Polish Hoppy Pale Ale

[Brewer #426450]

Hello, I want to make pale ale with hop forward taste, i've drank 1 beer (Zombie single hop) and i was amazed by the taste of peach. I want to make single hop on Zula and Książęcy hops. so i did look up on the ingredients list. and I did come up with something like this. I have quite hard water sadly so this might be a problem.

https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1482669/single-hop

 

[Brewer #426450]

from chemicals i have sodium percarbonate and sodium metabisulfite.
i have only S-04 slurry, beers are going quite well on it (stout, neba and some others.) its on 5 or 6th turnover.

 

[Megary]

I think your recipe looks fine as is. S-04 is a solid choice, so no worries there.

Without a water report, it's impossible to give you any suggestions regarding treatment. But if your water is very hard, you would likely need an acid to bring your mash pH in line. Or not. Because if your beers have been turning out fine without any mash additions, then just keep on doing what you have been doing. This is a hobby.

 

[Bigbre04]

Just so you are aware. After that many repitches your yeast will start to change from the original. This could be good or bad, but generally it will loose efficiency as it gets into the higher generations. Commercial breweries generally dont pitch past 7 generations. That is with a lab to double check yeast quality.

Just a heads up on that!

hop bill looks ok, i generally do 15 min additions as 20 mins starts to lean towards more bitterness then flavor.

if you had some crystal malt that would be welcome in this recipe.

As is it will be good, i just like my pale ales with a little more color.

here are 2 that i did last year.
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/embed/1481668
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/embed/1452142

Im sort of confused where you are getting 9 SRM from in that grain bill????

 

[Dave Y]

Just so you are aware. After that many repitches your yeast will start to change from the original. This could be good or bad, but generally it will loose efficiency as it gets into the higher generations. Commercial breweries generally dont pitch past 7 generations. That is with a lab to double check yeast quality.

Just a heads up on that!

hop bill looks ok, i generally do 15 min additions as 20 mins starts to lean towards more bitterness then flavor.

if you had some crystal malt that would be welcome in this recipe.

As is it will be good, i just like my pale ales with a little more color.

here are 2 that i did last year.
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/embed/1481668
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/embed/1452142

Im sort of confused where you are getting 9 SRM from in that grain bill????

^^this!

I would --try-- for hops at 15 minutes and 5 minutes give or take to make my targeted IBU. with this mash bill, 30-35 IBU will be hoppy, but not overpowering.

The pH of your water will be more important than the chemicals you add.

 

[Brewer #426450]

I think your recipe looks fine as is. S-04 is a solid choice, so no worries there.

Without a water report, it's impossible to give you any suggestions regarding treatment. But if your water is very hard, you would likely need an acid to bring your mash pH in line. Or not. Because if your beers have been turning out fine without any mash additions, then just keep on doing what you have been doing. This is a hobby.

yep, its hard to get it. I mean i can call them. they propably know me.

 

[Bigbre04]

yep, its hard to get it. I mean i can call them. they propably know me.

in the states there are lots of labs that you can send a water sample to for a small fee. likely the same thing is available where you are??? then you can use the calculators on here to get a ball park. the other option is to buy spring water or filtered water. I wouldnt buy distilled water because you just have to add back all of the minerals that were stripped out.

 

[Brewer #426450]

i'm living in Poland, most likely i'll get it for free.

 

[Donoroto]

I agree, recipe looks good.

With a lot of wheat and oat, consider some rice hulls if you can get them, 500g is enough, to let the mash flow freely. Not essential, could be helpful.