Insatiable Ale

My favorite beer of last year was my Insatiable Ale. This beer is just so good, I had people who don't even like beer, who couldn't put this beer down. This beer would just disappear from my keg-o-rator. My inspiration for this beer was Nelson from Alpine Beer Co. Nelson is my favorite IPA, it is such a different and interesting beer. Nelson is a rye IPA with nelson sauvin hops. I wanted to bring it down a notch and make a sessionable pale ale with a west coast flare. The nelson sauvin hops have such an amazing flavor, it has this berry flavor. Some describe it as grape-like or gooseberries, I wouldn't totally agree. I do see however, the relationship to a white wine grape. I have had a couple of other nelson sauvin and rye beers and they are always awesome. Something about the rye and nelson are just the perfect combo.

My goals for this beer is to make a sessionable west coast pale ale that really highlight the nelson sauvin hops. If you have read other posts on this blog, you know I love Marris Otter malt and know why I chose this as my base malt, there is also a little bit of speciality malt and 15% rye. To show off this awesome hop I used mostly nelson sauvin, but I never like using just one hop. I like to layer hops and I blend hops with similar profiles to achieve the profile that I want. Also with this hoppy beer, I hopped on the back and front ends of the boil. I like to mostly use warrior hops for bittering because it's bitterness profile is strong but smooth and doesn't linger. I wanted it a little bit rougher, so I added a bit of chinook to the mash to give it a bit of a bite.

Recipe Overview

Wort Volume Before Boil:	8.00 US gals	Wort Volume After Boil:	6.50 US gals
Volume Transferred:	5.50 US gals	Water Added To Fermenter:	0.00 US gals
Volume At Pitching:	5.50 US gals	Volume Of Finished Beer:	5.00 US gals
Expected Pre-Boil Gravity:	1.043 SG	Expected OG:	1.053 SG
Expected FG:	1.012 SG	Apparent Attenuation:	76.4 %
Expected ABV:	5.5 %	Expected ABW:	4.3 %
Expected IBU (using Tinseth):	38.1 IBU	Expected Color (using Morey):	6.2 SRM
BU:GU ratio:	0.71	Approx Color:
Mash Efficiency:	70.0 %
Boil Duration:	90.0 mins
Fermentation Temperature:	64 degF

Fermentables

Ingredient	Amount	%	MCU	When
UK Pale Ale Malt	11.00 lb	81.5 %	5.1	In Mash/Steeped
US Rye Malt	2.00 lb	14.8 %	1.1	In Mash/Steeped
US Victory Malt	0.25 lb	1.9 %	1.1	In Mash/Steeped
US Aromatic Malt	0.25 lb	1.9 %	0.7	In Mash/Steeped

Hops

Variety	Alpha	Amount	IBU	Form	When
US Chinook	10.5 %	0.50 oz	12.2	Loose Pellet Hops	In Mash
US Warrior	15.5 %	0.25 oz	12.9	Loose Pellet Hops	First Wort Hopped
NZ Nelson Sauvin	12.5 %	0.50 oz	7.0	Loose Pellet Hops	10 Min From End
US Centennial	8.5 %	0.25 oz	2.4	Loose Pellet Hops	10 Min From End
US Simcoe	13.0 %	0.25 oz	3.7	Loose Pellet Hops	10 Min From End
US Simcoe	13.0 %	0.50 oz	0.0	Loose Pellet Hops	At turn off
US Centennial	8.5 %	0.50 oz	0.0	Loose Pellet Hops	At turn off
NZ Nelson Sauvin	12.5 %	0.50 oz	0.0	Loose Pellet Hops	At turn off
NZ Nelson Sauvin	12.5 %	1.00 oz	0.0	Loose Pellet Hops	Dry-Hopped
US Centennial	8.5 %	0.50 oz	0.0	Loose Pellet Hops	Dry-Hopped
US Simcoe	13.0 %	0.50 oz	0.0	Loose Pellet Hops	Dry-Hopped

Yeast

White Labs WLP001-California Ale

Water Profile

Target Profile:	No Water Profile Chosen
Mash pH:	5.2
pH Adjusted with:	Unadjusted

Total Calcium (ppm):	51	Total Magnesium (ppm):	9
Total Sodium (ppm):	30	Total Sulfate (ppm):	36
Total Chloride(ppm):	17	Total Bicarbonate (ppm):	153

Mash Schedule

Mash Type:	Full Mash
Schedule Name:	Single Step Infusion (66C/151F)

Step Type	Temperature	Duration
Rest at	151 degF	60