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Hi
I want to brew s great APA and hope some of you experienced brewers have a recipe that fits my hops...

25g Magnum 10-14 %

100 g cascade 8.2%

I'm using a grainfather and hoping for 23l in the fermenter.
I have an American ale yeast from crossmyloof i would like to use.

Hopefully i will keg with my new corny keg arriving soon.


Any great recipes based on the hops and alpha acids above?

Thanks in advance.

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Personally I'd go with a split of Maris Otter (or similar) and Vienna, maybe 70/30 percentage wise, 25g Magnum at 60 mins, 25g Cascade at 10 mins, 25g at flameout and dry hop with the 50g remaining.
 
I think you'll need more hops to make a great APA - another 100g of another American hop or just more cascade and it still wouldn't be a hopbomb:-

Magnum for bittering @ 60mins
40 or 50g total @ 10 or 5mins
50 or 60g total steep
100g total dry hop
 
Great advice. Thanks. I should have mentioned i already have the grain which i think i will use.
4.7kg light MO
235 carapils.

Hoping this should go OK with the above recipes?

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One point I'm never sure of. When a recipe mentions hops at flameout, i understand when but how long would i leave before starting the cooling?
Thanks.

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rcammish said:
One point I'm never sure of. When a recipe mentions hops at flameout, i understand when but how long would i leave before starting the cooling?
Thanks.
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If you add them at flameout you'll extract some IBUs which may be difficult to calculate and some hop oils are boiled off below 100C
I cool to 70C then turn off the water to the chiller and steep for 20-30mins before chilling down to fermentation temp.
 
I have similar ingredients ready to try. I went down the 'an APA doesn't have to be a hop bomb' route so think 100g of cascade will be fine.

I haven't tried this yet but it's going to be the next brew:
4.5kg Maris Otter
200g Crystal 30
15g of Magnum 15% at 60mins
Then the Cascade I may tweak the amounts and timings
20g Cascade 6.6% at 15 mins
20g at 5 mins
30g at 0 mins
30g dry hop

I'm going to use it as the first brew on my Ace so didn't want anything too complicated.
 
@Pavros & @rcammish - both your grain bills are very similar to a recent Hophead-esque brew I made. Not exactly a clone very pretty close.
Only 4.1Kg MO + 300g caramalt for a 25L of a 3.9% brew, but with 222g Cascade total it's still defo more of a hoppy golden ale than an APA.
I only used 150g in my 1st attempt at this beer and it wasn't as hoppy as a bottle of Hophead (if you've ever tried it).
I love cascade but its not as intense as many of the newer american hops - I'm sure you'll make a tasty brew with just 100g but I think you may be dissappointed with the hoppiness if you like APAs
 
But with the bittering only being 30 to 35 ibus then I think I should be OK using 100g of Cascade as I'm not looking for a hop bomb of Brewdog levels. If the bittering was 45 ibus or higher then I think it would probably need more. At least that's my train of thought at the moment.
 
I'm OK with a hoppy golden ale. I will makes the recipe as stated above and use the it as a base level for future brews. I can up the hops next time you for a proper APA.

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