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[user 263363]

I'm certain these types of threads get posted on the regular around here but I just wanted to brag on my latest beer. This is my 3rd total brew and 1st non kit recipe. I did a 15 Minute Pale Ale with cascade hops. This is the clearest, best tasting beer I've done yet. After reading everything about extract brewing, I was afraid it wasn't possible to brew a worthwhile extract beer. This one has changed my mind.

Here is a picture:

Here is the recipe if interested:

HOME BREW RECIPE:
Title: 15 Minute Pale - Cascade

Brew Method: Extract
Style Name: American Pale Ale
Boil Time: 15 min
Batch Size: 1 gallons (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 1.1 gallons
Boil Gravity: 1.048
Efficiency: 35% (steeping grains only)


STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.053
Final Gravity: 1.010
ABV (standard): 5.61%
IBU (tinseth): 46.27
SRM (mosher): 9.74
Mash pH: 0

FERMENTABLES:
1.2 lb - Dry Malt Extract - Light (85.7%)

STEEPING GRAINS:
3.2 oz - American - Caramel / Crystal 60L (14.3%)

HOPS:
16.5 g - Cascade, Type: Pellet, AA: 7, Use: Boil for 15 min, IBU: 39.12
7.5 g - Cascade, Type: Pellet, AA: 7, Use: Boil for 5 min, IBU: 7.14
7 g - Cascade, Type: Pellet, AA: 7, Use: Boil for 0 min
3.5 g - Cascade, Type: Pellet, AA: 7, Use: Dry Hop for 2 days, IBU: 0

YEAST:
Fermentis / Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05
Starter: No
Form: Dry
Attenuation (avg): 81%
Flocculation: Medium
Optimum Temp: 54 - 77 F
Fermentation Temp: 70 F
Pitch Rate: 0.35 (M cells / ml / deg P)

 

[Jag75]

Nice job man !

 

[Immocles]

Those brews are what really hooked me. The rabbit hole is deep...

 

[passedpawn]

Looks great. Pour me one.

 

[brewcat]

Don't worry it gets better!

 

[kh54s10]

I have extract, partial mash, BIAB and all grain. I have had equal success with each. You can make great beers with all those methods.

Carry on!

 

[MaxStout]

Nicely played! Celebrate your success with a few homebrews!

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

Articles on 15 minute boils seem to be hard to find using web searches. Here's a couple that I've seen in the last couple of years.

The 'original' 15 minute pale ale article is here http://beerandwinejournal.com/15-minute-pale-ale/.

https://old.reddit.com/r/Homebrewin...ve_any_luck_with_an_all_extract_wort/djwjf8x/ outlines some ideas on brewing other styles using 15 minute boils.

Following bloggers / posters, in the media that they tend to use (forums, blogs, podcasts) will get one to additional information.

There are additional types of DME available (Pale Ale, Munich, Vienna).

"Tips and Tricks For Brewing Excellent Extract Beers ...": https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=31159.msg405242#msg405242

Basic Brewing Radio's "Hop Sampler" is an interesting way to make SMaSH (or single hop) beers. You can find discussion on it in 1-Gallon Brewers UNITE! starting around the time it appeared on the BBR podcasts (or start here: (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/1-gallon-brewers-unite.311884/page-162#post-8494949 ).

"No-Boil Recipes! New for 2019!" here at HBT: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/no-boil-recipes-new-for-2019.660329/ .

 

[Steveruch]

You can brew really good beer with extracts, even without boiling.

 

[Steveruch]

You can brew really good beer with extracts, even without boiling.

In the current issue of Zymurgy (Last Drop) I wrote about brewing under less than ideal conditions, including no-boil.
I've also submitted a no-boil piece that is supposed to be published in the Nov/Dec Last Drop.