Easter Cascade

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prodigal2

Easter Cascade

Post by prodigal2 » Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:02 pm

The mash is on for my first ever cascade beer, which is maintaining my single hop learning curve beers 8)

Easter cascade 18L

3.4kg pale malt
200grms wheat malt

cascade 7%AA 30grms 90 mins

cascade 10grms @ 0 mins

Irish moss and yeast vit at 10 mins

Yeast from the local micro???
mashing @ 66C
Target OG 1,047ish
IBU's 30 working on 25% utilisation

I have a question which is, I enjoy the late addition hop flavours and I was wondering if 10grms will be enough?

Oh and the wife is helping with todays brew as the tendons in my hand are still not A1 :roll: trying to work out if that is a good thing or a bad thing :wink: Then again she does quaff a fair bit of my beers so its only about time I suppose.
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Chris B

Post by Chris B » Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:25 pm

You could always use the Townes IPA recipe from Marc Ollosons Book.
Garth posted it for me when I did my first AG and very nice it is too!

http://jimsbeerkit.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9855
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Post by Jim » Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:33 pm

Have a good one, P. I used 5g of late goldings in todays brew, and 10g in the last one (which was fine). I suppose it's a matter of taste.
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Post by stevezx7r » Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:37 pm

Enjoy the day, don't try lifting heavy things with that bad hand - get the wife to do it :wink:
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prodigal2

Post by prodigal2 » Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:38 pm

Cheers Chris I should of of mentioned the mash was on :roll:

Though I can see that Townes will be added to my list of todo beers. I am aiming for a pale ale to get what the hop gives to a normalish strength beer. without the confusion of a higher ABV or long grist list to mask the flavour. And not needing to let it condition for 3 months always helps(which in itself alows other flavours to develop :=P )
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Post by ECR » Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:41 pm

Hope it's going well P2 8)
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Chris B

Post by Chris B » Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:46 pm

Sorry you did say the mash was on, I didn't spot it!

You could probably get away with some more late hops as the Townes I did was good to drink after 3 weeks and got better, although it was only 5ltr brew so didn't last that long!
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prodigal2

Post by prodigal2 » Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:55 pm

Boils on.
This has also swayed me that I NEED to upgrade :=P :roll:

I'll be of to the hardware stores tomorrow to price up a 50L Ali stockpot and ballcock taps and a new gas burner, and not forgeting a larger coolbox and copper pip for the MT.
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Post by mysterio » Sun Mar 23, 2008 4:19 pm

Looks good P2! I like Cascade, i'd use more late hops but I like hoppy beer :=P

Cascade is not everyone's 'cup of tea' though so use your own discretion!
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Post by Horden Hillbilly » Sun Mar 23, 2008 4:42 pm

Hope it's going ok P2, enjoy it! 8)
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oblivious

Post by oblivious » Sun Mar 23, 2008 5:18 pm

Enjoy :D
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AT

Post by AT » Sun Mar 23, 2008 5:20 pm

Good luck P2 8)
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Gurgeh

Post by Gurgeh » Sun Mar 23, 2008 5:46 pm

all done and dusted then? hope it went well P2
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J_P

Post by J_P » Sun Mar 23, 2008 5:58 pm

I find that cascade sit well with bramling cross but then I'm just a sucker for soft floral tasting hops :lol:
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Post by subsub » Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:54 pm

Good luck P2. Out of interest I'm doing Townes tomorrow, but I'm adding a small amount of Crystal 60L because last time I brewed it, it reminded me of piss :D
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