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Paradoxical Logic Pale Ale

 Let's kolsch a saison grist and hop the fuck out of it. Boat Beer by Carton? Es posible... 


Here's the recipe:

Recipe
Grain
2 lbs. Rye Malt - Deer Creek
2 lbs. Pale Wheat Malt - Deer Creek
1.5 lbs. Colonial Pilsner - Deer Creek
0.5 lbs. Pale Corn Malt - Deer Creek
1 lbs. of Brown Sugar @ 5 minutes in the boil


Water
6.5 gallons of water: 4 spring, 2.5 Buffalo filtered water
132 ppm Calcium, 22 ppm Na, 115 ppm sulfates, 115 ppm chlorides, 52 ppm bicarbonates

Mash
153 degrees for 40 minutes
pH: 5.5

Boil (90 minutes)
1 mL of Cascade CO2 Hop Extract @ 90
0.5 oz. Chinook @ 20 
1 oz. each of Hallertau Blanc, Chinook, Nelson Sauvin @ flameout
1 gram of Aromazyme @ yeast pitch
1 oz. each of Chinook Cryo and Hallertau Blanc @ yeast pitch
2 oz. Chinook Cryo @ secondary for 2 days
1 oz. NYS Ahhhroma @ secondary for 2 days

Fermentation
Cooled in a cold bath
1 packet of Fermentis Kolsch at ~68 degrees
Fermented to absolute dryness in 7 days
Lagered for 7 weeks
Force carbonated to taste
OG: 1.034
FG: 1.000
4.2% ABV

Taste
ripe honeydew melon, kiwi, juicy peaches

cleanly bitterness - the fruit notes pop up front, which is cooled off by a wave of bitterness, and then a wave of soft cholado comes across the palate on the back end

full mouthfeel, brilliantly dry, ideal intermingling of the esters and intense hopping

Next Batch

I am beyond thrilled by this beer. Though the hop usage was extreme for the ABV. I would minimize the dry hop at yeast pitch to see how it affects the flavor on the next go around. Furthermore, I'd cut the lagering time down as hopping rates changed.




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Location: 3740 N Buffalo St, Orchard Park, NY 14127, USA

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