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Pale Ale and India Pale Ale Beer Recipes

Pale ales range from amber to copper-brown in color and combine a distinct bitterness with malt-based sweetness. India Pale Ales were were first brewed to be transported to India and are high in hops with a moderate malt content.

Pale Ale Recipe

Ingredients:
  • 7-8 pounds English 2-row malt
  • 1/2-1 pound crystal malt
  • 3 ounces Fuggles hops (boil)
  • 3/4 ounce Hallertauer hops (finish)
  • ale yeast


  • Pale Ale Brewing Process:
    You'll get good yield and lots of flavor from English malt and a 1-stage 150 degree mash. In the boil, I added the finishing hops in increments: 1/4 ounce in last 30 minutes, 1/4 ounce in last 15 minutes, and 1/4 ounce at the end (steep 15 minutes) don't have to be Fuggles; almost any boiling hops will do, I usually mix Northern Brewer with Fuggles or Goldings (just make sure you get .12-.15 alpha). Conversion will pro- bably only take 60 minutes rather than 90. Depending on when you stop the mash your gravity may vary as high as 1.050. That's a lot of body. (Source: Rob Bradley)



    India Pale Ale Recipe

    Ingredients:
  • 2-1/2 pounds pale malt
  • 5 ounces crystal malt (80L)
  • 5.5 AAUs bittering hops (1 ounce of 5.5% Willamette)
  • 1/2 ounce finishing hops (Willamette)
  • Wyeast #1028: London ale


  • India Pale Ale Brewing Procedure:
    This is a 2-gallon batch. Mash in 5 quarts 132 degrees (140 degree strike heat). Adjust mash pH to 5.3. Boost temperature to 150 degrees. Mash 2 hours, maintaining temperature at 146-152 degrees. Mash out 5 minutes at 168 degrees. Sparge with 2 gallons of 165 degree water. Boil 90 minutes, adding hops in last hour. Add finishing hops 5 minutes before end of boil. Ferment at 70 degrees, 6 days in primary, 4 days in secondary. (Source: Todd Enders)



    Summer Pale Ale Recipe

    Ingredients:
  • 8 pounds 2-row pale malt
  • 1 pound Munich malt
  • 1/2 cup dextrin malt
  • 1 teaspoon gypsum
  • 20 grams Nugget leaf hops (14 alpha)
  • 15 grams Brambling leaf hops
  • pinch Irish moss
  • 1 pack Edme ale yeast


  • Brewing Process:
    Use the standard temperature-controlled mash procedure described in Papazian. Use a 30 minute protein rest at 122 degrees, 20 minutes at 152 degrees, and 20 minutes at 158 degrees. Sparge with 4 gallons of 180 degree water. Boil 1 hour with Nugget hops. Add Irish moss in last 10 minutes. Remove from heat and steep Brambling hops for 15 minutes. Cool wort and pitch. This ale is light in color, but full-bodied. If you want an amber color, add a cup of caramel malt. (Source: Jackie Brown)



    Samuel Adams Taste-Alike Recipe

    Ingredients:
  • 3.75 pounds Cooper's Ale kit
  • 1 pound Crystal malt
  • 3/4 pound Saaz hops (boil)
  • 3/4 ounce Saaz hops (finish)
  • Yeast from ale kit


  • Brewing Procedure:
    Steep one pound of crystal malt for 30 minutes in 2 quarts of water heated to 170 degrees. Strain out grains. Add the syrup from the kit, water, 3/4 ounce of Saaz hops and boil for 60 minutes, then remove the heat and added 3/4 ounce of Saaz hops for finishing. Although I am a fanatic for liquid yeast, I (grimaced and) added the dry Coopers yeast supplied with the kit to the cooled wort in the primary. I transferred to secondary after two days. All fermentation was at approximately 60 degrees. I primed with 5/8 cup of corn sugar. (Source: Gene Schultz)



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