Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Clone
Bottling and brewing
17/04/10 09:49
I should have posted this last weekend, but I haven’t had time.
Last weekend my co-brewer and I got 42 bottles of pale ale and 45 bottles of nut brown ale bottled. We also were able to brew a trappist ale and a pecan nut brown ale.
As of today, the pecan nut brown ale went into a secondary. It’s a little on the more cloudy side than I would have wanted and it tastes a little dry. I didn’t get a whole lot of pecan flavor, so maybe next time I’ll double the mount of pecans. The trappist ale is still in the primary and it will stay there another week. The trappist has gone through the most rigorous fermentation I have experiences. I’ve had to clean the airlock out twice because of beer coming out the top of the fermenter and at one point it was even completely clogged. But, today it’s still fermenting rigorously enough to where I feel it should sit in the primary for another week.
Last weekend my co-brewer and I got 42 bottles of pale ale and 45 bottles of nut brown ale bottled. We also were able to brew a trappist ale and a pecan nut brown ale.
As of today, the pecan nut brown ale went into a secondary. It’s a little on the more cloudy side than I would have wanted and it tastes a little dry. I didn’t get a whole lot of pecan flavor, so maybe next time I’ll double the mount of pecans. The trappist ale is still in the primary and it will stay there another week. The trappist has gone through the most rigorous fermentation I have experiences. I’ve had to clean the airlock out twice because of beer coming out the top of the fermenter and at one point it was even completely clogged. But, today it’s still fermenting rigorously enough to where I feel it should sit in the primary for another week.
Sierra Nevada's Pale Ale Clone
29/12/09 12:41
Date:12/29/09
Beer: Sierra Nivada Pale Ale Clone
Kit:Yes
Grain: Carapils 8oz
Grain 2: Caramel 10L 8oz
Malt Extract: Light Extract 6lbs
Grain Steep: 30 minutes
Temp: 155 - 165
Hops:
Perle 2oz - Added at beginning of second boil
Cascade 2oz - Added 2 minutes before the end of boil
Yeast:
Muntons Active Brewing Yeast
Dissolved in 98 degree water and it cooled to 88 degrees over 10 minutes, then pitched
Wort Start T: 80
Measured OG: 1.044 @ 80 Degrees
Actual OG: 1.0465
Measured FG: 1.01 @ 68 Derres
Actual FG: 1.011
Final ABW: 3.71%
Final ABV: 4.73%
Bottles Made: 42
This beer finished great. After the first week in the bottles they didn’t taste the great. The hop flavor was harsh and didn’t seem to blend well. After the second week the beer tasted much better and the carbonation had gone up significantly, but still not where I would have liked it to be. This was super bowl weekend, so even though the carbonation was a little low, the taste was great so a good bit of the stockpile. By the end of the third week the carbonation settle down at about the same level as the second week, but head retention seems much better. The head foams up to 1/4 - 1/2 and then settles down and a small head remains on the bear the whole time until it is about finished.
When this beer was bottled and was placed in 6 pack holders. The beer was stored in our spare bathroom, in the bath tub (I was worried about exploding bottles). After this first week, no carbonation had built up. The bottles were then placed on a heating pad set on it’s lowest settings to bring the bottles temperatures up to about 70-72 degrees. The bottles were then placed under a blanket and the temperatures were monitored regularly (3 - 4 times a day) to insure they stayed at 70 - 72 degrees. After about a week of this, the bottles carbonation increased and had reached a level at which the beers were drinkable.
Beer: Sierra Nivada Pale Ale Clone
Kit:Yes
Grain: Carapils 8oz
Grain 2: Caramel 10L 8oz
Malt Extract: Light Extract 6lbs
Grain Steep: 30 minutes
Temp: 155 - 165
Hops:
Perle 2oz - Added at beginning of second boil
Cascade 2oz - Added 2 minutes before the end of boil
Yeast:
Muntons Active Brewing Yeast
Dissolved in 98 degree water and it cooled to 88 degrees over 10 minutes, then pitched
Wort Start T: 80
Measured OG: 1.044 @ 80 Degrees
Actual OG: 1.0465
Measured FG: 1.01 @ 68 Derres
Actual FG: 1.011
Final ABW: 3.71%
Final ABV: 4.73%
Bottles Made: 42
This beer finished great. After the first week in the bottles they didn’t taste the great. The hop flavor was harsh and didn’t seem to blend well. After the second week the beer tasted much better and the carbonation had gone up significantly, but still not where I would have liked it to be. This was super bowl weekend, so even though the carbonation was a little low, the taste was great so a good bit of the stockpile. By the end of the third week the carbonation settle down at about the same level as the second week, but head retention seems much better. The head foams up to 1/4 - 1/2 and then settles down and a small head remains on the bear the whole time until it is about finished.
When this beer was bottled and was placed in 6 pack holders. The beer was stored in our spare bathroom, in the bath tub (I was worried about exploding bottles). After this first week, no carbonation had built up. The bottles were then placed on a heating pad set on it’s lowest settings to bring the bottles temperatures up to about 70-72 degrees. The bottles were then placed under a blanket and the temperatures were monitored regularly (3 - 4 times a day) to insure they stayed at 70 - 72 degrees. After about a week of this, the bottles carbonation increased and had reached a level at which the beers were drinkable.