Tiny Bottom Pale Ale
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| Batch Size (gallons) | 5.25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Efficiency | 75% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recipe type | All Grain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Style | 10A. American Pale Ale | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Original Gravity | 1.050 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Final Gravity | 1.010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ABV | 5.25% (basic) / 5.24% (advanced) [what's this?] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IBU | 37.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Color | 8.1 SRM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boil Time | 60 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yeast | White Labs WLP090 (San Diego Super Yeast) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Directions | - Mash at 152°F for 60 minutes (4 gallons) - Sparge with 170°F water (4.75 gallons) - Chill to 64°F prior to pitching yeast starter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fermentation notes | - Ferment at 66°F for 3-4 days then allow to free rise up to 72° over the next week - Cold crash for 24+ hours after FG is stable (10-14 days) - Package, carbonate, enjoy! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tasting notes | I originally designed this beer to build up a big slug of a new yeast I'd recently picked up, WLP090 San Diego Super Yeast, for a higher OG beer (this was before my days of harvesting from starters). Since I was planning to eventually pitch fresh wort onto the yeast cake, I wanted that first beer to have a moderate OG, pale, and not terribly hoppy. It wasn't intended to be anything special. I had the idea to blend a more American-type grist with a more European-type hop schedule. The resultant beer was kegged within 2 weeks and gone in 4, Tiny Bottom Pale Ale became a beer folks would ask for by name with its interestingly delicious blend of crisp American maltiness, floral and earthy hop character, and great balance provided by WLP090 yeast, my go-to strain for American ales. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recipe Reviews
Type: Brewed this Beer
I brewed this beer a few weeks back for a tailgate party at a Texans game.. so my review of it won't be the most scientific, as it wasn't under normal conditions of taste testing standards.. I was a little low on my original gravity, once the fermented gravity stabilized I cold crashed and bottled.. My LHBS did not have the WLP090 so I had to substitute with wyeast 1056.. once they get some WLP090 in stock, I will switch to that..
Appearance- looked great, although I mostly remember it in a solo cup.. I remember it having a fair amount of clarity during the pour..
Aroma- not a huge aroma, but has a faint bitterness that can be detected.. again, it was in a solo cup, which doesn't express aroma all that well
Taste- loved the taste, great body/texture, perfect amount of bitterness while still being malt forward..
Overall- outstanding beer, I'm definitely brewing it again in the future..
posted by blur_yo_face on 1/27/2015
I brewed this beer a few weeks back for a tailgate party at a Texans game.. so my review of it won't be the most scientific, as it wasn't under normal conditions of taste testing standards.. I was a little low on my original gravity, once the fermented gravity stabilized I cold crashed and bottled.. My LHBS did not have the WLP090 so I had to substitute with wyeast 1056.. once they get some WLP090 in stock, I will switch to that..
Appearance- looked great, although I mostly remember it in a solo cup.. I remember it having a fair amount of clarity during the pour..
Aroma- not a huge aroma, but has a faint bitterness that can be detected.. again, it was in a solo cup, which doesn't express aroma all that well
Taste- loved the taste, great body/texture, perfect amount of bitterness while still being malt forward..
Overall- outstanding beer, I'm definitely brewing it again in the future..
posted by blur_yo_face on 1/27/2015
This all grain American Pale Ale homebrew recipe was submitted by brulosopher.
