#48: Burton upon Trent Original Pale Ale

Brew day today in the midst of Easter dinner preparation...  Surprisingly things went really smoothly.

Went for a clone of the "original pale ale"...  Followed the BYO Bass recipe.  Looked and smelled great.  I left the hydrometer at home by accident, so I don't have an OG....  RDWHAHB...

Here's the recipe...

Bass Pale Ale

American Pale Ale

Type: All Grain	Date: 4/24/2011
Batch Size: 2.40 gal	Brewer: Swenocha
Boil Size: 3.25 gal	Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min	Equipment: Brew Pot (4 Gallon)
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU 3.25 lb Malteurop 2-Row (2.0 SRM) Grain 69.89 % 0.90 lb Corn, Flaked (1.3 SRM) Grain 19.35 % 0.31 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 6.67 % 0.19 lb Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 4.09 % 0.40 oz Northern Brewer [8.50 %] (60 min) Hops 27.1 IBU 0.10 oz Northern Brewer [8.50 %] (15 min) Hops 3.5 IBU 1 Pkgs Nottingham (Danstar #-) Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.052 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.10 %
Bitterness: 30.6 IBU
Est Color: 17.0 SRM

#47: English Session Pale

This recipe is based on the Clone Brews recipe for SW2 from the Orange Brewery in London, though the clone calls for London Ale yeast and I only have Notty on hand.  This is supposed to be an English session pale.  It sounded really good to me, and I liked its simplicity.

SW2

Standard/Ordinary Bitter

Type: All Grain	Date: 4/18/2011
Batch Size: 2.40 gal	Brewer: Swenocha
Boil Size: 3.25 gal	Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min	Equipment: Brew Pot (4 Gallon)
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU 3.75 lb Malteurop 2-Row (2.0 SRM) Grain 82.24 % 0.81 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 17.76 % 0.75 oz Goldings, East Kent [4.70 %] (60 min) Hops 28.3 IBU 0.25 oz Goldings, East Kent [4.70 %] (15 min) Hops 4.7 IBU 0.25 oz Goldings, East Kent [4.70 %] (1 min) Hops 0.4 IBU 1 Pkgs Nottingham (Danstar #-) Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.051 SG	Measured Original Gravity: 1.046 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG	Measured Final Gravity: 1.014 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.01 %	Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.17 %
Bitterness: 33.4 IBU	Calories: 205 cal/pint
Est Color: 13.0 SRM

#46: Prohibition Ale

A fellow poster on a homebrewing website graciously sent me a can of Premier Malt Extract. I couldn't justify not running it prohibition style, though adding 2lbs of sugar was quite a juxtaposition from my normal no adjunct stance. As mentioned before, my great grandfather followed the recipe provided by Pabst/Premier, so I'm totally curious to what the brew they did tasted like. I did change the process just a touch... they talked of dumping the sugar straight into the fermenter and then adding water and wort. I instead added the sugar to the boil, and then added the malt extract at flameout (just like a Mr. B brew).

The recipe stats below are a total guess, outside of the Brewsmith stats for table sugar and the actual OG. After getting the OG, I worked backwards to estimate the stats for the extract.  I have no idea on the IBU or the color...

Prohibition Ale

American Pale Ale

Type: Extract	Date: 4/17/2011
Batch Size: 5.00 gal	Brewer: Swenocha
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU 2.20 lb Priemer Malt Extract (3.0 SRM) Extract 52.38 % 2.00 lb Sugar, Table (Sucrose) (1.0 SRM) Sugar 47.62 %
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.034 SG	Measured Original Gravity: 1.034 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.009 SG	Measured Final Gravity: 1.002 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 3.21 %	Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.16 %
Bitterness: 20.7 IBU	Calories: 144 cal/pint
Est Color: 2.2 SRM

At two weeks, I took a potential FG reading (2 weeks in the fermenter)...

1.002~!

Holy crap! I pulled and reseated the hydrometer 3-4 times just to be sure. The yeast kicked the snot outta that wort... Adjusted the readings above to reality...

I guess it's time to bottle...





Fast forward another week...


I made three sampler bottles that I intend to taste the next three weeks on this one.  The first is at 6 days in the bottle...

Has OK carb, but still needs some more carb time.  Pour is straw colored and pretty clear.  Very slightly ciderish on the nose and the taste, but not nearly as much so as I anticipated.  Lightly bittered, and lightly hopped.  Pretty smooth.  Really close to being pipeline ready, though I still plan to give it three to four weeks before throwing any volume of these into the fridge.  I anticipate this will be a good lawnmower/BMC friend brew based on this early tester.

#45: Amarillo Pale Ale (take 2)

I did a take on Yazoo's Pale Ale a while back. It was very tasty, but I wanted to take another run at it in an AG batch. Besides, I know a lot more about their recipe now, so I should have a closer-to-clone result. Regardless, it (hopefully) will be a fine brew, clone or not.  The Better Bottle is all comfy in the fermenting fridge...  If the smell is an indication, this will be a good one... Amarillo Pale Ale                                           American Pale Ale Type: All Grain Date: 3/25/2011 Batch Size: 2.70 gal Brewer: Swenocha Boil Size: 3.30 gal Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Brew Pot (4 Gallon) Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU 4.25 lb Malteurop 2-Row (2.0 SRM) Grain 79.44 % 0.41 lb Munich Malt (10.0 SRM) Grain 7.66 % 0.38 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 7.10 % 0.31 lb Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 5.79 % 0.50 oz Pearle [5.40 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 19.3 IBU 0.33 oz Amarillo [6.90 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 16.3 IBU 0.15 oz Cascade [5.30 %] (30 min) Hops 4.0 IBU 1.85 oz Cascade [5.30 %] (5 min) Hops 12.7 IBU 1 Pkgs Nottingham (Danstar #-) Yeast-Ale Beer Profile Est Original Gravity: 1.053 SG Measured Original Gravity: 1.052 SG Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.013 SG Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.28 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 5.08 % Bitterness: 52.4 IBU Calories: 231 cal/pint Est Color: 6.2 SRM

Side-by-side comparison with Yazoo Pale Ale...

Color? spot-on
Aroma? mine's a tiny bit more cascade forward, but pretty similar
Taste? again, mine's a bit more hop forward (not by much), while theirs has a bit more from the Vienna malt.

I think mine will balance with a bit more age, but pretty darn similar. Very, very happy with this.

#44: Smoked Porter

This was an attempt at something similar to Yazoo SUE Smoked Porter.  Missed the OG a bit, but no worries otherwise...

Smoked Porter

Other Smoked Beer

Type: All Grain	Date: 3/6/2011
Batch Size: 2.40 gal	Brewer: Swenocha
Boil Size: 3.33 gal	Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min	Equipment: Brew Pot (4 gal)
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU 4.50 lb Malteurop 2-Row (2.0 SRM) Grain 63.74 % 0.75 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 10.62 % 0.75 lb Cherry Smoked Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 10.62 % 0.60 lb Carafa II (412.0 SRM) Grain 8.50 % 0.33 lb Barley, Flaked (1.7 SRM) Grain 4.67 % 0.13 lb Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM) Grain 1.84 % 0.30 oz Nugget [12.60 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 25.5 IBU 0.22 oz Pearle [7.70 %] (30 min) Hops 8.0 IBU 1 Pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.078 SG	Measured Original Gravity: 1.066 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.020 SG	Measured Final Gravity: 1.025 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 7.55 %	Actual Alcohol by Vol: 5.35 %
Bitterness: 33.5 IBU	Calories: 304 cal/pint
Est Color: 44.9 SRM

#43: Dark Strong Ale

This was a straight-up Mr. Beer winter seasonal, trading the supplied US-05 yeast with Notty instead.  I don't do many malt extracts any more, and especially not an HME, but this one sounded interesting...

Dark Strong Ale

Old Ale

Type: Extract	Date: 2/21/2011
Batch Size: 2.12 gal	Brewer: Swenocha
Boil Size: 2.43 gal	Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min	Equipment: My Equipment
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU 3.30 lb Dark Strong Ale (77.6 SRM) Extract 100.00% 1 Pkgs Nottingham (Danstar #- Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.058 SG	Measured Original Gravity: 1.054 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.014 SG	Measured Final Gravity: 1.014 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.71 %	Actual Alcohol by Vol: 5.21 %
Bitterness: 66.0 IBU	Calories: 241 cal/pint
Est Color: 40.0 SRM

#42: Session Amber

Was shooting for a low gravity session beer.  Missed the OG a bit, so it's a bit lower gravity than expected.  But it tastes great, so all is well...

Session Amber

American Amber Ale

Type: All Grain	Date: 2/13/2011
Batch Size: 2.40 gal	Brewer: Swenocha
Boil Size: 3.25 gal	Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min	Equipment: Brew Pot (4 Gallon)
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU 3.00 lb Pale Malt, Golden Promise (1.8 SRM) Grain 75.00 % 0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 12.50 % 0.25 lb Kiln Amber (19.0 SRM) Grain 6.25 % 0.25 lb Rye Malt (4.7 SRM) Grain 6.25 % 0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (Dry Hop 14 days) Hops - 0.22 oz Nugget [13.00 %] (30 min) Hops 18.0 IBU 0.43 oz Amarillo Gold [8.70 %] (15 min) Hops 14.0 IBU 0.43 oz Amarillo Gold [8.70 %] (5 min) Hops 5.6 IBU 1 Pkgs American Ale Yeast (DCL Yeast #US-05) Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.046 SG	Measured Original Gravity: 1.040 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG	Measured Final Gravity: 1.013 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.24 %	Actual Alcohol by Vol: 3.51 %
Bitterness: 37.6 IBU	Calories: 182 cal/pint
Est Color: 15.3 SRM