Old West Supply’s,”Firecracker Pale Ale”

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Vicki

Chilis

24 hours into fermentation

Style Information

Recipe Type: Extract
Category: Pale Ale
Type: Ale
 
OG: 1.050 - 1.055
FG: 1.010 - 1.013

Grains & Extracts

Name Amount Notes
Torrified Wheat 1 lb Torrified Wheat has been heat treated (kind of "popped")to break the cellular structure, allowing for rapid hydration and allows malt enzymes to more completely attack the starches and protein.
Munich German Malt 1 lb Malty sweet flavor
Crystal 20L 1 lb Sweet, mild caramel flavor

Hops

Name Amount Alpha Acid % AAU Time Notes
Whole leaf 2 oz 0% 0 50 min Unlabled. Do not know what these fresh hops are
Liberty 1.00 4% 4 5 The recipe said willamette and sterling pellets, but the bag was stamped"Liberty"

Adjuncts

Name Type Use Amount Time Notes
Chipotle Peppers Spice Secondary 3 ea 2 wks whole, dried Chipotle peppers added after 7 days
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Yeasts

Name Amount Notes
California Ale WLPoo1 1 vial

Mash Steps

Name Step Type Step Time Temperature
Infusion
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Boil

Amount: 6
Water Description: filteted
Time: 60 minutes
Target Batch Size: 5

Fermentation

Step Time Temperature Container Additions
Name: Amount
Notes
2 weeks 65 carboy

Profile

Estimated OG: 1.050
Actual OG: 1.052
Actual FG: 1.014
Actual ABV: 4.97%
 
Bitterness: 21 IBU
Estimated Color: 10 SRM

Tasting notes

This would have been a good beer without the chilis. Really good pale. Malty sweet character coupled with peppers that are spicy, which is weird when you're having a beer. I would make this beer again without the peppers

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