
Golden Sweet Ale
American Pale Ale • Extract • 5 gal
August 4, 2002 am 11:39am
Ingredients (Extract, 5 gal)
- 7/8 lbs
Belgian Cara-Pils
Belgian Cara-Pils
Significantly increases foam/head retention and body of the beer.
- 3/4 lbs
Belgian Pale
Belgian Pale
Fully modified and is easily converted.
- 3 lbs
Dry Extra Light Extract
Dry Extra Light Extract
For making very pale ales and lagers.
- 13/16 lbs
Rice Syrup
Rice Syrup
Used like other rice adjuncts in American and Japenes lagers to provide a dry, clean taste and light body. Adds gravity without changing body or flavor substantially. Use in place of corn sugar in small quantities.
- 1 lbs
Honey
Honey
Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.
- 1/2 oz
Centennial - 10.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Centennial
Aromatic but acceptable for bittering. Medium aroma with floral and citrus tones. Good in medium to dark ales.
- 1 1/4 oz
Northern Brewer - 8.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Northern Brewer
Used for bittering with strong flavors and very fragrant in steam beers, dark English ales, and German lagers. Aroma is medium-strong with evergreen and mint overtones.
- 1 1/4 oz
Saaz - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min
Saaz
Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.
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White Labs WLP051 California Ale V
White Labs WLP051 California Ale V
From Northern California. This strain is more fruity than WLP001, and slightly more flocculant. Attenuation is lower, resulting in a fuller bodied beer than with WLP001.
Notes
Steep grains at 160 degrees for 1/2 hour. Remove grains and add DME, rice syrup solids, honey, and Centennial hops. Boil for 1 hour. Add additional hops at times listed above. Cool wort, top off to 5 gallons, pitch yeast, ferment for 14 - 21 days (at 68 - 72 degrees), racking to secondary fermenter if desired. This batch will be kegged. If bottling, prime and bottle as normal. Allow to keg / bottle condition for additional 2 weeks.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 10 - American Ale
Subcategory: A - American Pale Ale
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.046 | 1.045 - 1.060 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.010 | 1.010 - 1.015 | ![]() |
Color: | 3.6 SRM | 5 - 14 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 4.7% ABV | 4.5% - 6% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 34.1 IBU | 30 - 45 | ![]() |