traditional boring ass pale ale
With today being my last day of mini-vacation, I decided to brew a batch of beer. I took my amber ale recipe and made some modifications to it.
I swapped the pale LME for some light DME. I also skipped the step of adding the dark DME. My goal is to just try something different. I'm also hoping to brew something I can call my "every day" beer. I've been switching between Sam Adams, Flying Fish, Yuengling, Blue Moon, and my very own wheat ale.
The Sam Adams selection is nice but at 8 bucks a six pack, it's not really an every day beer. Flying Fish also isn't that bad. Their XPA (pale ale) ESB and their IPA are pretty good too but also a little too pricey for an every day beer. Yuengling and Blue Moon are good but not something I want every day.
The OG of this beer turned out to be 1.050. I let it sit at room temp for a while and the gravity stayed. Target FG should be around 1.010.
For hops, I chose to stink with East Kent Goldings and Fuggles. I added 2.5 ounces of EK Goldings and .75 ounces of Fuggles. I'm not sure I'm going to dry hop this beer. I may rack it to the secondary and bottle it in a few weeks.
Ugh...did I say bottle? I mean mini keg! We'll see when the time comes. I need to order some new minis.
Well that's all for tonight.
I swapped the pale LME for some light DME. I also skipped the step of adding the dark DME. My goal is to just try something different. I'm also hoping to brew something I can call my "every day" beer. I've been switching between Sam Adams, Flying Fish, Yuengling, Blue Moon, and my very own wheat ale.
The Sam Adams selection is nice but at 8 bucks a six pack, it's not really an every day beer. Flying Fish also isn't that bad. Their XPA (pale ale) ESB and their IPA are pretty good too but also a little too pricey for an every day beer. Yuengling and Blue Moon are good but not something I want every day.
The OG of this beer turned out to be 1.050. I let it sit at room temp for a while and the gravity stayed. Target FG should be around 1.010.
For hops, I chose to stink with East Kent Goldings and Fuggles. I added 2.5 ounces of EK Goldings and .75 ounces of Fuggles. I'm not sure I'm going to dry hop this beer. I may rack it to the secondary and bottle it in a few weeks.
Ugh...did I say bottle? I mean mini keg! We'll see when the time comes. I need to order some new minis.
Well that's all for tonight.
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