Pale Rider American Ale

[beanstalk]

Gonna try a small batch this morn. 11l BIAB.

[Qs]

Am I reading that right, 20% crystal 80?

[beanstalk]

You are! It should have been 50g! oops!

[Qs]

Ha, yeah that sounds more like it.

How do you find the 30 minute hop addition, do you think you get much flavour out of it? I rarely stray beyond 20 minutes.

[irish_goat]

Needs more dry hop. 

[beanstalk]

This is the first time I've tried pellets so I'm not sure how it will turn out. The last brew i threw in twice as much cascade at 30mins and it was great, but it was leaf.

As for dry hopping, i've never done it before and want it to be very aromatic! Do you think I should? 

Also, is it ok to dry hop in primary, say after five days when fermentation has cooled?

[irish_goat]

I much prefer pellets these days, far easier to drain the kettle. I normally use about 50-60g per batch so if you're doing 11l I'd be using 20-25g.

Dry hopping in the primary is fine.

[beanstalk]

Yeah it was great. I just used a big hop bag and kept lifting it out and adding to i during the boil. Way less mess.

Do you mean 20-25g for dry hopping or overall?

[irish_goat]

20-25g dry hopping. 

One issue you might find is that it's harder to harvest the yeast from the primary fermenter if you dry hop in it. Although if you don't want to reuse the yeast that's not a problem.

[beanstalk]

Class! Well I'll.do 10g citrus and 10g cascade for three days once its well on fermenting and see how I get on! 

[beanstalk]

Checked this last night, bubbling has stopped and gravity sitting at 1.018, temp 19c. Bit dissapointed cus OG was 1.048, and beersmith said I'd get 5% with that but then again, I only used 2kg of pale malt for 12.5lt wort and BIAB so my maybe my efficiency waswas a bit lower. Hopefully it will drop a bit more, I still have half a packet of yeast tho and I don't want it to be too sweet...any suggestions folks?

[Qs]

Its only been 3 days give it another week or so and it should drop a few more points. Give the fermenter a gentle shake to try and rouse the yeast again if you want but be careful not to splash. You could up the temp a degree or two over the next couple of days too.

[beanstalk]

This is bottled and smelled like roasted orange! can't wait till its ready! 

[beanstalk]

This has turned out lovely! Needs a little bit more time to carb but smells of roasted orange. Nice bitterness but mellows out to a subtle sweetness at the end. Very juicy!

[Qs]

What did the FG end up at?