By Shane English from Real Simple Brewing
Makes 5 gallon batch
- 8lbs Liquid Pale Malt Extract or 6.72 Lbs Dry Malt Extract
- 0.75 lb Corn Sugar
- 0.75 lb Crystal 70L
- 0.25 lb Honey
- 0.10 lb Biscuit
- 4 oz Colombus Hops Pellets
- 4 oz Simcoe Hops Pellets
- 2 oz Centennial Hops Pellets
- 2 vials of WLP001 California Ale Yeast from White Labs or 1 vial with starter
- 6.5 gallons of good drinking water
- Begin boiling 5 gallons of water in big pot. Also take out the yeast from fridge
- Steep grains in 1.5 gallons of the water at temperature 146 - 154°F for 30 minutes
- Add the malt extract and corn sugar to the 5 gallons of water and the 1.5 gallons of steeped water
- Once it is boiling it is time to start the 90 minute timer
- Hop additions:
- 2oz of Columbus @ 90 minutes left on timer
- 1oz of Columbus @ 45 minutes left on timer
- 1oz of Simcoe @ 30 minutes left on timer
- 2oz of Simcoe when fire is turned off
- 1oz of Centennial when fire is turned off
- After timer goes off, force chill, must go down to below 75° F. Make sure that everything is clean and sanitized.
- Syphon all the wort from the kettle into a carboy.
- We will be adding Ale yeast from white labs
- Must be shaken or use an oxygen stone to airate the solution.
- Take the original gravity reading and maybe a small taste of the beer. The aim is 1.066
- 3 - 5 days later, time to dry hop. Just drop it into the carboy
- 1oz of Simcoe
- 1oz of Centennial
- 1oz of Columbus
- Two weeks after brew day, take a look at the final gravity.
The FG aim is 1.012, with about 7.1 % ABV.
- Bottling can begin, can be done with keg or bottles
- You don't want to age in bottles for too long as you want the freshness of the hops.
After 10 days you can start carburating if in keg