Description
A delicious pale ale inspired by the classic American Pale Ale by Sierra Nevada, but with the traditional Cascade hops substituted with the awesome Strata.
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Ingredients Included
Thomas Fawcett – Pale Crystal Malt
Crisp Extra Pale Malt
Strata – T90 Hop Pellets 100g (1 pack)
Northern Brewer – BarthHaas® Pure Hop Pellet (30g)
US-05 – 11g (1 pack)
Total grain bill: 5.9kg
Method
Beer Style (main): American Ales
Beer Style (sub): American-Style Pale Ale
Batch Size: 25
Original Gravity: 1.052
Final Gravity: 1.010
ABV %: 5.4
IBU: 37
Mash efficiency: 80
Brewing equipment: G40
THE MASH
Temperature °C (Step 1): 66
Length (mins) (Step 1): 60
Temperature °C (Step 2): 75
Length (mins) (Step 2): 10
THE BOIL
Boil time (mins): 60
Hop / kettle additions and timing:
30g Northern Brewer for 60 mins
30g Strata last 10 mins.
Whirlpool / hop stand:
70g Strata Whirlpool @ 80c
Yeast: US-05 1 Packet
Fermentation temperature/steps: 19c for 10 days then 21c for 2 days or until FG is stable
Comments:
A delicious pale ale inspired by the classic American Pale Ale by Sierra Nevada, but with the traditional Cascade hops substituted with the awesome Strata.
ady_reed (verified owner) –
The efficiency in the recipe is wrong, I make it about 73% and not 80% which i got that gave me an OG of 1.057 and a 6% beer., which I guess is a bonus. I also used 2 packs of yeast as 1 pack will give you a pitch rate just below the manufacturers minimum.
This is a lovely beer, a simple grain bill and hop schedule that just works and give a great APA. I’ve never used this hop before and the flavour from it is just great. Will definitely be using again.
Karl Vieira (verified owner) –
Definitely the best beer I’ve ever brewed. Really nice and fruity Will be making this a regular.
Ian Barnes –
I made this when I attended the Malt Miller brew day. Absolutely delicious beer. Definitely the best I’ve ever made and is up there with the best Pale Ales I’ve ever drank!!!
Julian Balatoni (verified owner) –
A great pale ale, easy to brew with fantastic results. This is going to be another regular for me.
David Gordon (verified owner) –
Without doubt, one of the best AG beers I have ever brewed and tasted. A gentle upfront bitterness is followed by a gorgeous rush of Strata. Tropical fruit and citrus heaven. Smooth, easy drinking heaven and a real dark horse at 5.5%
Order with absolute confidence.
I’ve just reordered after my first ‘test pint’.
David Gordon (verified owner) –
Supping my second attempt tonight and it tastes identical to the first effort.
Spectacular.
ANDREW ANTHONY (verified owner) –
This was delicious. i was short on time and ended up pitching on to the WLP 820 yeast cake from my Festbier which I had just transferred to keg. So in effect I brewed it like an IPL and left to condition for about 6 weeks. But why a 25 litre batch size? I (probably like a lot of others) brewed this in a 30 litre alll in one system. After mash, sparge and boil I was left with 23 litres with OG 1.061. I had to dilute with another 3 litres of water to get back to a sensible OG. So after fermentation, i’m left trying to squeeze around 24 litres of beer into a 19 litre corny keg. Do us a favour and give us the option to buy as a 21 litre kit so I don’t need to faff around with bottles again.