American Pale Ale Recipe
All right. I think I gotta brew a batch for the Sam Adams Comp. I came up with this American Pale Ale 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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