Sierra Nevada pale ale

[Bloodymint]

Hi

Would like to know if anyone has a recipe for the Sierra Nevada pale ale? Very interested. Great tasting beer.

Cheers

 

[Cocko]

Obviously adjust to batch size.

 

[Charst]

http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/40797-sierra-nevada-pale-ale-clone/
http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/40716-sierra-nevada-pale-ale-clone/

 

[Cocko]

Oh, I found the single batch BIAB version - hop additions not time adjusted for no chill:

 

[Cocko]

http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/27767-snpa-show-us-your-recipe-ag/

 

[slash22000]

SNPA doesn't use Chinook.

19 litres
OG 1.052
FG 1.011
IBU 38

94% 2-row pale malt
6% crystal malt (60 °L)

Magnum hops (60 mins) (5.1 g of 12% alpha acids)
Perle hops (60 mins) (19 g of 7% alpha acids)
Cascade hops (15 mins) (28 g of 5% alpha acids)
Cascade hops (0 mins) (21 g)
Cascade hops (dry hop) (21 g)

US-05 yeast
That is the official clone recipe. Anything wildly different to the above is not authentic to the original beer, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but if you want to make SNPA you use that recipe.

 

[Cocko]

Rules seem to be rules.

You use that recipe!

 

[Helles]

SNPA doesn't use Chinook.

19 litres
OG 1.052
FG 1.011
IBU 38

94% 2-row pale malt
6% crystal malt (60 °L)

Magnum hops (60 mins) (5.1 g of 12% alpha acids)
Perle hops (60 mins) (19 g of 7% alpha acids)
Cascade hops (15 mins) (28 g of 5% alpha acids)
Cascade hops (0 mins) (21 g)
Cascade hops (dry hop) (21 g)

US-05 yeast
That is the official clone recipe. Anything wildly different to the above is not authentic to the original beer, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but if you want to make SNPA you use that recipe.

If you get enough hop flavour and aroma out of that it will be a miracle
No where near enough finishing / dry hops

 

[slash22000]

Thought it would be easier to read. **** me, right? When I said "official" I meant that it's the most common recipe, if you Google it that is the recipe that will turn up 9 times out of 10, but I guess we're just busting balls today.

Yeah, it doesn't have a lot of hops. Neither does the original SNPA, it's not "ridiculously explosive" hoppy like some IPA's etc. I've made the recipe I linked many times and it's always been very, very close to the original. If you want to chuck in Chinook etc go ahead, but Sierra Nevada don't.

 

[Cocko]

USE IT!!

 

[hoppy2B]

Do you brew with all grain Bloodymint or make beer from extracts?

 

[Bizier]

It is probably the most cloned beer ever, and a quintessential example of a US pale ale, so it is easy to get info on. The good thing is you have a fair bit of leeway to play around, all the modern hops will provide something pleasant and slightly unique if you want to see what a change of ingredients does.

One approach is to get brewing software like Brewmate (free) or Beersmith and you can aim for the same overall IBUs by using different hops, but keep the weights the same for your late additions and subtract the necessary amount from your early additions to balance. The late additions will contribute tasty oils which give you the delicious citrus etc flavours. The issue is that you do need to have your chilling under control to a degree, or you can utilise techniques like adding well after flameout.

If you are doing kits and bits or extract, you can still employ all of this logic.

 

[krausenhaus]

Isn't the Perle meant to be at 30min?

 

[bum]

In the commonly accepted version (whatever that might be worth), yeah.

Slash is prone to making decrees. You'll get used to it. I won't but you probably will.

 

[krausenhaus]

In the commonly accepted version (whatever that might be worth), yeah.

Slash is prone to making decrees. You'll get used to it. I won't but you probably will.

I hadn't picked up on that one, but one habit I'm prepared for is for CM2 to drop in here and smudge his iPhone keys about doing a search very soon.

For OP, the original thread with the recipe that's apparently from the brewery itself is http://forum.northernbrewer.com/viewtopic.php?t=15532]here[/url].

 

[sp0rk]

There was an issue of BYO some time last year with a clone recipe in it
I'll dig it out when i get home this afternoon

 

[carniebrew]

From BYO's 2012 edition of "250 Classic Clones":

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone
(Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., California)
(5 gallons/19 L, extract with grains)
OG = 1.052 FG = 1.011
IBU = 37 SRM = 11 ABV = 5.3%
Ingredients
1.8 lbs. (0.82 kg) Briess Light dried malt extract
4.0 lbs. (1.8 kg) Briess Light liquid malt extract (late addition)
1 lb. 6 oz. (0.62 kg) 2-row pale malt
10 oz. (0.28 kg) crystal malt (60 °L)
2.5 AAU Magnum hops (60 mins) (0.18 oz./5.1 g of 12% alpha acids)
4.8 AAU Perle hops (60 mins) (0. 7 oz./19 g of 7% alpha acids)
5 AAU Cascade hops (15 mins) (1.0 oz./28 g of 5% alpha acids)
0. 75 oz. (21 g) Cascade hops (0 mins)
0. 75 oz. (21 g) whole Cascade hops (dry hop)
1 tsp Irish moss
Wyeast 1056 (American Ale) or White Labs WLP001 (California Ale) yeast (1.5 qt./-1.5 L yeast starter)

And I recall from the "Hops" book that SN substitute the bittering hops for SNPA regularly, depending upon availability, quality, etc.

EDIT: Just realised that's the same recipe Slash posted above, his is just a lot neater....

 

[chunckious]

Isn't the Perle meant to be at 30min?

+1?

 

[Bloodymint]

At the moment I'm still using kits and extracts but I hopefully will be getting into all grain when I get the equipment.

 

[piraterum]

A guy emailed the head brewer at SN a while back and much to his surprise he wrote back with this suggested recipe

I've brewed it a few times and it's spot on if you want to create a faithful clone of SNPA. You could of course throw in more hops if you like it hoppier

http://forum.northernbrewer.com/viewtopic.php?t=15532