This is a beer I designed with a specific hop in mind. Galaxy is a hop from New Zealand, which is known far and wide for its aromatic properties. It's a high alpha-acid hop, but in my opinion, you're wasting your money on it if you're using it too early in the boil. As you can see, I'm using it primarily late in the boil. This is a beer which may change your mind if you don't like hops. Designed to be similar to Deschutes' Mirror Pond Pale Ale, but with a wonderful, fruity aromatic hop kick. I've been told by many people that this is the best beer they've ever had.
It's designed to be an all grain brew, but you could substitute pale malt extract for the American 2-row if you were of a mind to do an extract version (I'd recommend 10.8 lbs of pale malt extract (dry). If you need to drop the recipe to 5 gallons, you should be able to cut everything in half.) I wouldn't recommend subbing out the WLP002 yeast, though. If you can't get white labs yeast, you can go with Wyeast 1968, London ESB yeast. The british yeast really helps this beer achieve untold levels of awesome. Residual sweetness, slight fruity esters really compliment the late addition Galaxy Hops.
P.S. I'd attach the Beersmith recipe file, but I can't attach a bsmx file to this post. If you're really interested in that file, PM me your e-mail address or something.
Recipe: Word of His Power Galaxy Pale
Brewer: Ale Evangelist (1031 Brews)
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 13.32 gal
Post Boil Volume: 11.44 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 10.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 9.25 gal
Estimated OG: 1.054 SG
Estimated Color: 9.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 49.3 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 82.5 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
18 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 90.6 %
1 lbs 8.2 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 2 7.6 %
5.5 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 1.7 %
54.63 g Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 85.0 min Hop 4 23.7 IBUs
28.35 g Galaxy [14.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 5 8.4 IBUs
50.54 g Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 6 4.4 IBUs
50.54 g Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 7 3.7 IBUs
49.61 g Galaxy [14.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 8 9.1 IBUs
35.44 g Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg English Ale (White Labs #WLP002) [2000.0 Yeast 10 -
92.14 g Galaxy [14.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, No Mash Out
Total Grain Weight: 19 lbs 13.7 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 28.02 qt of water at 162.5 F 149.0 F 60 min
Sparge: Fly sparge with 9.49 gal water at 168.0 F
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