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Must say, i'm pretty darn pleased with how the test samples of this are tasting.

Hoppy, soft residual bitterness and deliciously malty.

Pink Shirt Pale Ale
Brew Type: All Grain Date: 16/08/2007
Style: American Pale Ale Brewer:
Batch Size: 22.00 L Assistant Brewer:
Boil Volume: 25.18 L Boil Time: 60 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.0 % Equipment: My Equipment

Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.50 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 81.8 %
0.50 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (19.7 EBC) Grain 9.1 %
0.50 kg Wheat Malt, Ger (3.9 EBC) Grain 9.1 %
30.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.50%] (60 min) Hops 27.1 IBU
20.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.50%] (10 min) Hops 6.6 IBU
10.00 gm Cascade [5.50%] (5 min) Hops 1.2 IBU
20.00 gm Cascade [5.50%] (60 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) Yeast-Ale

Measured Original Gravity: 1.050 SG
Estimated Color: 11.6 EBC (7.9-21.7 EBC) Color [Color]
Bitterness: 34.8 IBU (20.0-40.0 IBU) Alpha Acid Units: 1.5 AAU
Estimated Alcohol by Volume: 5.5 %

Sparge Temperature: 75.6 C
Sparge Water: 8.31

Name Description Step Temp Step Time
Mash In Add 14.34 L of water at 74.4 C 67.8 C 60 min
Mash Out Add 8.03 L of water at 91.5 C 75.6 C 10 min

Is the recipe your creation? If so, where did the name come from?

yeah its a bit of a mix of aspects from a few beers, i like all the cascade in LCPA obviously, and i love the way Cracken back pale ale let amarillo compliment cascade, and i love JSGA's use of amarillo as a flavour hop. I also enjoy the addition of wheat malt that i think i can taste in LCPA and in CPA, gives it some malty body (i think) that is lacking in a lot of beers.

The name i thought up while sitting in Northies in cronulla, and watching all the jerks getting around in tight pink shirts, and thought, hey my pale ale will be a bit fruity too

good one.

Thats a fair bit of MO, wouldn't think that amount of wheat would be noticed in that recipe? I find MO a great grain but a bit overpowering in large quantities. When you say "test samples" how far along is this brew?

This recipe looks like something I would be keen on, and your description raises alot of points I agree with, so the formula is there but you didn't explain the MO, why did you use it?

Cause it is rich and malty and a premium base malt, couldn't think of a better place to start tbqh. Think of it as the cavass to display those delicious hops on.

In all seriousness i design my beers around what i know i like, i have used MO before with great success in my red ale and loved it.

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hey all, i am excited!!!!

This is without a doubt the best tasting beer i have made to date, i love this AG caper!!1

one other thing, it has gone from a SG of 1052 down to 1014 in 3 day's.

The activator was fairly well bulging when i pitched it and i had added yeast nutrient to the wort, and has been bubbling vigouresly way at 16 degrees. Very clean tasting and the amarillo is so deliciously fruity with the citric pine cascade on the nose, will dry hop with more amarillo and cascade.

Sounds like an absolutely great recipe, mate. Amarillo and Cascade is a great hop combination. If you don't mind, I might just have to copy this recipe and give it a go in the near future.

by al lmeans mate, go for it, would love to hear someone else enjoyed one of my concoctions, i'm just stoked i'll be drinking it a week from pitching, might leave it a week in secondary before kegging, wanna take it away for the long weekend.