Today I brewed up a batch of American Pale Ale for team Seamless. They asked me if I could brew them an easy-to-drink and flavorful ‘team beer’, so I chose to brew an American Pale Ale featuring a simple malt bill and hopped with Cascade. The brewday went quite well, but had some small problems with the pump (which had jammed) in the beginning of the mash. I also didn’t quite reach the intended original gravity of 1.055, as the wort remained at 1.051, but instead gained 1.5 litres of extra wort. Seems like the cold weather (was brewing outdoors) affected the intensity of the boil. The beer will ferment for 2 weeks, after which I will keg it along with dry hops and force carbonate it for 2 more weeks. You can find the recipe and pictures from the brewday below.
The crushed grain along with the salt additions:
Closing in on the mash temperature:
Testing mashing with a nylon bag:
Weighing up the hop additions:
Adding the bittering addition:
Sanitizing the plate chiller during the last 15 minutes of the boil:
A little over 22 liters of wort ended up in the fermenting vessel together with a pouch of US-05:
The custom-designed crown caps with team logo:
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