Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Cucumber Pale Ale

This pale ale is made with Amarillo hops that have a very unique flavor.  It will be light on hops and based on our first taste while bottling it will have a pretty bitter bite to it.  We went off the map for this one.  After 6 days we added 5 lbs of sliced cucumbers in the fermenter for 10 days to hopefully add a new spin on pale ale.  Also, transferred it twice before bottling in hopes of having less sentiment at the bottom so you can enjoy it out of the bottle.  Let's hop it turns out...

6 lb Gold liquid malt extract
1 lb light DME
8 oz Carapils
8 oz Caramel 60L specialty grains
1/2 oz Columbus hops
2 oz Amarillo hops

5 lbs skinned cucumber

O.G.   1.052
F.G.    1.014
ABV   4.99%

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Urban Assault Pale Ale

This Pale Ale has a little more malty than most. I added the Ahtanum hops the last 5 min for a little grapefruit flavor and dryhopped after 6 days in the fermenter with 2 oz. of Cascade leaf hops.

1 lb. British Crystal 50-60L malt
12 oz. malted wheat specialty grains
6 lb. Gold liquid malt extract
1 oz. Mt. Hood bittering hops
1 oz. Ahtanum hops

2 oz. Cascade leaf hops for dry hopping

O.G.
F.G.

ABV

Mill Street Double IPA




This one will get you tipsy enough to think you are walking down Mill Street at 3 a.m.. 6 oz. of hops add great flavor. I used the leaf hops for the first time to dry hop they worked well.

8 oz. Victory specialty grains
12 oz. Caramel 60L
9.3 lbs. Gold Malt extract
1 oz. Chinook
1 oz. Cascade
1 oz. Centennial
1 oz. Crystal
2 oz. Cascade Leaf (dry hop)
White Labs California Ale yeast 001

O.G. 1.068
F.G. 1.013

ABV: 7.55%