Yesterday I helped Redbeerd brew a pale aleish type beer for his daughter (my godchild) for a small graduation party in mid May. We're pushing the timeline a bit but we should be fine.
Brewday went perfect, we hit all the numbers and we not only did some mini hopbursting to help with flavor, we tried a 20 minute hop stand but we're also doing a generous dry hop as well.
It was a simple recipe designed to be 5-5.5%ABV but since most of those who will drink it like the lighter beers, we wanted to give them light but something with flavor. So, we used 2 row, with 3/4 pound each of C40 and White Wheat. Other than a small amount of Chinook at 60 minutes, we used Cascades and Centennial throughout. We closed it out with some US-05 and called it a day.....but not until we finished a bottle of Dr. Hoptagon!
PABs Brewing
Planning Brew good beer and live a hoppy life Fermenting
Drinking
Disfucted
Smelly Hops
(split batch) A Many Stringed Bow Up Next
Men In Black
Nice, very nice. Looking forward to how this turns out.
Naked Cat Brewery On Tap
Yazoo Sue Smoked Porter
Octoberfest
Le Petite Saison
Czech Pale Lager
A Toast to Big Fuzzy Russian Imperial Stout at 10%
Belgian Blond
Flower Power IPA
4 Kilts Clueless Belgian Strong
One Wort Two Yeast with Wyeast 2206
One Wort Two Yeast with WLP940
Shipwreck Saison
If you're pushing the timeline I have found that the use of gelatin helps speed up the conditioning. As we've discussed before, just adjust your dry hop (yes, I assume you'll be doing a dry hop) accordingly.
What works for others is to add the gelatin & cold crash, then rack the beer off the yeast for the dry hop.
This pulls the yeast and other proteins out before you dry hop. The issue with dry hopping and THEN using gelatin is that the hop oils bind to the yeast - which then gets pulled out by the gelatin.
Had a great day today. My niece had about 20 friends over and the twin and I boiled 125 lbs of crayfish. We had the 2.5 gallon keg iced and some bottles as well. Man, I was blown away with this beer. Simple, clean, extremely well balanced. My wife was sitting by the keg and overhead one kid (sorry, young man) tell another friend. "I just love foreign beer". Except for just a few bottles, it's all gone.
I would have thought it came from a local brewery it was so good. It wasn't a hoppy IPA I'm use to but a nice alternative. Perfect for the occasion. The twin brothers hit it out the park. So simple. The only thing I would change is a bit more late additions for the nose. But, it still had a nice aroma. And I really think the 20ish minute hop stand helped make this beer.
PABs Brewing
Planning Brew good beer and live a hoppy life Fermenting
Drinking
Disfucted
Smelly Hops
(split batch) A Many Stringed Bow Up Next
Men In Black
What a great win for the Brew Brothers and their "foreign beer".
Naked Cat Brewery On Tap
Yazoo Sue Smoked Porter
Octoberfest
Le Petite Saison
Czech Pale Lager
A Toast to Big Fuzzy Russian Imperial Stout at 10%
Belgian Blond
Flower Power IPA
4 Kilts Clueless Belgian Strong
One Wort Two Yeast with Wyeast 2206
One Wort Two Yeast with WLP940
Shipwreck Saison
Fermenting
Nothing Conditioning
Nothing Drinking 58. Choco Brown 60. Etcitra, Etcitra 61. Bubs' Pale Wheat Xtra 62. Ottoberfest Brew Queue
ROAR! Bacon
Bombay
Saint Sebastian Tripel
Bubs' Pale Ale
Only 3 weeks in the bottle and I'm glad we used corn sugar in the keg. Hardly needed the tank to finish the beer. Carbed perfectly. I don't know if there's even 1 bottle left to sit a few more weeks and try but this was pretty smooth at 3 weeks.
PABs Brewing
Planning Brew good beer and live a hoppy life Fermenting
Drinking
Disfucted
Smelly Hops
(split batch) A Many Stringed Bow Up Next
Men In Black
Except for just a few bottles, it's all gone. 
