American Pale Ale Recipe - Ahtanum Pale

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Ahtanum Pale

by on
All Grain
2.5 Gallon(s)
3.45 Gallon(s)
60 min
65%
I acquired a bunch of Ahtanum hops (thanks AHA) and am looking at a simple pale ale recipe to get a feel for them.

Fermentables

57% - 2-Row (US)
3
37
1
Mash
38% - Pale Ale (US)
2
37
3
Mash
5% - Caramel/Crystal 60 - US
0.25
36
60
Mash

Hops

Ahtanum (US)
0.75
Pellet
Boil
75 min(s)
4
23.7
Ahtanum (US)
0.5
Pellet
Boil
20 min(s)
4
9.2
Ahtanum (US)
0.125
Pellet
Boil
10 min(s)
4
1.4
Ahtanum (US)
0.125
Pellet
Boil
0 min(s)
4
0.0

Yeast

British Ale II
75%

Other Stuff

No other stuff in this recipe

Mash Steps

Saccharification Rest
Infusion
152
60 min

Special Instructions

No special instructions in this recipe

Tasting Notes (2)

jll23

Tasted on 1/24/2019 by jll23

Notes:

It's been about 2 1/2 weeks in the bottle. I'm liking the beer, but it's not really a pale ale. It's more amber, if anything. This is the most bitter beer I've brewed in years, but it is well balanced by the malt-leaning British yeast and malts. I also unwittingly caramelized the the priming sugar which is adding additional caramel flavors to the beer. So, it's a bitter, slightly hoppy beer with lots of malt/sugar flavor and a little interesting British yeast flavor. Really nice beer all around. Not quite what I envisioned, but still really nicely done. The hops don't come through enough, though the flavor they do impart is quite good, if subtle. The hops, to the extent that they exist are lovely and so is the yeast.

jll23

Tasted on 1/5/2019 by jll23

Notes:

At bottling, this is a dark gold, nearly light copper beer. Perhaps I should have stuck with my gut instead of messing with darker crystal malts. It is a decently malty beer, and the hop aroma is somewhat masked by that. It has decent bitterness which goes pretty well with the maltiness. I like the flavors I'm getting so far, just might prefer a bit more of the hops since they were kind of the point of the beer. What I am getting from the hops is nice--subtle grapefruit and other citrus. I guess I was going for something with a little anglo accent and this has it.

Recipe Facts

Ahtanum Pale
American Pale Ale
  • 2.50 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 3.45 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.050 OG
  • 1.013 FG
  • 34.3 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.68 BG:GU
  • 7.1° SRM Color
  • 65% Efficiency
  • 4.9% ABV Alcohol
  • 168 per 12oz Calories
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