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Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
January 15, 2010

Classification: Pale Ale

Description

This is one of my favorite IPA recipes. I’ve tasted a lot of Sierra Nevada clones and none come as close as this one. Just like so many of the great ones, it’s simple and easy to make but is an excellent and great tasting brew.

Ingredients

7 lbs light malt extract

1/2 lb of crystal malt

1 oz Centennial hops- bittering (1 hr.) 10 to 12 HBU
1/2 oz Centennial hops the last 15 minutes
1/2 oz Centennial hops the last 5 minutes

WLP001 California Ale Yeast or safale us-05

Instructions

Put crystal malt into a muslin bag and toss into your brew pot with cool water. Slowly heat to a slight boil and remove grains. Add your malt extract and return to a boil. Add 1 oz of centennial hops and boil for 45 minutes. Add 1/2 oz of centennial hops and continue boiling for 10 more minutes. After that, add your last 1/2 oz of centennial hops and boil for 5 minutes. Cool and add to fermenter. Top off with enough cold water to make 5 gallons. Pitch yeast when the temperature is about 75F. Fermentation will take about one week, then siphon into a secondary and let sit for another one or two weeks then bottle.

Ratings & Comments
IPA

Review by mike
this was my first and best homebrew. my personal favorite to make. this recipe is absolutely great, is easy to make, and provides fantastic results. next time i'm going to sub in citra hops just to experiment. if you like IPA's, this would be a good starting point for experimentation.

Mr. Steve's Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

Review by Bill
This was my third home brew. It was just ready on Thanksgiving weekend and it's a really a good pale ale. Don't be worried about the bitterness. It isn't. It's has a nice amount of bitterness. It's a well balanced pale ale. Great taste and a very clean finish. Thanks Steve!

Citra Variation

Review by mike
I got GREAT results doing this exact recipe, but subbing in Citra hops in place of Centennial, and bumping the flavor/aroma hop additions to 3/4oz.

Pale Ale

Review by JayZeis
I used Cascade for the second/third addition. Recipe is very very similar to SNPA.

recipe

Review by daved
Just picked up my supplies yesterday. A very nice lady helped me with all I needed as I am a beginner in homebrew (this is my second batch) Anyway I am trying the citra hops for my flavoring hops as Mike did. Excited to see what happens, I made a dunkel and it is fantastic.

Citra variation #2

Review by Chuck
Got excellent results substituting the Citra (whole) for the Centennial at 15 and 5 min. Very smooth finish! All that tried it loved it. Bumping up hop oz. @ flavor/aroma is a great idea.

cascade

Review by Beer_Advocate
Cascade hops are a part of sierra nevada pale ale, how could this be a clone without them.  Also Sierra Nevada uses whole cone hops and a variety of grains.  I dont see how extract could come close to matxhing this great beer.  ill have to try extract brewing i suppose to compare.

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Review by Mr. Steve
As any experienced brewer knows, different hop varietys of  become unavailable late in the year. Cascade is one of those. As a matter of fact my supplier told me a few weeks ago I better stock up on Cascade because they are already concerned about their supply. Therefore we need to substitute hops from time to time and we re adjust the hops for the recipe. As everyone knows we consider Centennial a "super Cascade". I have had nothing but praise for this beer recipe. Remember we are Homebrewers not perfectioist. We can use anything we want and name it what we want. Relax man....have a homebrew!

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