Results tagged “pale ale” from paulbeer
There's been a lot of talk about Joe Strummer lately. Since I'm a fan of the Clash, I'm dedicating this entry to their late front man.
By order of the prophet, I decided to rack my pale ale in preparation for bottling. I was thinking about dry hopping this ale but I'm not sure if I want to. I have a small amount of hops on hand; Hallertau, Fuggles, Tetnang, and some bittering hops. I might use one of those, or I might just leave it as is.
Now over at the temple, the target gravity for this ale is 1.010 and that's where the beer is. I plan to bottle in the next couple of weeks.
The king called up his jet fighters because he was starting to worry about this batch. It was very active for the first couple of days, but then it seemed all activity in the airlock ceased. I did a gravity test and it was around 1.020ish. I stirred the beer a little and let it sit for another few days. I then did another test and it was at 1.012.
As soon as the shareef is out of my hair, (and as soon as it's ready to drink) I'll have a glass. I'm hoping for a good session beer and I think a nice medium body pale ale with a little over 5%
Drop your bombs between the minarets and email me some suggestions at paul@paulbeer.com.
You know he really hates it.
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.
