#24 Pale Ale (Dry hopped)
#24 Pale Ale (Dry hopped)
I brewed this pale ale two weeks ago, I bottled it yesterday. Its a pale ale recipe from a book but I dry hopped it with Admiral pellet.
Batch Volume - 25l
OG - 1.041
FG - 1.007
ABV - 4.5%
IBU - 26
EBC - 12
Boil Time - 60 Minutes
Mash Water - 16.2l
Sparge Water - 17.6l
Grain
Thomas Fawcett - Maris Otter Pale malt 4.5Kg
Thomas Fawcett - Pale Crystal Malt 200g
Hops
Boil 60 minutes - Challenger whole hops 35g
Hopstand 10 minutes - East kent goldings whole hops 25g
Dry hop 4 days - Admiral pellets 50g
Yeast
WLP001 Californian Ale Yeast in a one litre starter fro 24 hours
Now for a few pictures
Boiling up 115g of Spray dried malt extract
Yeast added to flask and on the stir plate
Yeast starter after a few hours
Grainfather all wrapped up
Grainfather ready to be unpacked and put together
Before mashing in I normally fill the grainfather up with a few litres of water and heat it to about 70'c. This is then pumped around the system. This is just to give the pump a good flush out as it will have a bit of water in from last time.
Grainfather drained and filter fitted
Grainfather connect telling me to add strike water, 16.2l.
Filling up the grainfather with 16.2l of water. I do not treat my water, but this water is coming from a water filter that filters out things that cause lime scale etc.
As this was all happening a bit early in the morning its now time for COFFEE
Grainfather heating the mash water up to 65'c
Bottom plate and grain stopper fitted, I also put a tea towel around the top just to stop any bits of grain going down the side of the grain basket.
Mashing in, carefull not to knock the grain stopper pipework off. D'oh thats exactly what I did! Ah well never mind.
All mashed in
Overflow pipe fitted and top plate pushed down to rest on top of the mashed in grain
Lid and recirculation pipework fitted.
Controller showing mash temp and time left on the mash recirculation (after the 57 minutes has passed it will automatically do a mash out for 10 minutes at 75'c)
Wort looking nice and clear after mash out
Grain basket lifted ready for sparging
Sparge water going in
Controller keeping track of the volume of sparge water
Weighing out the hops
Nice rolling boil
SS Brewtech 7 gallon chronical fermenter all assembled and sanitised
Cooling and transferring the wort to the fermenter
Now for the boring bit, time to clear up
Thats it folks Unfortunately I do not have any pictures of the final product i.e. photos of samples in hydrometer jars etc..
This was dry hopped for 4 days after fermentation had finished and then bottled. The aroma of the beer when bottling was excellent, very fruity/citrusy from the admiral pellets. Taste was the same, exactly what I was after. Hopefully this will not lose much of its hop character after conditioning for 4 weeks.
Batch Volume - 25l
OG - 1.041
FG - 1.007
ABV - 4.5%
IBU - 26
EBC - 12
Boil Time - 60 Minutes
Mash Water - 16.2l
Sparge Water - 17.6l
Grain
Thomas Fawcett - Maris Otter Pale malt 4.5Kg
Thomas Fawcett - Pale Crystal Malt 200g
Hops
Boil 60 minutes - Challenger whole hops 35g
Hopstand 10 minutes - East kent goldings whole hops 25g
Dry hop 4 days - Admiral pellets 50g
Yeast
WLP001 Californian Ale Yeast in a one litre starter fro 24 hours
Now for a few pictures
Boiling up 115g of Spray dried malt extract
Yeast added to flask and on the stir plate
Yeast starter after a few hours
Grainfather all wrapped up
Grainfather ready to be unpacked and put together
Before mashing in I normally fill the grainfather up with a few litres of water and heat it to about 70'c. This is then pumped around the system. This is just to give the pump a good flush out as it will have a bit of water in from last time.
Grainfather drained and filter fitted
Grainfather connect telling me to add strike water, 16.2l.
Filling up the grainfather with 16.2l of water. I do not treat my water, but this water is coming from a water filter that filters out things that cause lime scale etc.
As this was all happening a bit early in the morning its now time for COFFEE
Grainfather heating the mash water up to 65'c
Bottom plate and grain stopper fitted, I also put a tea towel around the top just to stop any bits of grain going down the side of the grain basket.
Mashing in, carefull not to knock the grain stopper pipework off. D'oh thats exactly what I did! Ah well never mind.
All mashed in
Overflow pipe fitted and top plate pushed down to rest on top of the mashed in grain
Lid and recirculation pipework fitted.
Controller showing mash temp and time left on the mash recirculation (after the 57 minutes has passed it will automatically do a mash out for 10 minutes at 75'c)
Wort looking nice and clear after mash out
Grain basket lifted ready for sparging
Sparge water going in
Controller keeping track of the volume of sparge water
Weighing out the hops
Nice rolling boil
SS Brewtech 7 gallon chronical fermenter all assembled and sanitised
Cooling and transferring the wort to the fermenter
Now for the boring bit, time to clear up
Thats it folks Unfortunately I do not have any pictures of the final product i.e. photos of samples in hydrometer jars etc..
This was dry hopped for 4 days after fermentation had finished and then bottled. The aroma of the beer when bottling was excellent, very fruity/citrusy from the admiral pellets. Taste was the same, exactly what I was after. Hopefully this will not lose much of its hop character after conditioning for 4 weeks.
Last edited by chefgage on Sat Oct 13, 2018 10:49 am, edited 3 times in total.
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Re: #24 Pale Ale (Dry hopped)
chef,
Awesome post!
Love the grouting on your tiles!
The Beer sounds like a Good`un.
WA
Awesome post!
Love the grouting on your tiles!
The Beer sounds like a Good`un.
WA
Re: #24 Pale Ale (Dry hopped)
Thanks for sharing, enjoy these posts where you see others processes etc. Have to admit I have not looked back since moving to one pot brewing.
Re: #24 Pale Ale (Dry hopped)
I must admit i do enjoy the one pot brewing. Although i do miss my 3 vessel setup, apart from the cleaning and carrying it all down from the loft that is. I am in two minds whether to sell my 3 vessel setup or hang on to it just in case.
Re: #24 Pale Ale (Dry hopped)
The cleaning was always (and still is) a pain point but then again it is the best starting point as you referred to when giving the pump a run prior to mashing in. I sold or disposed of most of my 3V gear. For the volumes I produce I am good and by no means knocking 3V but delighted with my set up now.
Re: #24 Pale Ale (Dry hopped)
Just a quick picture of the finished product. Its had 4 weeks conditioning so i tried a bottle last night. Aroma wise its very pleasant, nice and fruity. Taste wise there is a bit of hoppyness but its not really that noticable. But you get a bit of hop flavour in the after taste. Next time i am going to up the dry hop weight, probably double it to 100g.
Anyway here it is, it looks a bit cloudy but thats just condensate on the glass.
Anyway here it is, it looks a bit cloudy but thats just condensate on the glass.
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Re: #24 Pale Ale (Dry hopped)
chef,
Nice looking Beer there!
Top tip....wipe the condensation off the glass before taking a pic, put a backlight behind the pint to show the
colour and clarity of the beer in all its` splendour. Take a drink, stand back and say `BLM`.
WA
Nice looking Beer there!
Top tip....wipe the condensation off the glass before taking a pic, put a backlight behind the pint to show the
colour and clarity of the beer in all its` splendour. Take a drink, stand back and say `BLM`.
WA
Re: #24 Pale Ale (Dry hopped)
Best get another bottle out then and do as you suggest
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Re: #24 Pale Ale (Dry hopped)
Looks nice - should be killer with 100g of dry hops.
Re: #24 Pale Ale (Dry hopped)
Excellent write up, keep it up very enjoyable read made so much better with the photos
Re: #24 Pale Ale (Dry hopped)
Thanks all. I have not brewed as much as i have wanted to of late. I have a few brews lined up soon, so i will post up the brew days hopefully with more pictures
The next one is a Raspberry and Vanilla smoothy IPA.
The next one is a Raspberry and Vanilla smoothy IPA.