Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone.

[Charlie]

My plan to brew Jamil's Evil Twin has been put off due to late delivery of equipment and ingredients, so I'm going to do a Sierra Pale Ale clone I have on the back burner.

I have two recipes: One is in Papazian's "Microbrewed Adventures" and the other was published in BYO's "Hop Lover's Guide". I don't have the hops or Munich Malt for Papazian's clone, so it's the BYO clone or nothing. Here it is...
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Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Clone

OG 1.052
FG 1.011
IBU 37
SRM 10
ABV 5.3%

10.25 lbs 2-row pale malt
10 oz Crystal 60

2.5 AAU Magnum 60 min
4.8 AAU Perle 60 min

5 AAU Cascade 15 min

.75 oz Cascade 0 min

.75 oz Cascade (dry)

1 tsp Irish Moss

WLP-001

Single step mash 60 min at 154 F.

Collect 6.5 gal

Boil 90 min
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I have no clue why they boil 90 but toss the magnum and perle at 60. If I do this clone I'll pitch the boil hops at 90.

Any thoughts?

Anybody got a better (or even different) Sierra Pale clone?

Charlie

[cdburg]

I haven't brewed it myself, but this one has gotten some good reviews and had input from the SN brewers...

http://forum.northernbrewer.com/viewtopic.php?t=15532

[Big Tex]

Looks pretty. One thing I did notice is that you dry hopped in your recipe. SN doesn't dry hop their pale ale. So you would want to really bump up your knock out addition.

Below is a clone I've brewed a few times that came in very close.

Recipe: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Clone
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: All Grain

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 6.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.053 SG
Estimated Color: 10.5 SRM
Estimated IBU: 38.9 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
11 lbs 2.3 ozPale Malt (2 Row) US (1.8 SRM) Grain 88.89 %
1 lbs 6.3 oz Caramel Malt - 60L (Briess) (60.0 SRM) Grain 11.11 %
0.50 oz Magnum [14.90 %] (60 min) Hops 27.8 IBU
0.50 oz Perle [7.00 %] (30 min) Hops 6.7 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [6.00 %] (10 min) Hops 4.5 IBU
2.00 oz Cascade [6.00 %] (0 min) Hops -
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) [Starter 2000 Yeast-Ale

Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body
Total Grain Weight: 12.54 lb
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Single Infusion, Medium Body
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 3.92 gal of water at 170.1 F 154.0 F
10 min Mash Out Add 2.19 gal of water at 198.5 F 168.0 F

[Brandon]

I haven't brewed it myself, but this one has gotten some good reviews and had input from the SN brewers...

http://forum.northernbrewer.com/viewtopic.php?t=15532

I did that version with my fresh wet hops last season and it was f'in great

[BadRock]

I've come really close with this recipe.

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale


Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 5.50 Wort Size (Gal): 5.50
Total Grain (Lbs): 10.88
Anticipated OG: 1.055 Plato: 13.48
Anticipated SRM: 7.3
Anticipated IBU: 36.8
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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94.3 10.25 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) America 1.037 2
5.7 0.63 lbs. Crystal 60L America 1.034 60

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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19.84 g. Perle Whole 7.20 20.1 60 min.
5.10 g. Magnum Whole 13.10 9.4 60 min.
28.35 g. Cascade Pellet 6.30 7.4 15 min.
21.26 g. Cascade Pellet 6.30 0.0 0 min.
21.26 g. Cascade Whole 6.80 0.0 Dry Hop


Extras

Amount Name Type Time
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0.25 Oz Irish Moss Fining 15 Min.(boil)


Yeast
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White Labs WLP001 California Ale


Mash Schedule
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Mash Type: Single Step

Grain Lbs: 10.88
Water Qts: 13.59 - Before Additional Infusions
Water Gal: 3.40 - Before Additional Infusions

Qts Water Per Lbs Grain: 1.25 - Before Additional Infusions

Saccharification Rest Temp : 154 Time: 60
Mash-out Rest Temp : 168 Time: 5
Sparge Temp : 170 Time: 0


Total Mash Volume Gal: 4.27 - Dough-In Infusion Only

All temperature measurements are degrees Fahrenheit.

[Charlie]

I haven't brewed it myself, but this one has gotten some good reviews and had input from the SN brewers...

http://forum.northernbrewer.com/viewtopic.php?t=15532

Woah! 30 pages! Interesting credentials/dicksize war about page 25.

Charlie

[crupp]

Charlie wrote:

Woah! 30 pages! Interesting credentials/dicksize war about page 25.

Wow…that was effin’ unbelievable. I think that if something like that happened in this forum, someone would find them and kick them both in the nuts. It was, however, funny to read.

[cdburg]

Yeah, it's an interesting little thread, especially if you need some entertainment. Luckily, the recipe is on the first page.