Mid strength APA

[jords]

Hi all

I want to make a mid-strength, easy to drink beer.

I want to start brewing full extract so this is what I have in mind.

2.5 kg LDM
15g Cascade @ 1hr
15g Cascade @ 20
15g Cascade @ 10
15g Cascade @ Flameout

23L boil (approx) and US-05 Yeast.

My main question is regarding the hopping, I have no idea how much to use and when so I just guessed. How does my hop schedule look?

I'm after a balanced beer that still has flavour, despite the simple ingredient list.

Any comments would be welcome.

Cheers
Jords

[bullfrog]

Looks pretty decent for a SMaSH beer, Jords. It would be hard to predict the result without knowing the AA% of your Cascade but, if it's in the higher AA range for that hop (~6-7%) then you should have something pretty balanced, I'd say. Easy to throw back, in any case. If the AA% is lower then you may want to consider upping your quantities of hops to compensate for that.

[jords]

Cheers, had better put it down and see then. Haven't picked up the hops yet so I'll check it and compensate accordingly.

Will let you know how it turns out.

[AidanMatthews]

I just did a mid strength apa,

It was a bit of a test for when i want to do xxxx gold clone,
23litres
Coopers lager tin
150g dark crystal malt
350g ldme
400g dextrose
10g cluster @ 20min
10g cluster@ flameout
Us05 yeast

Ibu is about 28, 3.5% once primed in bottles.

Once i get a fridge i will use same recipe but with some sort of lager yeast and do a propper lager process in secondary for 2 weeks to create my intended xxxx clone.

For now i made a very nice mid strength apa,

[rotten]

I admit to drinking XXXX Gold for a fair while, although I'm not sure I would aim to duplicate it.
I really enjoy the extra flavour I get from my low abv brews, I am all grain though.
Sorry for pointless post