American Pale Ale Recipe - Easy American Pale Ale - Extract 1.5 Gallon Finish

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Easy American Pale Ale - Extract 1.5 Gallon Finish

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Extract
1.7 Gallon(s)
2.7 Gallon(s)
60 min
100%
A simple but nice summer ale recipe that should make about a dozen 12 oz bottles of beer. Bottle carbonate and condition for four to six weeks before drinking. Will remain shelf stable for about one year from bottling date at room temperature storage.

Fermentables

100% - Liquid Malt Extract - Light - US
2.5
37
6
Extract

Hops

Cascade
0.5007
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
5.7
30.7
Cascade
0.5007
Pellet
Boil
5 min(s)
5.7
6.1

Yeast

Fermentis Safale US-05
81%

Other Stuff

No other stuff in this recipe

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Santitize all equipment prior to use during all stages of brewing.
2.
1 tbsp of unscented bleach per gallon/water will suffice as a sanitizer solution.
3.
Soak equipment in sanitizer solution for about ten minutes, but no longer.
4.
Rinse all bleach-sanitized equipment with pre-boiled hot (not scalding) water.
5.
Fill one muslin bag with .5 oz cascade hops and .5 oz dried sweet orange peel.
6.
Fill one muslin bag with .5 oz cascade hops. Set bags on sanitized dry plate for later.
7.
Fill stainless steel kettle with 2.5 gallons spring water, bring to gentle rolling boil.
8.
Add 2.5 lbs of LME extract, bringing total pre-boil volume to about 2.7 gallons.
9.
Quickly add .5 oz Cascade muslin bag at start of boil. Begin 60 min countdown timer.
10.
Prep yeast starter: remove 1/4 cup hot wort at 10 mins and place in santized glass.
11.
Cool yeast starter wort down to 90F. Pitch 1/5 of Safale US-05 dry yeast onto liquid.
12.
Cover starter with plastic wrap. Stir 15 mins later with santized spoon. Cover again.
13.
With 5 minutes remaining, add .5 oz Cascade and .5 oz dried sweet orange peel bag.
14.
Option: with 5 mins remaining, add 1/4 crushed tablet of Whirlfloc to boil.
15.
Remove kettle from heat at finish of 60 minutes boil.
16.
Cool wort kettle quickly in iced sink water, transfer to ferment bucket when about 75F.
17.
Vigorously stir wort in fermentor bucket for 5 to 10 minutes to aerate with oxygen.
18.
Pour yeast starter into fermentor wort. Stir in yeast for one more minute.
19.
Seal fermentor bucket with lid and inserted fermentation bubble airlock.
20.
Keep ferment temp at about 68F to 72F for optimal ferment/flavor performance.
21.
Retain beer in primary fermentor until airlock bubbling stops, no more than 12 days.
22.
Move to bottle beer stage, OR...
23.
Secondary fermentor option: transfer beer to sanitized secondary after 4 to 7 days.
24.
Carefully rack/transfer beer, leaving trub sediment behind in the primary fermentor.
25.
Seal secondary with lid/cap and inserted ferment bubble airlock.
26.
Allow up to three weeks in secondary, maintaining 68F to 72F.
27.
Bottling: sanitize bottles/caps and teaspoon. Rinse with hot pre-boiled water
28.
Mix .20 cups priming sugar with .5 cups boiled spring water.
29.
Transfer 1.5 gallons beer to bottling bucket. Mix with priming mixture, stir minimally.
30.
Siphon beer into each 12 oz bottle, leaving 3/4 inch of air space in bottle neck.
31.
Cap each bottle. Store in dark 70F area for 4 to 6 weeks before consuming.
32.
Best served refrigerated, or at 48F to 54F in a pilsner glass.

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Recipe Facts

Easy American Pale Ale - Extract 1.5 Gallon Finish
American Pale Ale
  • 1.70 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 2.70 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.054 OG
  • 1.010 FG
  • 36.8 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.68 BG:GU
  • 6.7° SRM Color
  • 100% Efficiency
  • 5.7% ABV Alcohol
  • 180 per 12oz Calories
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