
Sierra Nevada Celebration Clone
American Pale Ale • Extract • 5 gal
This is THE clone of the famous Celebration Ale from Sierra Nevada. If you like hops, malt, and fruit flavors - this is your beer!
July 10, 2003 pm 04:03pm
Ingredients (Extract, 5 gal)
- 1.5 lbs
Crystal Malt 20°L
Crystal Malt 20°L
Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales.
- .25 lbs
Dextrine Malt
Dextrine Malt
In light-colored beers to give additional body. Adds richness without color.
- 6.5 lbs
Liquid Light Extract
Liquid Light Extract
A brewer can create any beer style with this extract when used as a base in conjunction with colored malts and selected hops. Contains no colored malts or hops.
- 1 oz
Chinook - 8.8 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Chinook
Spicy, Medium to Heavy.Very strong bittering ability used in all American ales and lagers. Aroma is very floral.
- 1 oz
Cascade - 4.8 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Cascade
Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.
- 1 oz
Cascade - 4.8 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min
Cascade
Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.
- .25 oz
Cascade - 4.8 AA% pellets; added dry to secondary fermenter
Cascade
Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.
- .25 oz
Centennial - 10.0 AA% pellets; added dry to secondary fermenter
Centennial
Aromatic but acceptable for bittering. Medium aroma with floral and citrus tones. Good in medium to dark ales.
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White Labs WLP001 California Ale
White Labs WLP001 California Ale
This yeast is famous for its clean flavors, balance and ability to be used in almost any style ale. It accentuates the hop flavors and is extremely versatile.
Notes
Steep grains in 1.5 gallons water for 30 minutes, then rinse with 1.5 gallons of water, add extract, bring to boil, add hops per schedule. When done, cool, strain into fermenter, add water to 5.5 gallon level, when wort is 70 degrees pitch yeast. After one week in primary, rack to secondary and add dry hops. Prime with 3/4 cup corn sugar and bottle or keg when fermentation is complete.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 10 - American Ale
Subcategory: A - American Pale Ale
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.054 | 1.045 - 1.060 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.013 | 1.010 - 1.015 | ![]() |
Color: | 10.8 SRM | 5 - 14 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 5.3% ABV | 4.5% - 6% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 42.8 IBU | 30 - 45 | ![]() |
Discussion
Fantastic homebrew.
2009-02-21 3:10pm
I am a total newb homebrewer, let me start with that. I brewed this with 2 buddies - one with a bit of brewing behind him and one legit homebrewer. Followed the instructions to the T best we could - I think we had to sub some Amarillo hops for the centennial and we might have used a slightly different yeast. unfortunately we're all slackers and didn't write that part down. But we basically took the recipe to our local homebrew store and got as close as we could. Short story long, our final #'s are odd: Pre-pitch: 1.043 @ 74 degrees with the hydrometer calibrated for 60 degrees. Final TG 1.02 @ 68 degrees. I think that comes out to a ridiculously low ABV that seems WAY off. Even when temp corrected. In any case, it drinks like it's 5-6% abv and it's GREAT. Easily the best homebrew I've ever tasted. Hoppy, floral-fruit nose, drinks easily and we couldn't be happier with it. Thanks for the fantastic recipe!!! We'll be brewing this one again... :)