Trying a different style of pale ale - comments, suggestions, concerns?

[RoaldV]

Ok, so I finally made it down to a brewing store the other day (my work moved offices and there is one conveniently close now) and picked up some wheat dry malt, and some Safale s-04 yeast.

 

My plans is to brew:

- Coopers Pale Ale kit (yeast replaced with s-04 yeast)

- 500g LDM

- 500g dry wheat malt

- 250g dextrose

- 15g cascade steeped @ 10 mins

- 15g amarillo steeped @ 10 mins

- rind of 1 orange boiled for 10 mins

 

Does this sound like it might work? If not, why not?

 

All comments and input appreciated.

 

Thanks

 

Roald

[GrahamB8]

looks fine mate, the wheat will improve head retention in beer but also add a 'wheaty' component to the taste.

Its worth mentioning that Wheat malt (dry and liquid) usually has a decent percentage of malted barley.

[jasond4]

Looks good, but I would leave out the orange zest as the hops you have chosen will give it a citrus taste on there own. If you want the citrus flavor higher just up the hops to 20-25gms each. Its a lot easier.

[Guest]

Hiya RoaldV.

 

looks fine mate, the wheat will improve head retention in beer but also add a 'wheaty' component to the taste.

Its worth mentioning that Wheat malt (dry and liquid) usually has a decent percentage of malted barley.

+1

 

Looks good' date=' but I would leave out the orange zest as the hops you have chosen will give it a citrus taste on there own. If you want the citrus flavor higher just up the hops to 20-25gms each. Its a lot easier.[/quote']

 

+1

 

A nice recipe without too much fuss.

 

Beer.

[AdamH1525226084]

There is also already some wheat malt in the pale can I believe - I read it on another topic.

 

Best thing about beer is that you can make something unique and good with a tiny ingredient mod - just do what you like, and if it's no good, as long as you learn from it it's a success!

[RoaldV]

Ok, thanks guys.

 

I'll ditch the zest, and up the hops a little bit.

 

Looking forward to trying something a bit wheaty, with a hint of citrus. I'll brew next week, and let you all know how it goes.

[LeonardC2]

Cascade hops add a grapfriut aroma & flavor to the beer. The orange zest would add to the tropical citrus flavors. You could leave it in,as the flavors will be different but complimentary.

[RoaldV]

Thanks Leonard.

 

Another question, I've been toying with making this a medium to light beer. If I remove the dextrose, would it still work? And if I am aiming to get this within the 3%-3.5% range, is the malt too much? Could I cut down on it without compromising the taste and feel?

[Guest]

imo if you remove the Dex to create a lighter beer it would actually improve the outcome. [alien]

[RoaldV]

Fair enough Bill [biggrin]

 

But, my question is, does anyone know how much % I'd be looking at by removing the dex? Would it be 4% after priming? Because I'm aiming for around 3.5% or lower. So, my question is, is it possible to get down to 3.5% without sacrificing too much flavour? And do I need to remove some LDM to achieve it?

[Hairy]

250g dex in 23 litres will give you around 4 gravity points or around 0.7% ABV.

 

The kit and 500g LDM to 23 litres should give you roughly 3.5% ABV.

 

If you do that then you should whack 200-300g light crystal in it too to give it some body.