Paleface Ale

[Brownbeard]

submitted for commentand advice. I was looking for something along the lines of SNPA. I decided to go a little different.

Ruckus Paleface Ale
Brew Type: All Grain
Style: American Pale Ale
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Volume: 6.00 gal Boil Time: 60 min
Equipment: Brew Pot (6+gal) and Igloo/Gott Cooler (5 Gal) Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.0 %

Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU
8.00 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3 SRM) Grain 80.0 %
1.00 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2 SRM) Grain 10.0 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40 SRM) Grain 10.0 %
1.50 oz Cascade [5.5%] (60 min) Hops 29.4 IBU
1.00 oz Pearle [8.0%] (15 min) Hops 14.1 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [5.5%] (5 min) Hops 3.9 IBU
1 Pkgs California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) Yeast-Ale

Beer Profile Estimated Original Gravity: 1.056 SG
Estimated Final Gravity: 1.013 SG
Estimated Color: 9 SRM
Bitterness: 47.4 IBU
Estimated Alcohol by Volume: 5.6 %

[sallad]

i think SNPA uses perle for bittering and cascade for flavor/aroma (if you want to get really technical...)

my personal preference on the hop additions - i'd go with two separate 1/2oz additions at 20min and 10min (or similar), rather than a 1oz addition at 15min. it helps give a more well rounded hop profile.

also, i like to throw the aroma hops in a right after i cut the heat and before i begin chilling the wort.

either way, sounds like a tasty brew!

[Sunriver]

Looks good, I would only suggest:
1.00 oz Cascade [5.5%] (5 min) Hops 3.9 IBU
to
1.00 oz Cascade [5.5%] (3 min) Hops 3.9 IBU

For more hop nose.

Very tasty looking.

[brewmonkey]

Originally posted by Sunriver
Looks good, I would only suggest:
1.00 oz Cascade [5.5%] (5 min) Hops 3.9 IBU
to
1.00 oz Cascade [5.5%] (3 min) Hops 3.9 IBU

For more hop nose.

Very tasty looking.

There will be no difference in the aroma with that little time difference.

[denver brewhoo]

brewmonkey---So if he wants more hop nose, do you say make that last addition at 1 minute, or flameout? Or add another 1/2 oz? Or some combination thereof?

PS--you aren't by any chance Baltobrewer, elsewhere?

[brewmonkey]

Originally posted by denver brewhoo
brewmonkey---So if he wants more hop nose, do you say make that last addition at 1 minute, or flameout? Or add another 1/2 oz? Or some combination thereof?

PS--you aren't by any chance Baltobrewer, elsewhere?

I would go for after flame out, and as late as possible before knocking out. I usually go to kettle off, 10 minute rest into a 15 minute whirlpool and 30 minutes rest. I add the hops at the start of the whirlpool and have had good results.

Sorry, not me.

[denver brewhoo]

thanks...looks like I've got a new technique to try....the fear of infection etc that is drummed into you when you start doing this hobby has caused me to, I now see, rush a little too quickly from flame-out to wort chiller and fermenter.....I haven't been doing anything remotely like what I read as a 55 minute gap between flameout and draining to fermenter.....my rest has been about 5 minutes plus however long it takes to hook up the counterflow chiller...

Looks like my next brew day is about 45 minutes longer!

[brewmonkey]

As long as the wort stays about the 185 mark you should be all right.