Brew Day: Peabody Pale Ale (American Pale Ale)

The latest installment in my experimentation within the broad category that is the American Pale Ale is a recipe that I threw together in a matter of minutes. While assembling the ingredients for Curly's Milk Stout I realized I had a lot of odds and ends lying around. Half-full bags of specialty grains, zip-locked bags of hops. None of this stuff is getting better with age.

Double brew day in-progress.

The recipe for Curly's Milk Stout called for one pound of light dry malt extract. However I only had a three pound bag. It made perfect sense to use the rest of that extract for a one gallon batch. I stepped some crystal malt I had lying around for color, flavor, body, and hopefully a bit of freshness.

In this beer the malt is only there to provide balance to the hops. Having less control over the wort from using the extract is not much of a concern. I used a blend of Centennial, Chinook, and Amarillo hops with additions at 45 minutes, ten minutes, and flameout. The idea being to have plenty of hop aroma, bitterness, and flavor.

As opposed to the Essex Extra Pale Ale which was envisioned as a lighter, more drinkable interpretation, the Peabody Pale Ale will hopefully have a bit more attitude. While not hoppy like an IPA, the idea is to have a beer where hop flavor is at the forefront. I haven't made the trip to Trillium Brewing yet, but Fort Point Pale Ale is an excellent example of a pale ale where the hop flavor is paramount but does not effect drinkability. That's the goal here.

Krausen just starting to fall during fermentation.

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Peabody Pale Ale

American Pale Ale

6.3% / 15.1 °P

Recipe by

Jason Chalifour

Extract

Batch Volume: 1 gal

Boil Time: 60 min

Vitals

Original Gravity: 1.061

Final Gravity (Fixed): 1.013

IBU (Tinseth): 40

BU/GU: 0.65

Color: 12.5 SRM 

Malts (4 oz)

4 oz (15.3%) — Muntons Crystal 150 (60L) — Grain — 56.8 °L

Other (1 lb 6 oz)

1 lb 6 oz (84.7%) — Muntons Spraymalt Extra Light — Dry Extract — 3.2 °L

Hops (0.6 oz)

0.1 oz (18 IBU) — Centennial 11.8% — Boil — 45 min

0.2 oz (15 IBU) — Centennial 11.8% — Boil — 10 min

0.1 oz (7 IBU) — Chinook 12% — Boil — 10 min

0.1 oz — Amarillo 8.4% — Boil — 0 min

0.1 oz — Chinook 12% — Boil — 0 min

Yeast

35.49 ml — White Labs WLP001 California Ale 76.5%