Had a bit of a bonehead morning. I'm trying to make something similar to Sierra Nevada Pale Draft. I've never actually had it, but I've heard quite a bit about it. It is a different formulation of SNPA which is only served on draft at the brewery. It is reportedly more malty and less bitter. I had formulated the following recipe for it:
4536g American 2-row
363g Crystal 60
113g Aromatic
Well, my natural stupidity made a memorable appearance and I mashed the previous with 2 gallons of water and the temp came out to 54c. I farted around with it for a while and only realized a couple hours later that I had screwed up the initial volume of strike water. I was so frustrated I dumped it. That may have been a bad decision, but it certainly wasn't my first of the day. Anyway, I've begun again, but with the following recipe:
4082g MO pale
363g mix of Crystal 55, 60, 35, and 75
90g Aromatic
It'll certainly be a much maltier beer, but that's not a bad thing. We'll see how things go!
Ouch! Big mistake...
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monk
I think the bottle conditioning does a job of changing the snpa character. The SNPA i used to get was more toffee flavored, but now the bottled stuff is much dryer with a very potent bitterness. I've talked with SN and I know that they're very concerned with consistency, but they admitted that freshness is also important, so the bittering hops are different at times--magnum, warrior, or others. Maybe this is why the character is different. The original bottled is supposed to be 37 IBus and a FG of 1.010.
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monk