American Pale Ale Recipe
I was thinking my first all grain brew should be a variation of the APA I brewed last year for the LongShot Competition.
I made some adjustments and decided to post the new version of the American Pale Ale recipe. These adjustments are based on not only to suit an all grain process, but also based on notes I received from the judges:
10 lbs American 2-row malt
2 oz. Special B Malt
5 oz. Honey Malt
5 oz. American Victory Malt
.5 oz Yakima Magnum Pellet Hops boiled 60 min.
.5 oz. Glacier Plugs boiled 60 min.
.5 oz. Glacier Plugs boiled 30 min.
.5 oz. Glacier Plugs boiled 15 min.
.5 oz. Glacier Plugs boiled 1 min.
Yeast: White Labs WLP001 California Ale
Mash at 152 degrees for 60 minutes. Make yeast starter. Ferment for 2 weeks.
Basically trying to improve on what I feel is a good recipe. Attempting to get a bit hoppier with this one. Staying with a clean yeast strain, but going back to the tried and true 001.
I have Mike on tap to document the first all grain. Should be something… 
Here is my original partial mash version of this recipe:
4 lbs. 4 oz. American 2-row
2 oz. American Caramel 60°L
4 oz. American Victory
3 oz. Honey Malt
3 oz. Special B Malt
3.5 lbs. Dry Extra Light Extract
.5 oz. Cluster (Pellets, 5.50 %AA) boiled 60 min.
.5 oz. Glacier (Plugs, 7.0 %AA) boiled 60 min.
.5 oz. Glacier (Plugs, 7.0 %AA) boiled 30 min.
.5 oz. Glacier (Plugs, 7.0 %AA) boiled 15 min.
.5 oz. Glacier (Plugs, 7.0 %AA) boiled 1 min.
Yeast: White Labs WLP051 California Ale V Yeast
Original Gravity: 1.054
Terminal Gravity: 1.012
Color: 8.51 °SRM
Bitterness: 37.5 IBU
Alcohol (%volume): 5.50%
If you look closely at the ingredients list, you will see that I have profiled many of them in recent posts. I may need to alter some of the ingredients if I can’t get them.
I will be following a partial mash procedure for this recipe. Here is my brew log for this beer:
on February 26th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Glacier hops fit the style, but did availability play into your choice? Cascade, Centennial and Cluster are harder to find right now. I’ve never used Glacier.
on February 27th, 2008 at 10:57 am
I have some Cluster in my freezer so I want to use that. Glacier was chosen because of two reasons. Yes, one is availability and the other reason is that is sounds like a hop I would use. Won’t know until I use it, though.
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on January 14th, 2009 at 6:56 am
I’ve brewed an all glacier APA before – it is a great hop.
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