Mac Pale Ale Brew Session

Brew Session Info

4/16/2016
(Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

Racked to secondary and washed yeast. 1.006. Great flavor! Got about 5.5 gals in secondary. Nice amber color.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

12.75 lb kg
70 °FC
154 °FC
1.5 qt/lbl/kg
60 min.
6 gals liters

Equipment Profile

0.15 gals/lb liters/kg
0.01 gals/lb liters/kg
°FC
0.25 gals liters
0.5 gals liters
1 gals/hour liters/hour
0.2 gals liters

Calculated Totals

9.74 gals liters
5.80 gals liters
5.03 gals liters
164.65 °FC
164.65 °FC
3.12 gals liters
4.71 gals liters
7.70 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

PH
154 °FC
153 °FC
60 minutes

Boil

1.033 1.049 (estimated)
7.1 gallons liters 7.70 (gallonsliters estimated)
60 minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)
6.1 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 7.10 gallonsliters at 1.033 for 60 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.038.

You wanted an OG of 1.056. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

6 gallons liters 6.00 (gallonsliters estimated)
1.048 (1.056 predicted)
1.003 (1.011 predicted)

Conditioning

4/30/2016
10
Table sugar
5.5 oz g

Tasting Notes (3)

mpt2222

Tasted on 6/18/2016 by mpt2222

Notes:

5.9ABV. Great balance of hops and malt. Leans toward IPA, but not overpowering. This would be a nice recipe to do again with Nottingham instead of US05. Shared at a party and received a quote "I wouldn't change a thing" from one sampler.

mpt2222

Tasted on 6/1/2016 by mpt2222

Notes:

Mellowed out nicely. Still get a fresh malt flavor even for such a dry beer. nicely balanced hops. not much detectable honey, but some fruitiness probably from the amarillo hops. Not strong tasting as it ended as a 5.9 ABV brew.

mpt2222

Tasted on 4/30/2016 by mpt2222

Notes:

Not overly hoppy, balanced between a sierra Nevada and Dales pale ale sort of blend, but closer to SN. Not as hoppy as an IPA but definitely has a bite with good floral hop aroma. This is heading exactly where I hoped it would as i pulled a sample when racking to secondary.

Recipe Facts

Mac Pale Ale
American Pale Ale
  • 6.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 7.25 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.056 OG
  • 1.011 FG
  • 41.9 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.75 BG:GU
  • 6.2° SRM Color
  • 65% Efficiency
  • 5.8% ABV Alcohol
  • 186 per 12oz Calories
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