Maple Pale Ale

[Geistbier]

I completely agree with BDawg, I judged at a recent competition and we got a Maple beer. The Cascade completely overpowered the Maple in the beer. I'd advise more Noble hop or the other options he suggested.

[beerdrinker]

I think Cascade is the wrong hop for this. I'd suggest you try Liberty, Hallertaur, Mt. Hood, or Saaz. Aim for only 15-20 IBU's, using about 2/3 of your hops at 60 and 1/3 of them at 5 mins. Add all your maple syrup at flame out or else the volatile maple flavor and aroma will boil away.

Good luck and let us know how this turns out.

and a great example of why I posted this k, I was hoping to use the hops that I have on hand... checking mini fridge freezer... I have Northern Brewer, Williamette, Cascade, and Chinook on hand. Will any of those work a little better?

Also, has anyone brewed a similar recipe? Cause my roommates have helped drink out my supply and I've got an amber ale fermenting, but if anyone is fairly sure that my recipe would turn out tasty, I'd throw out a 5 gallon batch, I'm just not sure what it'll turn out like and want to test it small scale before going big (like my shitty IPA I had to dump).

Thanks,

beerdrinker!

[beerdrinker]

Also, I'm currently sitting on over 40 kg of UCM's Pale LME and am open to brewing suggestions that revolve around mostly the LME for the grain bill to get some cheap crowd pleasing brews out to impress my roomies. They're mgd/bud piss beer drinkers, but what can I say, atleast its beer

Any non lager recipe's out there I should throw at them? (I might go to lager's when winter hits if the garage or basement cool down to the right temperatures).

[Geistbier]

Williamette is my suggestion of those available.

[beerdrinker]

Williamette is my suggestion of those available.

Thanks, should williamette be used both for bittering and aroma, cause I know cascade can be used for both, but I'm not sure about Williamette...

[BDawg]

You can bitter it very lightly with the NB, too. That's a clean bittering hop.
Again, the key is a light hand when dealing with subtle adjuncts like honey, maple syrup, etc.

HTH-

[BDawg]

You can make a LOT of good ale recipes with those hops and ONLY pale LME with nothing else but those hops that you have:

Taking a lb of LME and a quart or 2 of water in a pan on the stove.
Boil the shit out of it (stirring to prevent scorching) until it starts to brown up a little, but don't burn it. Voila- Instant Homemade Amber LME


Use Fermentis S-05/WLP001/Wyeast 1056 for all of these.

Quick and dirty APA:
7lbs of Pale LME
1/2 lb of the Homemade Amber LME above
3/4 oz Chinook @60
1 oz Cascade @15
1 oz Willamette @ 5
1 oz Chinook @ flameout
Dry hop with 1 oz each Cascade &/or Chinook in secondary

Blond Ale:
6 lbs Pale LME
1/2 oz Chinook @ 60
1/2 oz Willamette @ 20


Cali Common Ale:
7 lbs Pale LME
1 lb Homemade Amber LME per above
1 oz NB @ 60
1 oz NB @ 20
1 oz NB @ 10
1 oz NB @ 5
Prefer Wyeast 2112 Cali common yeast, but 1056/wlp001 works if you can't do the 62F "lager"

IPA:
9 lbs Pale LME
1/4 lb Amber LME
1.5 oz Chinook @ 60
1 oz Chinook @ 30
2 oz Willamette @ 15
1 oz Cascade @ 5
1 oz Cascade @ flameout
Dry hop with 1 oz each Cascade & Chinook in secondary

Let your imagination run.

[beerdrinker]

You can make a LOT of good ale recipes with those hops and ONLY pale LME with nothing else but those hops that you have:

Taking a lb of LME and a quart or 2 of water in a pan on the stove.
Boil the shit out of it (stirring to prevent scorching) until it starts to brown up a little, but don't burn it. Voila- Instant Homemade Amber LME


Use Fermentis S-05/WLP001/Wyeast 1056 for all of these.

Quick and dirty APA:
7lbs of Pale LME
1/2 lb of the Homemade Amber LME above
3/4 oz Chinook @60
1 oz Cascade @15
1 oz Willamette @ 5
1 oz Chinook @ flameout
Dry hop with 1 oz each Cascade &/or Chinook in secondary

Blond Ale:
6 lbs Pale LME
1/2 oz Chinook @ 60
1/2 oz Willamette @ 20


Cali Common Ale:
7 lbs Pale LME
1 lb Homemade Amber LME per above
1 oz NB @ 60
1 oz NB @ 20
1 oz NB @ 10
1 oz NB @ 5
Prefer Wyeast 2112 Cali common yeast, but 1056/wlp001 works if you can't do the 62F "lager"

IPA:
9 lbs Pale LME
1/4 lb Amber LME
1.5 oz Chinook @ 60
1 oz Chinook @ 30
2 oz Willamette @ 15
1 oz Cascade @ 5
1 oz Cascade @ flameout
Dry hop with 1 oz each Cascade & Chinook in secondary

Let your imagination run.

wow, thanks soo much for these, just to confirm, by pan, you mean a frying pan? will 1 lb of pale lme end up giving me 1 bl of "amber"?

thanks a million!