Anyone got a good recipe using Cascade?

[danielski]

I got a Brupaks err, pack, of cascade hops for crimbo and was wanting to brew a kind of golden / blonde / (american?) ale for the spring when trees aren't getting blown over and destroying my fence

I've pulled a couple from this site but was wondering if anyone who's into their ales of this type could suggest other recipes or point me in a good direction?

[mysterio]

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is the famous Cascade-hop brew, this is my version which comes fairly close IMO. It's for 5.10 gallons to account for hop absorption, and my efficiency is pretty low at 65%. To be honest, Cascade isn't limited to American ales any more, I smell it in quite a few British ales aswell.

SNPA
American Pale Ale

Type: All Grain
Date: 28/10/2006
Batch Size: 5.10 Imp gal
Brewer: Geoff
Boil Size: 5.83 Imp gal
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: My Equipment
Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.0

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
5.30 kg Pale Malt (3.0 SRM) Grain 87.6 %
0.50 kg Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 8.3 %
0.25 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 4.1 %
35.00 gm Northern Brewer [8.50%] (60 min) Hops 30.5 IBU
28.00 gm Cascade [5.50%] (15 min) Hops 7.0 IBU
60.00 gm Cascade [5.50%] (0 min)
1 Pkgs SafAle US-56 Yeast-Ale

Beer Profile

Measured Original Gravity: 1.053 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.011 SG
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 5.5 %
Bitterness: 37.4 IBU Calories: 235 cal/pint
Est Color: 7.1 SRM Color: Color

Mash Profile

Name Description Step Temp Step Time
Mash In Add 15.78 L of water at 74.7 C 68.0 C 60 min

[danielski]

Looks good , plus I've got all the ingredients apart from the Cara-Pils. Can this be substituted with anything or is it a call to H&G?

[mysterio]

Well the US-56 yeast attenuates very well (it's similar to Nottingham) so the cara-pils is a body-builder to compensate for that. IMO it's pretty essential. H&G would probably only charge you a pound for delivery.

[deadlydes]

sticking with the pale side of things use 96% pale and 4% crystal and hop to 24ibu with cascade alone around 22ibu at the start of the boil and 2ibus in the last 15 you will get a great beer.

also cascade and northern brewer work really well together (equal amounts of IBUs of both) in a pale ale or even better in a dark beer/stout..yummy

[danielski]

All sounds good , I've got some Northdown hops in the freezer too (similar to Northern Brewer?)

[tribs]

If you have to order the Cara Pils from H&G you could order some Magnum and Perle and make the real thing

http://forum.northernbrewer.com/viewtopic.php?t=15532

But if you brew BeerFans recipe you won't need Cara Pils anyway

[slurp the apprentice]

I would recomend this recipe IPA Townes brewery pale malt 4880 g wheat malt 195g cascade hops 5.2% 96g start of boil and then 27g cascade last 15mins and 5g irish moss. I have always used m/otter and been happy with the results although next time i will use golden promise to see if there is any difference. good luck

[bitter_dave]

I would recomend this recipe IPA Townes brewery pale malt 4880 g wheat malt 195g cascade hops 5.2% 96g start of boil and then 27g cascade last 15mins and 5g irish moss. I have always used m/otter and been happy with the results although next time i will use golden promise to see if there is any difference. good luck

Hi Slurp, I'm assuming you've got this from the Olloson book? Have you tried the Townes recipe for 'Sunshine' beer? I've been pondering giving this a go at some point....

[danielski]

Wow, thanks for all the recipe advice, people. It now looks like I won't get to brew until the end of feb as the builders come in next week so the house will be utter chaos for a while
Definitely going to re-open the brewery with one of these recipes though. Or maybe even a couple of them

So tell me, what is the Ollson book of which you speak? Sounds interesting.

[Road Runner]

So tell me, what is the Ollson book of which you speak? Sounds interesting.

Real Ales for the Home Brewer by Marc Ollosson. Available from all good book shops.

I've got it and have done most of my brews from this book. I just find the recipe layout nice & clear to follow, for a simpleton like me.

The more seasoned brewer may find the book a bit basic though.

[danielski]

Ah ok, thanks. And what kind of recipes are they? Is that a stupid question? Probably

[Road Runner]

The majority are clone recipes from various brewery's around the UK. The author I believe ran, or does run a home brew shop in South Wales & towards the rear of the book, are a load of recipes that some of his friends & shop customers have formulated.

The front of the book also contains basic, but concise instructions for All Grain & Extract brewing.

[bitter_dave]

Ah ok, thanks. And what kind of recipes are they? Is that a stupid question? Probably

Not a stupid question at all. Basically he's taken information provided by breweries as to what ingredients they use in various beers and formualted hombrew recipes. Some are from famous breweries, and some from microbreweries. Seems to be a reasonable variation in the recipes in terms of strengths and types of beers (Bitters, IPAs, stouts etc).

I've not had the chance to make any of them yet, but there are a few I think I'll give a go, including the one mentioned above

Edit - RR you type faster than me

[slurp the apprentice]

Hi bitter Dave yes i have tried the sunshine recipe from ollossons book.I was disappointed with the brew and never attempted it again.Saying that i have never yet brewed a 3.6% beer i liked .My favourites in ollossons book remain I
PA and old horsewhip.More recently i have started using golden promise rather than pearl or m/otter i am hopeful this will suit my pale ale taste buds better.I have just brewed Deuchars and Landlord clones my first attempts with golden promise i let you know how these turn out in a couple of weeks