New Beer In Primary Fermentation: Untitled Pale Ale

duplico — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:45:44 +0000

In concert with my upcoming kegging setup, I’ve just brewed the beer that ought to be my first kegged beer. I’m also aiming to enter it in the Reddit Homebrewing Competition.

It’s pretty straightforward and virtually all extract, but that’s fine with me. I made a couple of weird decisions, namely the darkness of the crystal malt. I’m a little concerned about how dark it’s looking in primary at the moment — I know, I know, what did I expect from crystal 120L? — though the photo makes it look a lot darker than it actually is.

I’m also worried I went too far with the hops, but I suppose we’ll see what we see. I have some hophead friends. As they say: don’t worry, relax, have a homebrew. And I plan to.

I’ll name it once I’ve tasted it.

Untitled “Pale” Ale

Recipe	Reddit Pale Ale	Style	American Pale Ale
Brewer	George Louthan	Batch	5.00 gal
Extract

Recipe Characteristics

Recipe Gravity	1.048 OG	Estimated FG	1.012 FG
Recipe Bitterness	36 IBU	Alcohol by Volume	4.7%
Recipe Color	12° SRM	Alcohol by Weight	3.7%

Ingredients

Quantity	Grain	Type	Use
1.00 lb	Breiss Bavarian Wheat DME	Extract	Extract
5.00 lb	Breiss Pilsen Light DME	Extract	Extract
0.50 lb	CaraPils	Grain	Steeped
0.50 lb	Crystal 120L	Grain	Steeped
Quantity	Hop	Type	Time
0.75 oz	Cascade	Pellet	5 minutes
1.25 oz	Cascade	Pellet	30 minutes
1.00 oz	Hallertauer	Pellet	60 minutes
Quantity	Misc	Notes

Recipe Notes

Steep specialty grains for 30 minutes at 155F.

60 minute boil.

Batch Notes

Hops added directly to boil and strained out with a kitchen strainer when transferring to primary. Some remain, which should contribute something like a dry hopping effect; I’ll rack off of the settled hop fragments into secondary and probably filter more efficiently then, as well.

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New Beer In Primary Fermentation: Untitled Pale Ale