Cascade Imperial Voyage Pale Ale

MiniMoose · Post by **MiniMoose** » Monday Oct 22, 2007 4:05 pm

this was on sale at coles the other night for 10 bucks so i bought one.
i also bought from the HBS 1kg DME, 500g Mixed Crystal (half Light half normal crystal) 40g Amerillo hop pellets, and US-05 yeast to use with it. i am aiming for some sort of APA.

how does this sound? Just wanted some opinions as this is only my third brew.

Cheers

drsmurto · Post by **drsmurto** » Monday Oct 22, 2007 4:13 pm

Is the crystal mixed evenly? If so, i would say use 200-250g of it - steeped in 65-70C water for an hour. Amarillo hops are a winner and are dead set perfect for an APA. If it was me, i would add 20@15 and 20@5.

Steep grain for 1h at 65-70C.
Drain off liquid and boil for 15 mins adding the DME and 20g of amarillo
After 10 mins add the rest of the amarillo.
Turn off flame 5 mins later and add the kit.
Dump into fermenter, top up to volume required and pitch US-05 at 18-20 C.

Will be a lovely beer.

Thats just my opinion
Cheers
DrSmurto

MiniMoose · Post by **MiniMoose** » Monday Oct 22, 2007 4:53 pm

Cool, Yep the crystal is mixed evenly. i thought 500g my be a bit much, not that i have ever used it before but just from how people seem to use it here. I will definatly use the full 40g amarillo hops at different intervals like you mentioned. i really want the full flavour and aroma to seep into the beer.

Cheers

rwh · Post by **rwh** » Monday Oct 22, 2007 5:27 pm

Is the crystal cracked? If not, you'll need to crack it.

MiniMoose · Post by **MiniMoose** » Monday Oct 22, 2007 5:29 pm

yeah they cracked it for me (grain and grape)

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Monday Oct 22, 2007 9:17 pm

I did that brew a while back with a whole lot of willamette, to make an IPA. The major difference between your brew and mine is that I toasted the crystal in the oven. That gives a really good toasty flavour that would work well in either APA or IPA.

MiniMoose · Post by **MiniMoose** » Wednesday Oct 24, 2007 11:47 am

How did yours come out Chris?

I ended up chucking the whole 500g of Crystal in.

i got a og of 1040 filled to 23L i thought it would have been higher with all that crystal and a kilo of malt?

The airlock started moving in an 1 hour, could fermentation have begun this quick?

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Wednesday Oct 24, 2007 12:06 pm

Mine came out well. I used 500g crystal too- roasting 300g, the rest straight. 1040 sounds like you didn't get much out of your crystal- did you give it a good rinse-through to get out all the malty goodness?

And it really depends on the yeast as to how fast it kicks off. I didn't use the kit yeast- instead using a Coopers recultured job.

MiniMoose · Post by **MiniMoose** » Thursday Oct 25, 2007 1:23 pm

sh!t i did forget to rinse. I tasted the wort it produced and it was sweet so i got some suagrs. Was my first time steeping grains though. oh well will definatley remeber to rinse next time. Live and learn

i used the us05 yeast by the way

MiniMoose · Post by **MiniMoose** » Sunday Nov 11, 2007 9:52 pm

Just a foot note, This came out awsome. beautiful deep orange color, crystal clear, awsome robust malt hit (from the 2 crystals) balanced with a nice hit of bitterness from the added amarillo and a lovely amarillo(tropicial fruit!) flavor and aroma. The us-56 yeast is ultra clean as well.

Only thing i probably would change if i did it again is i would only fill to 21-22 litres.

i was really impressed.

it hasnt been in the bottle long about 2 weeks, so its only going to mature into something better (hopefully!)

Cheers!

Trough Lolly · Post by **Trough Lolly** » Tuesday Nov 13, 2007 3:10 pm

Interesting...sounds like James Squire Golden Ale without the Saaz!