WTF Pale Ale

[mr x]

Well, since my computer crashed, i have been working on brain power alone to build a beer. Here's what I came up with. I am using Gambinus ESB malt for this one:

18 lbs 6.1 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 89.4 %
3.0 oz Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 4 0.9 %
1 lbs Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 3 4.9 %
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 2 4.9 %

Around 1.046-1.048 og. No idea yet on the hops.

[akr71]

I like! Let me know what you think of the ESB malt - I can't wait to try it.

[mr x]

Going to clean out some old Columbus leaf hops:

1.75 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [10.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 24.8 IBUs
2.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [10.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 6 14.1 IBUs
1.50 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [10.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 7 7.7 IBUs
5.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [10.00 %] - Aroma Steep 60.0 min Hop 8 0.0 IBUs

And dry hop as well.

[TimG]

Aroma steep eh.. do you just leave it all sit for 60 min before chilling?

[jeffsmith]

Wow, I like the looks of that. Especially the 5oz aroma steep. I'm also curious how that works...

[mr x]

The aroma hops go in at the end (flameout), and I start chilling about 2 minutes later.

[jeffsmith]

Figured as much, it was just the 60 mins that threw me off, but I guess by the time you'd chill and whirlpool that's how long it would be.

[mr x]

Beer is rocking away in the basement at around 63f. Said fuck it and threw in the whole pound of Columbus. Whatever was left in the bag, I just started chucking in from 5 minutes to flameout. Wort tasted good, so we'll see what the beer is like...

[BBrianBoogie]

Sounds like a good one to me. Let us know how it turns out

[mr x]

It was a rainy brew day.

[mr x]

Grainstopper.

[mr x]

I set the hydrometer where it couldn't possibly get knocked over and fall to it's destruction.

[chalmers]

Grainstopper.

Is that instead of a vorlauf or in addition to? Our technique has been to grab 3litres 3 or 4 times from our mash and dump it back in to help settle the bed/clear the runnings. We do have an SS sieve in line for the first few minutes just in case, though.

[mr x]

In addition to. The sabco false bottom has a habit of bumping up a big load of grain at the end. And I'm never watching to deal with it. This works great.

[mr x]

Well, the final verdict is positive. I had one bottle, and Nash had some as well, and I'll be using more Gambrinus ESB malt in the future. I think it's well worth a try for anyone looking to experiment with different base malts.