Developing an APA recipe, hops help.

[philm00x]

I just have it defaulted to US-05, but I'm still unsure which to use. Definitely a clean fermenting strain like 05 or Notty, so there's no chance of unwanted flavors added to the beer.

[jimjohson]

That sounds tasty! If you want a nice hoppy pale ale that has very smooth bittering, skip the 60 min addition altogether and hopburst it starting at 20 min. For a 5-gallon batch, an ounce of hops (mixed) at 20,15,10, and 5 min (so 4 oz total) plus a couple ounces dry hopped will give you an excellent hoppy but not bitter APA. Keep us posted!

I've been wanting to try this to shorten the brew day. Why is it that the general consensus is that it takes 60 minutes of boiling to break down the resins if people are getting results with shorter boils?

the way i understand it it economics. you get more miliage if you do an hour bittering. the same can be accomplished in less time but needs more hops to achive the same ibu. i have to squeeze the life out of every nickel, but some are better off. so it's really on the brewer and what they can afford.

[BeerRust]

I figure others might be interested. This is the original and so far the best version of this I have done.

Recipe Lemon Shark Original Style American Pale Ale
Brewer Carcharodon Brewing Batch 2.25 gal
Extract

Recipe Characteristics
Recipe Gravity 1.070 OG Estimated FG 1.018 FG
Recipe Bitterness 40 IBU Alcohol by Volume 6.8%
Recipe Color 7° SRM Alcohol by Weight 5.3%

Ingredients
Quantity Grain Type Use
3.50 lb Briess DME - Pilsen Light Extract Extract
0.25 lb CaraPils - [Body, Head] Grain Steeped
0.25 lb Crystal 10L - [Body, Caramel, Head, Sweet] Grain Steeped
0.50 lb Crystal 20L - [Body, Caramel, Head, Sweet] Grain Steeped
Quantity Hop Type Time
0.50 oz Citra - Musky tropical fruit and strong citrus make this a great flavor/aroma hop very fruity Pellet 0 minutes
0.25 oz Citra - Musky tropical fruit and strong citrus make this a great flavor/aroma hop very fruity Pellet 20 minutes
0.25 oz Citra - Musky tropical fruit and strong citrus make this a great flavor/aroma hop very fruity Pellet 10 minutes
0.25 oz Nugget - Bittering hop spicy-herbal Pellet 30 minutes

Quantity Misc Notes
1.00 unit Lemon Zest Yeast
1.00 unit Safale S-05 Dry Ale Yeast Yeast American: Temperature Range: 59°-75° F 11.5 GRAMS

Recipe Notes

add fresh lemon zest last 8 min of boil
add fresh lemon juice from 2 lemons after adding wort to the lbk.
These were 2 large lemons.

That sounds great, I'll have to remember that one!

[russki]

the way i understand it it economics. you get more miliage if you do an hour bittering. the same can be accomplished in less time but needs more hops to achive the same ibu. i have to squeeze the life out of every nickel, but some are better off. so it's really on the brewer and what they can afford.

There's more to hops than IBUs - yes, you get more bittering for your money if you do a 60 min boil with high-alpha hops (i.e Magnum), but you get zero flavor or aroma from that. For an APA, hop flavor and aroma are important, and the way to achieve them without making the beer overly bitter is to hopburst.