bigdaddybrew
Well-Known Member
Stone Brewing has released their Pale ale recipe for homebrewers but something is off...
http://blog.stonebrewing.com/index.php/stone-pale-ale-recipe/
I entered it into Beersmith and got some weird results...
65% efficiency to hit 1.057? Maybe I should e-mail them some tips to boost their efficiency.
Stone says the Pale is 50 IBUs but Beersmith says 29 IBUs with this hop schedule.
Stone's website says Magnum and Ahtanum but the recipe uses Columbus and Ahtanum. With a 90 minute boil maybe it makes no difference?
WLP007 or WLP002? Not exactly interchangeable in my brew book with about 10% difference in attentuation.
Mash at 156f for 20 minutes? Who mashes for 20 minutes?
Mashing at 156F with more than a pound and a half of crystal malt? Good luck hitting a final gravity of 1.014 especially using WLP002.
Ferment at 72f? With the pressure in a giant commercial fermenter suppressing the esters it might be good but with 5 gallons I think it might be too fruity?
What is going on here? Any thoughts?
http://blog.stonebrewing.com/index.php/stone-pale-ale-recipe/
I entered it into Beersmith and got some weird results...
65% efficiency to hit 1.057? Maybe I should e-mail them some tips to boost their efficiency.
Stone says the Pale is 50 IBUs but Beersmith says 29 IBUs with this hop schedule.
Stone's website says Magnum and Ahtanum but the recipe uses Columbus and Ahtanum. With a 90 minute boil maybe it makes no difference?
WLP007 or WLP002? Not exactly interchangeable in my brew book with about 10% difference in attentuation.
Mash at 156f for 20 minutes? Who mashes for 20 minutes?
Mashing at 156F with more than a pound and a half of crystal malt? Good luck hitting a final gravity of 1.014 especially using WLP002.
Ferment at 72f? With the pressure in a giant commercial fermenter suppressing the esters it might be good but with 5 gallons I think it might be too fruity?
What is going on here? Any thoughts?