 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Apricot Pale Ale
The full-extract version of this (1/2 light DME and 1/2 wheat DME)
was a hit with friends but I found it a bit thin. I am going to do a
mash to add some malt character to the beer. This will also give me
a chance to try batch-sparging which I can only do with a reduced
grain-bill in my 5 gallon Gott cooler (because I need the room for
all the extra water). Hence, the partial-mash. This one will
be a little hoppier than the last - again personal preference.
| Brewer: | Piscassic River Brewing | Email: | - | |||||
| Beer: | Apricot Pale Ale | Style: | American Pale Ale | |||||
| Type: | Partial mash | Size: | 5.5 gallons | |||||
| Color: |
|
Bitterness: | 32 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.050 | FG: | 1.012 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 4.9% v/v (3.9% w/w) | |||||||
| Grain: | 5 lb. 2-row Pale 1 lb. Crystal 20L |
|||||||
| Mash: | 85% efficiency | |||||||
| Single-infusion mash at 152°F (60 min.) Batch sparge to 7 gal in kettle |
||||||||
| Boil: | 75 minutes | SG 1.040 | 7 gallons | |||||
| 2 lb. Wheat DME (60 min.) | ||||||||
| 1 tbsp. Irish Moss (15 min.) |
||||||||
| Hops: | 2 oz. Cascade (first-wort hop) (6.9% AA, 20 min.) | |||||||
| Yeast: | Danstar Nottingham | |||||||
| Log: | 6/27: Tried batch sparging for the first time and ended up with ~85% efficiency so I overshot my boil OG. No big deal. Miscalculated evaporation on the boil so I ended up with more wort than planned. No big deal. 7/10: Ready to rack to secondary after almost two weeks (was on vacation). Will add 4 oz. apricot flavoring and secondary for one week then bottle. 7/16: OK, finally getting around to racking to the secondary. |
|||||||
| Carbonation: | Bottle carbonate (1-2 weeks w/ primetabs) | |||||||
Recipe posted 06/24/03.
