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Pale Ale

From the BrewBlog of Stoopsitters Brewing – Hastings, Minnesota USA
Printed April 29, 2024

Specifics
Style: Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)
Contributor: Dustin Zastera
Yield: 5.1 gallons
Color (SRM/EBC): 10.7/21.1
Bitterness (Calc): 41.3 IBU (Tinseth)
BU/GU: 0.9
Calories: 151 (12 ounces)
ABV: 4.7%
ABW: 3.6%
OG: 1.046
OG (Plato): 11.43° P
FG: 1.011
FG (Plato): 2.81° P
Real Extract: 4.37° P
App. Atten.: 75.4%
Real Atten.: 61.8%
BJCP Style Info: Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)
O.G.: 1.048 - 1.060
F.G.: 1.010 - 1.016
ABV: 4.6 - 6.2%
Bitterness: 30 - 50 IBUs
Color: 6 - 18 SRM
Info: An average-strength to moderately-strong English ale. The balance may be fairly even between malt and hops to somewhat bitter. Drinkability is a critical component of the style; emphasis is still on the bittering hop addition as opposed to the aggressive middle and late hopping seen in American ales. A rather broad style that allows for considerable interpretation by the brewer.

Commercial Examples: Fullers ESB, Adnams Broadside, Shepherd Neame Bishop's Finger, Young’s Ram Rod, Samuel Smith’s Old Brewery Pale Ale, Bass Ale, Whitbread Pale Ale, Shepherd Neame Spitfire, Marston’s Pedigree, Black Sheep Ale, Vintage Henley, Mordue Workie Ticket, Morland Old Speckled Hen, Greene King Abbot Ale, Bateman's XXXB, Gale’s Hordean Special Bitter (HSB), Ushers 1824 Particular Ale, Hopback Summer Lightning, Great Lakes Moondog Ale, Shipyard Old Thumper, Alaskan ESB, Geary’s Pale Ale, Cooperstown Old Slugger, Anderson Valley Boont ESB, Avery 14’er ESB, Redhook ESB.

General Information
Method: All Grain
Malts and Grains
7.00 pounds Rahr Pale Malt (2-Row) 84.8% of grist
0.25 pounds Simpsons Golden Naked Oats 3% of grist
0.60 pounds Crystal Malt 60L 7.3% of grist
0.40 pounds Crystal Malt 20L 4.8% of grist
8.25 pounds Total Grain Weight 100% of grist
Hops
1.00 ounces Target 11.4% Pellets @ 60 minutes
Type: Bittering
Use: Boil
11.4 AAUs
1.00 ounces Perle 6% Leaf @ 0 minutes
Type: Aroma
Use: Boil
6 AAUs
2.00 ounces Total Hop Weight 17.4 AAUs
Boil
Total Boil Time: 60 minutes
Yeast
Name: Nottingham Yeast
Manufacturer: Lallemand
Type: Ale
Flocculation: Very High
Attenuation: 75%
Temperature Range: 62–72°F
Amount: 12 gr
Procedure

Mash in with 10 quarts of water at 170F to his a mash temperature of 154F.  Rest 1 hour.  Mash out with 8 quarts at 195F to hit a mash out temperature of 170F and a ratio of 2.2 qt/lb.

Drain the tun and sparge with an additional 3 gallons of water at 170F.

Pale Ale
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Brew Day Data
  Target Actual
Strike Water Amount: 2.7  
Strike Water Temperature:    
Mash Temperature:    
Mash Time:    
Sparge Water Amount: 5.6  
Sparge Water Temperature:    
Pre-Boil Gravity:    
Pre-Boil Amount: 6.1  
Post-Boil Amount: 5.1  
Boil Time: 60  
Original Gravity: 1.046 / 11.4° P  
     
     
     
     
Brew Day Notes
 

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