Garbage Plate (AT)

Made a quick extract Pale Ale-style brew with some hops sitting in the freezer.

Brewed 5.0 gallons on 2017-05-19

Preboil gravity: 1.051

Original gravity: 1.056

Final gravity: 1.012

ABV: 5.8%

Apparent Attenuation: 78.6%

Process notes

2017-05-21

Visible fermentation after 36 hours. Fermented at 67°.

2017-06-10

Kegged. Hazy orange. Melon, diesel, some strawberry aroma. Medium-low body. Fruity, citrus peel bitterness, bitter melon. Interesting beer, might not be bad.

Boil for 60 minutes

Grains were put into a bag while steeping.

1 pound of CaraRed (Weyermann)

At 60 minutes

0.75 ounces of 4.8% Alpha Acid Willamette pellets (Vacuum sealed on 9/25/2016)

At 60 minutes

9 pounds of Pale Malt Extract (LME) (AlexandersSunCountryMalt)

At 30 minutes

1 ounce of 2.4% Alpha Acid Hallertau Mittelfruh pellets (Vacuum sealed on 12/31/2016)

At 15 minutes

1 ounce of 16.6% Alpha Acid Sabro pellets

At 0 minutes

1 ounce of 16.6% Alpha Acid Sabro pellets

Yeast

2017-05-19

Pitch 2 packs of WLP013 London Ale (WhiteLabs) at 66°.

Dry additions

2017-06-07

1 ounce of 11.8% Alpha Acid Chinook pellets.

2017-06-07

1 ounce of 13.6% Alpha Acid Ekuanot pellets.

Tasting notes (7.00/10; 1 rating)

2017-07-23

[7/10] Orange, slight haze, white, fluffy head that last a while. Pillowy, good lacing. Sweet, malty orange aroma. Flavor is fairly complex. Sweet orange, some Sudzers perceived coconut. There's a lot of fruitiness. The bitterness is soft, but there's some grapefruit bitterness. Medium mouthfeel.