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Golden Sweet Ale

Golden Sweet Ale

American Pale Ale • Extract • 5 gal

Chris Ratliff

August 4, 2002 am 11:39am

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Ingredients (Extract5 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.

  • 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
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

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