Monday, August 13, 2012

Summarillo Pale Ale

It's been too long since my last post. In fact so long I am ashamed. Hopefully I can start posting more regularly and people will eventually subscribe to my blog. OK, so, this post I am back with a pale ale that came out suprizingly better than I expected.

I made a 10 gallon batch of this, and decided to separate each 5 gallon batch and use a S-04 and S-05 variety for yeast. When I went to pitch the yeast I forgot to label the bucket and ended up not knowing which bucket contained which yeast. Oh well... it gives the final product a bit of magic.


Here is the beersmith profile:


Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 12.08 gal
Post Boil Volume: 10.66 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 10.50 gal   
Bottling Volume: 10.05 gal
Estimated OG: 1.053 SG
Estimated Color: 7.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 42.2 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 63.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 69.1 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt                   Name                                     Type          #        %/IBU         
22 lbs                Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)           Grain         1        89.4 %        
1 lbs 9.6 oz          Aromatic Malt (Briess) (20.0 SRM)        Grain         2        6.5 %         
1 lbs                 Crystal 40, 2-Row, (Great Western) (40.0 Grain         3        4.1 %         
0.50 oz               Summit [15.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min         Hop           4        12.7 IBUs     
3.00 oz               Amarillo Gold [10.10 %] - Boil 15.0 min  Hop           5        24.6 IBUs     
1.50 oz               Amarillo Gold [10.10 %] - Boil 5.0 min   Hop           6        4.9 IBUs      
1.50 oz               Summit [15.50 %] - Aroma Steep 15.0 min  Hop           7        0.0 IBUs      
2.0 pkg               Safale American  (DCL/Fermentis #US-05)  Yeast         8        -             
1.00 oz               Amarillo Gold [10.10 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Da Hop           9        0.0 IBUs      
1.00 oz               Summit [15.50 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days      Hop           10       0.0 IBUs      


Mash Schedule: BIAB, Medium Body
Total Grain Weight: 24 lbs 9.6 oz
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Name              Description                             Step Temperat Step Time     
Saccharification  Add 13.88 gal of water at 159.8 F       152.1 F       75 min        
Mash Out          Heat to 168.0 F over 7 min              168.0 F       10 min   



The final gravity on the first batch came out to 1.051 and 1.056 for the second. The reason was I didn't periodically switch the draining of the cooled wort into each bucket. The first 1.051 batch I dry hopped with 1.0 oz amarillo and the second 1.056 batch 1.0 oz of summit.

Will report back later for tasting updates....