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[chadm75]

Here is a pic of my adjusted MLPA recipe fresh into the primary. I dropped a pound of 2-Row and added a pound of Munich. Hopped it with Cascade at 60 mins and Amarillo at 10 mins.

[Big Nake]

Nice! Dude, you're gonna save me a bottle of that, right? You tell me when and I'll head down to STL and raise a glass with you! Good luck with the beer and cheers!

[earthtone]

Geez, ET... where have you been? Did you fire up your own brewpub or something? Haven't seen you on here in a looooooong time, Amigo. Hope all is well.

Haha I've been in architecture school Ken, and they don't leave me much time for anything else. I'm still lurking here and there, and every time a keg blows I'm back in business Gonna do another 5 G of this one to replace the keg on the "pale" tap in my fridge... whenever I get around to killing the amarillo wheat IPA that's in there right now. Good to see you're still here keeping things tasty and simple ken!

[strangebrewer]

Forgot to post up that I brewed this one myself before the holidays knowing my kegerator would be under a full 9 person onslaught for a week. Of the 5 taps I have running the MLPA was a later addition but was the first keg to get kicked. All I can say is I'm glad I brewed a 10 gallon batch so I can enjoy the 2nd 5 gallons myself.Kudos to you Ken. Truly a great beer and a real crowd pleaser.

[Big Nake]

Forgot to post up that I brewed this one myself before the holidays knowing my kegerator would be under a full 9 person onslaught for a week. Of the 5 taps I have running the MLPA was a later addition but was the first keg to get kicked. All I can say is I'm glad I brewed a 10 gallon batch so I can enjoy the 2nd 5 gallons myself.

Kudos to you Ken. Truly a great beer and a real crowd pleaser.

Nice! Wow, that's cool that it was enjoyed by the group. Even my Coors Light-drinking sibs & their spouses will drink this one. They will come over and say Do you have any of that stuff we had last time... what was it called? Memory Lapse? Yeah, Memory Lapse, that was good! I know hopheads and more refined beer palates may not enjoy it, but it's good for the rest of us. Cheers.

[chadm75]

Howdy gents....I took this pic last night when I got home from work. I walked into the basement only to find my MLPA on the verge of explosion! Whoa baby!

[Big Nake]

Holy smokes! Is that US-05? How warm is it in that room?? Ugh, I hate it when I find that situation in the basement.

[Joe]

Yeast must really like MLPA! I brewed this recipe (exact from Ken's website) on Monday. Chilled to 60 degrees and pitched. I came home yesterday to find a very similar situation as seen above - at 60F! 1056 yeast.Can't wait to taste this one.

[Big Nake]

Yeast must really like MLPA! I brewed this recipe (exact from Ken's website) on Monday. Chilled to 60 degrees and pitched. I came home yesterday to find a very similar situation as seen above - at 60F! 1056 yeast. Can't wait to taste this one.

Wow, that is off the hook. 1056 at 60° did that? Are you guys adding like 5 lbs of Belgian Candi sugar to these beers???

[Joe]

Wow, that is off the hook. 1056 at 60° did that? Are you guys adding like 5 lbs of Belgian Candi sugar to these beers???

Not quite as violent as the pic above, but there was yeast gunk bubbling out of the airlock with a good 6" krausen(sp?) on top of the beer. I did overshoot my OG from your original recipe Ken - I ended up at 1.054, but then again my hydrometer may just read high. I've heard they are notoriously inaccurate. Although that might be an interesting twist with the Candi sugar. PMLPA (Permanent Memory Loss Pale Ale)

[Big Nake]

PMLPA (Permanent Memory Loss Pale Ale)

[chadm75]

I pitched 1056 at 65 deg and it's bubbling away at 68 deg. I hit my OG dead on at 1.048. Booyah!

[GatorBait]

Ken, how long do you leave this guy in primary, and secondary? Planning on brewing a batch over the weekend using Vanguard instead of Mt. Hood (it's what I have on hand).Thanks for sharing the recipe. I'm looking forward to this one.

[Big Nake]

I think it will be really nice with Vanguard. I don't set schedules when it comes to primary or secondary. Off hand, I would just say 7-10 days for the primary (or until the hydrometer tells me it's done) and maybe a month in secondary or longer depending on when my next keg is emptied. I would say a minimum of 1 week primary and 2 weeks secondary if you're in a hurry to get it packaged. Please post back with your results... I don't think anyone has made it with Vanguard yet. Cheers.

[Joe]

Based on tasting the hydro sample last night, I don't think it needs secondary. In fact, it doesn't even need bottling or kegging. Just siphon out of primary into glass and quaff liberally.Great beer Ken!

[Big Nake]

Based on tasting the hydro sample last night, I don't think it needs secondary. In fact, it doesn't even need bottling or kegging. Just siphon out of primary into glass and quaff liberally. Great beer Ken!

Now that would be classic. Tell your friends to position themselves (with mouth open) under the siphon tubing and get their reaction. Please take pics of you guys drinking directly from the room-temp, uncarbed primary so we can get a sense of it. Glad the beer is working for you & cheers to you guys!

[earthtone]

brewing this one today!

[Big Nake]

brewing this one today!

Woot! Enjoy it Amigo.

[SchwanzBrewer]

Ken, is there any noticable difference in flavor between the Claifornia Ale yeast and 1056?I have always used 1056 and had nothing but compliments. I was considering doing my next batch with the california ale yeast.Cheers,Rich

[Big Nake]

Ken, is there any noticable difference in flavor between the Claifornia Ale yeast and 1056? I have always used 1056 and had nothing but compliments. I was considering doing my next batch with the california ale yeast. Cheers, Rich

I cant say for sure because I haven't used 1056 in a long time. Years ago I made batches where I interchanged 1056 and WLP001 and I just seemed to get better results with the WLP001... I thought the profile was a little bit better with California. If I wanted to make MLPA, Bases Loaded Blonde, Home Run Red or anything else and all that was available was 1056, I'd use that before US-05.