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Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Clone Recipe

May 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Hundreds of our customers at my homebrew shop have made this. Most swear it?s identical to the original. Dry hopping is essential for classic Cascade flavor and aroma. (5 gallons)

Ingredients:

  • 8 oz. caramel malt, 30? Lovibond
  • 6 oz. DeWolf-Cosyns cara-pils malt
  • 6 lbs. light malt syrup
  • 1.5 oz. Perle hops (8.2% alpha acid) for 60 min.
  • 2.5 oz. Cascade hops (5.4% alpha acid): 1 oz. for 15 min., 1 oz. for 5 min., 0.5 oz. pellets (dry hopping).
  • Wyeast 1056 (American ale)
  • 11/4 cup dry malt extract

    Step by Step:

    Add grains to 1.5 gal. water. Bring slowly to 170? F. Remove grains and bring to a boil. Total boil is 60 min. Boil 10 min. and add Perle hops. Boil 45 min. more, adding water as needed to maintain liquid level. Make first Cascade addition. Boil 5 min. more. Turn off heat. Wait 10 min. Add 1 oz. Cascade. Wait 3 to 5 min. Remove hops and transfer to fermenter.
    Top up to 5 gal. Pitch yeast at 70? F.
    Ferment three days and rack to secondary. Dry hop with 0.5 oz. Cascade pellets. Ferment two weeks at 65? F. Prime and bottle.

  • Another Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Clone Recipe

     

    Description:

    This is a classic full-bodied beer

    Size:

    5 gallon

    Ingredients:

  • 10 1/3 lb. 2-row
  • 6 oz. German light crystal malt
  • 1/2 Lb. Dextrine
  • 4 oz. crystal 60
  • 3/4 oz. Nuggets
  • 1 tsp Irish moss
  • 1 oz. Cascades
  • Wyeast 1056 American Ale
  • 1/2 oz. Cascades (dry hopped)
  • 1 1/4 cups x-tra light D.M.E.

    Brewing Instructions:

    Mash grains at 122 for 30 min.Raise to 150 for 60 min.Sparge and accumulate 2 1/2 gallons of wort.Add Nuggets and boil for 45 min.Add Perles and Irish Moss and boil for 14 min.Add cascades and boil for 1 min.Cool,add enough water to make 5 gallons, and pitch yeast.

    Fermentation:

  • Primary 7 days
  • Secondary: 1 week
  • O.G.-1.058
  • F.G.-1.015
  • Alcohol-5 1/2%
  • Tags: Beer Recipes · Clones · Pale Ale

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