cascade ale look ok ?

[alfie09]

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Date:
Gyle Number:
Fermentable Colour lb: oz Grams Ratio
Pale Malt 5 EBC 11 lbs. 13.3 oz 5370 grams 94.7%
Caragold 9 EBC 0 lbs. 5.3 oz 150 grams 2.6%
Crystal Malt 130 EBC 0 lbs. 5.3 oz 150 grams 2.6%


Hop Variety Type Alpha Time lb: oz grams Ratio
Cascade Whole 5.7 % 90 mins 0 lbs. 3.2 oz 90 grams 45%
Cascade Whole 5.7 % 10 mins 0 lbs. 1.8 oz 50 grams 25%
Cascade Whole 5.7 % 0 mins 0 lbs. 2.1 oz 60 grams 30%


Final Volume: 28 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.047
Final Gravity: 1.011
Alcohol Content: 4.6% ABV
Total Liquor: 41.2 Litres
Mash Liquor: 14.2 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 77 %
Bitterness: 36.2627480891119 EBU
Colour: 13 EBC

[Rookie]

Yes.

[far9410]

It looks good, but personally, I would reduce the boil hops and increase the late steep/ dry

[CestrIan]

No!! There is something you have set up wrong in your beer calc software - 90g at 90 minutes and 50g at 10 mins is going to give you something like 60 IBUs. You won't be able to drink this beer as it will be too bitter for the strength.

Out of interest why make 28L of beer. This is too much for a normal fv or keg and not enough for 2 cornies?

[alfie09]

just enough to fil the bottles i have. i have set the hop utilisation lower than the set setting on beer engine there set to high on the default settings

[alfie09]

i have changed it to this now what do you guys think. going to get this on early tommorrow after i have fed the little un in the morning be about 5am

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Date:
Gyle Number:
Fermentable Colour lb: oz Grams Ratio
Pale Malt 5 EBC 11 lbs. 13.6 oz 5380 grams 88.8%
Caragold 9 EBC 0 lbs. 7.5 oz 215 grams 3.5%
Crystal Malt 130 EBC 0 lbs. 7.5 oz 215 grams 3.5%
Wheat Malt 3.5 EBC 0 lbs. 8.8 oz 250 grams 4.1%


Hop Variety Type Alpha Time lb: oz grams Ratio
admiral Pellet 12 % 90 mins 0 lbs. 1.0 oz 28 grams 12.3%
Cascade Whole 7.79999999999999 % 10 mins 0 lbs. 2.1 oz 60 grams 26.3%
Cascade Whole 7.79999999999999 % 5 mins 0 lbs. 2.1 oz 60 grams 26.3%
Cascade Whole 7.79999999999999 % 0 mins 0 lbs. 2.8 oz 80 grams 35.1%


Final Volume: 28 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.050
Final Gravity: 1.012
Alcohol Content: 4.9% ABV
Total Liquor: 41.5 Litres
Mash Liquor: 15.1 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 77 %
Bitterness: 33.6483570663666 EBU
Colour: 16 EBC

[Troutman47]

I was in my LHBS today picking up some supplies and seen cascade on the shelf so bought some on a whim.
This is the recipe I've come up with:-


Recipe: Gigantor Yank
Style: 10B-American Ale-American Amber Ale

Recipe Overview

Wort Volume Before Boil: 32.00 l
Wort Volume After Boil: 25.00 l
Volume Transferred: 23.00 l
Water Added: 0.00 l
Volume At Pitching: 23.00 l
Final Batch Volume: 23.00 l
Expected Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.035 SG
Expected OG: 1.045 SG
Expected FG: 1.011 SG
Expected ABV: 4.5 %
Expected ABW: 3.5 %
Expected IBU (using Tinseth): 26.0
Expected Color: 20.0 EBC
Apparent Attenuation: 74.9 %
Mash Efficiency: 75.0 %
Boil Duration: 90.0 mins
Fermentation Temperature: 18 degC

Fermentables
UK Pale Ale Malt 4.000 kg (81.5 %) In Mash/Steeped
UK Medium Crystal 0.500 kg (10.2 %) In Mash/Steeped
UK Torrified Wheat 0.400 kg (8.1 %) In Mash/Steeped
UK Roasted Barley 0.010 kg (0.2 %) In Mash/Steeped

Hops
US Cascade (6.8 % alpha) 100 g Loose Whole Hops used 10 Min From End

Other Ingredients
Protafloc 1 used In Boil

Yeast: Danstar-Nottingham

Mash Schedule
Mash Type: Full Mash
Schedule Name:Single Step Infusion (66C/151F) w/Mash Out
Step: Rest at 66 degC for 90 mins
Step: Raise to and Mash out at 77 degC for 15 mins


Cheers

[alfie09]

mash on. using some mauribrew yeast on this baby. wow the admiral pellets i have smell lush

[Troutman47]

I'm using Northdown in a Betty Stoggs clone for the first time and they smell amazing too.

[CestrIan]

Nice one alfie. That recipe looks a lot better. How did the brew day go?

I still think your under estimateing IBU a bit. I make this about 42, but this should be just about perfect.

This reminds me of Epic Pale Ale, which has a similar hopping schedule with cascade and then some serious dry hopping. When fermentation has finished (after 1 week in the fv) they add the equivalent of 57g of cascade dry hops for 5 days at fermentation temp (18-20C). Then the first lot of dry hops are removed, chill the wort down to say 11C and add another 57g of cascade dry hops for 5 days.

The different additions of cascade - late hops, flame out, whirlpool and then hot and cold dry hops are meant to give layers of flavour which produce a beer with real depth.

I'm gonna give this a go in the next few weeks. I'm salivating at the thought.

[alfie09]

brewday went ok mate. got 26 litres @ 1051 so not bad. always 2 litres or 3 litres out no matter what i do . tasted ok from the trial jar. hoping this is a good one, might buy some more cascade to dry hop

[CestrIan]

Go for it alfie! This will be a cracker!

[alfie09]

just ordered 100 grams of cascade pellets dry hop with them weekend if they come by then. oh yessssss

[alfie09]

dry hopped with 150 grams of pellets yummy

[alfie09]

working out expensive this. hope it tastes ok. thats nearly £25 on hops alone oh feck best not tell the missus had i