Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Clone

[BenDoney]

Style: American Pale Ale - 10A
Batch Size: 11.00 gal
Boil Volume: 13.72 gal
Boil Time: 70 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 78.00 %
Equipment: Sanke Keg System
Actual Efficiency: 76.00 %
Taste Rating (50 possible points): ??? (not yet judged)

Grain Bill:
18.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain - 83.72 %
1.00 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain - 4.65 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 15L (15.0 SRM) Grain - 4.65 %
1.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain - 6.98 %

Hops:
2.00 oz Pearle [8.00 %] (70 min) - 24.2 IBU
2.00 oz Cascade [6.00 %] (10 min) - 8.5 IBU (or substitute Amarillo for a different flavor)
1.00 oz Cascade [6.00 %] (5 min) - 1.8 IBU (or substitute Amarillo for a different flavor)

Yeast and Misc.
2.00 tablets Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min)
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) - [Starter 1200 ml]
(White Labs WLP001 or SafAle US05 will also work fine)

Beer Profile: (Style Guidlines in Parenthesees)
Estimated Original Gravity: 1.053 SG (1.045-1.060 SG)
Estimated Final Gravity: 1.013 SG (1.010-1.015 SG)
Estimated Color: 8.7 SRM (5.0-14.0 SRM)
Bitterness: 34.6 IBU (30.0-45.0 IBU) - Alpha Acid Units: 16.0 AAU
Estimated Alcohol by Volume: 5.22 % (4.50-6.00 %)

Mash and Sparge Information:
Total Grain Weight: 21.50 lb
Strike Water: 6.75 gallons @ 167F (temp depends on your grain temperature, this is based on grain temp of 72F)
Mash Temperature: 154F for 60 minutes
Sparge Temperature: 170.0 F
Sparge Water: 10.0 gal


Fermentation, Conditioning and Kegging:
Ferment @ 65F for 14 days or until gravity has stabilized
Keg or secondary and condition for 14 days
Carbonate at 2.4 volumes of CO2

[BenDoney]

Attached is the BeerSmith file for those lazy people (you know who you are!).

In the attachment, I've actually subbed Amarillo hops for the Cascades at the 10 minute mark. I ran out of Cascades, and thought it would be a good experiment. Turns out I was right, and it just gives this beer something a bit different than the normal SNPA clone recipe. Both ways are great...brew it twice!

[caspio]

I brewed this yesterday, with the exception of replacing all the cascades with amarillo (hurray fridge cleaning!). Anyway, if it comes out anything like the sample of yours I tried, it should be tasty!

[JesseSmith]

It is tasty. Very nice hop/malt balance with hints of caramel that I really enjoyed. I think I might brew this soon. Make some substitutions of my own.

[caspio]

Yep it's a tasty recipe. I think mine really needs another week to finish carbonating and to clean up before it gets really good. We'll see if the first keg makes it that long