Ive been brewing a lot of Sierra Pale Ales lately as I find the beer really well balanced.
So I roll on down to the home brew shop and give the guy out back an invoice from my last order to copy. Well he is getting on a bit and gives me 1kg less base grain than there should be, I am trying to brew outside in Auckland in the middle of winter and just need one good day so I took it while I could without checking the weight and using the Brewmate software for the normal grain bill. Because of the lower grain weight the temp just blew out to hell and all the numbers where wrong. Hops, everything. So I put it down to experience.
Now after being bottled for around 2 months with a slow carb because of cold temps it is drinking really well.
I cant believe how nice it is and, if my numbers are right, it comes in around 2.8% give or take. Go figure!!!!
If anything I might drop the bittering a little but this beer is not very bitter anyway.
For anyone who wants to have a play with it here it is.
PS I biab with sparge and mashout and get about 70% eff.
USA 2 row pale 4.2kg
Medium crytal .41kg
Hops
Magnum 12.3aa 12gm @ 60
Perle 5.5aa 20gm @30
Cascade 6.9aa 28 gm @10
Cascade 56gm @ 0
Cascade 56gm dry hop 3 days before bottling
I used BRY 97 yeast
Got ; 68.9 mash temp
!.5 hour mash ( because of panic )
Mash out 77C
Pre boil sg ( refractometer ) 1030.OG 1035/6. 1010 FG. Carb @ 2.2 cane sug and bottle.
So I roll on down to the home brew shop and give the guy out back an invoice from my last order to copy. Well he is getting on a bit and gives me 1kg less base grain than there should be, I am trying to brew outside in Auckland in the middle of winter and just need one good day so I took it while I could without checking the weight and using the Brewmate software for the normal grain bill. Because of the lower grain weight the temp just blew out to hell and all the numbers where wrong. Hops, everything. So I put it down to experience.
Now after being bottled for around 2 months with a slow carb because of cold temps it is drinking really well.
I cant believe how nice it is and, if my numbers are right, it comes in around 2.8% give or take. Go figure!!!!
If anything I might drop the bittering a little but this beer is not very bitter anyway.
For anyone who wants to have a play with it here it is.
PS I biab with sparge and mashout and get about 70% eff.
USA 2 row pale 4.2kg
Medium crytal .41kg
Hops
Magnum 12.3aa 12gm @ 60
Perle 5.5aa 20gm @30
Cascade 6.9aa 28 gm @10
Cascade 56gm @ 0
Cascade 56gm dry hop 3 days before bottling
I used BRY 97 yeast
Got ; 68.9 mash temp
!.5 hour mash ( because of panic )
Mash out 77C
Pre boil sg ( refractometer ) 1030.OG 1035/6. 1010 FG. Carb @ 2.2 cane sug and bottle.