American Ale – SA04 Yeast
- 10 lbs 2 Row Pale Ale Malt
- .5 lb Aromatic Malt
- Hop Schedule
- @ 60 min 1oz Cascade
- @ 30 min .5 oz cascade
- @ flame out .5 oz cascade
- Yeast –SA04 Dry Ale Yeast
- O.G. 1.044, F.G. 1.008
- Notes: I brewed this beer with the intention of producing a light and crisp summer ale. It has a low hoping schedule, a light to medium body and color, and a low cost grain bill. It’s been aging on the lees for a month and was kegged over the weekend. With such a low O.G., one can imagine that this is a session brew. The light flavor make the quafability high. I have been enjoying it with lemon added as the mouth feel coupled with the dog days of summer make this beer drink like a corona. For my tastes it lacks of noticeable hop character specifically bittering hop character. Aroma hops are present and pleasing. The head is lacking, due to the relatively well flocculating yeast and low protein present in the grain. I’m happy with this beer, if I brewed it again, I would adjust the recipe to add a bit more head by perhaps using a lb or so of oatmeal and I would add a higher alpha acid hop at the beginning of the boil. Again, this is probably just the Brit in me wanting to ruin a perfectly good summer session beer with more flavor.
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