bovineblitz
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- Recipe Type
- All Grain
- Yeast
- S05
- Yeast Starter
- dry
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 5.5
- Original Gravity
- 1.052
- Final Gravity
- 1.012
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 60
- IBU
- 40
- Color
- 4.2
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- ~3 weeks at 64*F
- Tasting Notes
- Light and crisp, orange candy El Dorado hop character with nice complementary flavors
This beer was inspired by Maine Beer Co.'s A Tiny Beautiful Something, which is a very simple light pale ale with El Dorado hops. I liked the general idea of the beer, but El Dorado on its own is pretty one-note and I thought an evolution of the idea was in order. Hence, this "Vermont-style" pale ale (Yes I know the brewery is in Maine, heh)! It's a great summery easy drinker, but I dig it anytime.
You want some very clean water that's relatively low in everything. My water is pretty variable, so I cut it with 60% distilled water and add a few grams of gypsum back in. Keep it pretty simple! The oats and wheat do a good job of preventing it from being watery and at this point I think that oats = cloudy simply isn't true, this beer comes out very clear after crashing with gelatin. Honey malt makes it feel like it's a bigger beer than it is and works well with the hop characteristics of the Summit and Mosaic. 40 IBU lends a mild but firm bitterness, Summit works well with its rounded bittering feel but most hops will sub in just fine. The star is El Dorado hops with their orange candy-like and stone fruit flavor, and the tangerine notes of Summit along with the deeper Mosaic "Simcoe plus berry and a hint of tropical" hops work behind the El Dorado to make for a different hop-forward flavor than what we've become so accustomed to.
Grain:
9 lbs 8.0 oz - Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) - 85.4 %
1 lbs - Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) - 9.0 %
8.0 oz - Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) - 4.5 %
2.1 oz - Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) - 1.2 %
Hops:
0.60 oz - Summit [18.00 %] - 60.0 min - 39.8 IBUs (any relatively clean bittering hop will do)
1 oz - Summit [18.00 %] - flameout - 0.0 IBUs
1 oz - El Dorado [13.00 %] - flameout - 0.0 IBUs
Dry hop:
1 oz El Dorado, 1 oz Summit, 1 oz Mosaic
Mash at 150*F
This pic doesn't really show it, but it's clear enough to read through! Sexy and delicious!
You want some very clean water that's relatively low in everything. My water is pretty variable, so I cut it with 60% distilled water and add a few grams of gypsum back in. Keep it pretty simple! The oats and wheat do a good job of preventing it from being watery and at this point I think that oats = cloudy simply isn't true, this beer comes out very clear after crashing with gelatin. Honey malt makes it feel like it's a bigger beer than it is and works well with the hop characteristics of the Summit and Mosaic. 40 IBU lends a mild but firm bitterness, Summit works well with its rounded bittering feel but most hops will sub in just fine. The star is El Dorado hops with their orange candy-like and stone fruit flavor, and the tangerine notes of Summit along with the deeper Mosaic "Simcoe plus berry and a hint of tropical" hops work behind the El Dorado to make for a different hop-forward flavor than what we've become so accustomed to.
Grain:
9 lbs 8.0 oz - Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) - 85.4 %
1 lbs - Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) - 9.0 %
8.0 oz - Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) - 4.5 %
2.1 oz - Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) - 1.2 %
Hops:
0.60 oz - Summit [18.00 %] - 60.0 min - 39.8 IBUs (any relatively clean bittering hop will do)
1 oz - Summit [18.00 %] - flameout - 0.0 IBUs
1 oz - El Dorado [13.00 %] - flameout - 0.0 IBUs
Dry hop:
1 oz El Dorado, 1 oz Summit, 1 oz Mosaic
Mash at 150*F
This pic doesn't really show it, but it's clear enough to read through! Sexy and delicious!