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Date: 10 Jun 2006 09:42:02
From: rb
Subject: english equivalent of APA?
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An ale that is fairly bitter, fermented with an english style of yeast
and fairly heavily dry hopped with english hops. Isn't that pretty much
an IPA (maybe not so much the dry hopping)?
I'm thinking of doing an ale (kit + extract + speciality grains) with a
moderate wack of crystal and some carapils, fermenting with WLP023
Burton ale yeast, flavouring with some Goldings and Fuggles and then dry
hopping with more of same.
I'm considering burtonising the water because I'v got the salts handy,
and this is supposed to accentuate the bitterness? Does it add anything
else to the beer?
rb
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Date: 10 Jun 2006 06:45:46
From: Droopy
Subject: Re: english equivalent of APA?
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Well the BJCP defines three IPAs, an english version and an american
version (and then the imperial version, ie hophead beers)
The APA is the american version of normal English Pale Ales, and
specifically ESBs.
The difference between English Ales and American ales occur in three
areas in order of importance:
Use of appropriate yeast - american yeast ferments much cleaner and
crisper.
Use and amount of American hop varieties - citrus and pine, cascade is
the defining hop and american versions of english beers use more hops
maltiness/caramel - american beers tend to be drier and more often have
less caramel sweetness although the recipies may have identical malt
bills the use of more hops often masks some of the malt/caramel.
English and American IPAs should have a higher gravity than normal pale
ales, but should not have more malt character. they should have more
hop character, but they should not be excessively bitter. You have to
remember, historically IPAs were the colonial version of malt liquor.
Not only was it designed to survive the voyage to India (the classic
stroy) it was also designed to be easy to drink and to keep people
drunk. Modern versions esp by homebrewers tend to push the envelope and
fit into the "imperial" IPA.
rb wrote:
> An ale that is fairly bitter, fermented with an english style of yeast
> and fairly heavily dry hopped with english hops. Isn't that pretty much
> an IPA (maybe not so much the dry hopping)?
>
> I'm thinking of doing an ale (kit + extract + speciality grains) with a
> moderate wack of crystal and some carapils, fermenting with WLP023
> Burton ale yeast, flavouring with some Goldings and Fuggles and then dry
> hopping with more of same.
> I'm considering burtonising the water because I'v got the salts handy,
> and this is supposed to accentuate the bitterness? Does it add anything
> else to the beer?
>
> rb
>
> --
> Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
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Date: 10 Jun 2006 00:16:52
From: Washu
Subject: Re: english equivalent of APA?
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As I understand it an APA is just a hoppier version of an english IPA
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Date: 12 Jun 2006 16:48:05
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: english equivalent of APA?
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On 10 Jun 2006 00:16:52 -0700, <rgrantha@yahoo.com > wrote:
> As I understand it an APA is just a hoppier version of an english IPA
Yeah, APA is basically an American IPA. Americans tend to overdo things. ;)
John.
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