I'm jumping the gun a bit, but I just pitched the yeast on a Nearly Nirvana Pale Ale from the latest Zymurgy (Big Brew Day/SoCal Homebrew Festival is always a working weekend for me, argh!).
This batch is a little bittersweet...a good friend who lives right across the street absolutely loves Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, and we have enjoyed plenty together on his driveway over the years. He and his family are moving away in a few months. Given that this recipe is in the SNPA flavor-space, I told him that this batch is for him! We'll get to have a few together before he heads out...
I'm using all homegrown South Dakota Cascade on this batch, from my dad's farm. This batch is for friends and family!
96% 2-row (Rahr)
4% caramel 40L (Briess)
1.5 oz. Cascade whole hops, 60 minute boil (~29 IBU)
1 oz. Cascade whole hops, 15 minute boil (~10 IBU)
0.5 tsp. BrewTanB, 10 minute boil
1 Whirlfloc tablet, 5 minute boil
1.5 oz. Cascvade whole hops, 5 minute boil (~6 IBU)
2 pkg. BRY-97 (Lallemand)