Ok, so I never claimed to be a mature brewer. Brewing is about fun, and making good beer. But why not have some fun with the naming of your brews (go on, say the name out loud).
This is another extract brew, it lets you familiarize yourself with dry hopping which is just another little step in expanding your skills as a brewer. Enjoy, and feel free to leave feedback, or ask questions if you have any.
Ingredients:
Specialty Grains:
1 LB Briess Crystal Malt – 60 L
Malt:
6 LB Briess Pilsen Light DME
Hops:
1 oz Nugget – 13% AA @ 60 minutes
1 oz Cascade – 5.9% AA @ 10 minutes
1 oz Cascade – 5.9% AA @ dry hopped
Yeast:
Wyeast 1056 American Ale Yeast
A couple of notes
Some people prefer to use all DME, Dried Malt Extract. A very general rule to convert Liquid Malt Extract to DME is multiply by 0.8. So in this instance 6 x 0.8 = 4.8 lb DME, so round up to an even 5 lb if you like
With an American Pale Ale, or India Pale Ale hop choice is going to be both important and personal. The Cascade hop is very popular for pale ales, but use what you like. I have made a variation of this with Centennial hops, but thought it was just too much hops, for the amount of malt used in the recipe. I like hops, but not to the point where they are turning my eyes back in my head
As with hops, the yeast is also something that comes down to personal preference, and what you want to come through in your beer. I’ve made other pale ales using the Safale US-05 dried yeast with excellent results also. I simply prefer the Wyeast 1056 based on past use
Dry hopping is not something to be intimidated by (even though I was the first time I tried it). I use pellet hops to dry hop, and just throw them straight into the secondary fermenter. I do recommend transferring to a secondary, as you don’t want to leave the wort sitting on the yeast cake for too long in case you start to get off flavors
I like to dry hop for about 10 to 14 days, and then bottle. That will give time for the pellets to settle at the bottom, so you don’t need to use a hop bag (although do by all means if you like, I prefer to keep it simple, keep it easy)
And here is a picture of the final product
Hockey and Beer 