Crucial

Name: Crucial
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 338 h
Yield: 19 liters
Cuisine: Beer
Ingredients: 4.536 kg Pale Ale Malt; 0.113 kg Briess - Caramel Malt - 60L; 28.3 g Centennial (boil, 60 min); 42.5 g Centennial (boil, 10 min); 28 g Cryo Mosaic (whirlpool, 0 min); 28 g Cryo Amarillo (whirlpool, 0 min); SafAle US-05 yeast; 5.6 ml Lactic acid (88%)

Source: TheApartmentBrewer

18B. American Pale Ale · 6.1% ABV · 52 IBU · OG 1.054 · FG 1.008 · 6 SRM · 19 L batch · by Brewing It

Crucial is a homebrew American Pale Ale recipe.

Full recipe details

Vitals

OG 1.054
FG 1.008
ABV 6.1%
IBU 52
Color 6 SRM
Est. mash pH 5.40
177 cal / 355 mL
14.1 g carbs / 355 mL

Fermentables

4.536 kg — Pale Ale Malt (2 °L)
0.113 kg — Briess - Caramel Malt - 60L (60 °L)

Hops

28.3 g — Centennial (7% AA, boil, 60 min)
42.5 g — Centennial (7% AA, boil, 10 min)
28 g — Cryo Mosaic (23.9% AA, whirlpool)
28 g — Cryo Amarillo (15% AA, whirlpool)

Yeast

SafAle US-05

Other ingredients

5.6 ml — Lactic acid (88%)

Water

Source (Montreal): Ca 31, Mg 8, Na 15, Cl 26, SO₄ 22, HCO₃ 113 ppm
Salts: Gypsum 3.4 g, CaCl₂ 2.3 g, Epsom 2.4 g
Target: Balanced (adjusted)

Mash schedule

Saccharification — 65°C for 60 min

Fermentation

Primary — 18°C for 14 days

Process

Efficiency: 76%
Boil: 60 min
Boil-off: 4 L/hr
Mash thickness: 2.7 L/kg
Batch volume: 19 L

Notes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rGBUcCaEOc&t=2514s