
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Ok, cool
I'm going to take stock of what yeasts I have and buy whatever I need to have 5x of S04, and 5x of S05.
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On the current incarnation of this, I yielded about 9.5 gal when I racked it from the fermenter into two corny kegs, the OG was 1042 and the FG was 1006 (mash temp was 149). So this is 4.7% abv, and good at 5 days from brew day. I did not even use a spunding valve.
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'tis delicious and nearly carbed at 6 days from brew day, no spunding used. This is my favourite lawnmower beer to date.
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Even with a 10g batch this goes fast, got about 2 gallons left... will be brewing this again soon. I'm going to try swaping the C60 for CaraMunich II.
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wiki.
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I believe this has to be the most tweaked and played with recipe in the group, absolute widi-dom, perhaps with a few of the versions represented within the wiki, saying and if you're looking to do... then do...
JQ
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I think thats a cool idea, wiking recipe with popular variations.
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Well volunteered :P
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I think that I will try this tomorrow. I have the following types of hops, what would you recommend?
N.Brewer (leaf), Magnum, Cascade, Comet (leaf), Hallertau, Palisade, Simcoe, Willamette, EKG, Fuggles.
Maybe, 1/2 oz of Cascade @ 65 and 1 oz of Fuggles @ 15 and 1oz Fuggles @1?
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that would work very well, I think!
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Thanks.
I won't be over tomorrow, I think I'll brew this instead. Let me know the next time you are going to demo your setup and I'll be there.
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I'd axe the crystal, or replace it with carafoam, and use US-05 instead...