Shock Top Clone
Beer Style: American Pale Ale, Classic English Pale Ale
Recipe Type: extract
Yield: 5 gallons
Description:
Clean finish, crisp, refreshing taste, pleasant citrus and orange notes, good color and strong carbonation.
Ingredients:
- 7 lb. Briess sorghum extract (60)
- 1 oz German Perle bitter hops (45)
- 6 oz. Lemon juice (about 2 lemons) (30)
- 1 lb. Wildflower honey (local is best) (20)
- 1 oz. Sweet orange peel (10)
- 1 oz. Mt Hood finishing hops (5)
- 11 g Nottingham yeast (Danstar)
- 3/4 c priming sugar
Additional Instructions
Primary Ferment: 7 days at 68 degreesSecondary Ferment: 7 days at 68 degrees
Beer Profile
Original Gravity: 1.560Final Gravity: 1.120
Alcohol by Vol: 5.8%
Color SRM: 0.0
Bitterness IBU: 0.0
Recipe Type: extract
Yield: 5.0 Gallons
Procedure:
1. Add 2.5 gallons distilled water to brew pot.
2. Add 7 lb sorghum extract to pot. Bring to a boil. Stir to prevent scorching.
3. Place bitter hops in large tea ball (don’t compress). Add to brew pot when mix boils. Boil for 45 minutes.
4. Add lemon juice with 30 minutes remaining. Stir every 5 minutes.
5. Remove brew pot from heat. Add in honey and stir. Return to a boil. Boil for 15 minutes.
6. At 10 minutes, add the orange peel
7. At 5 minutes, add the finishing hops.