Martin's Tropical Pale Ale with Steam Hops Recipe Kit

It could be the easiest beer recipe you ever brew. This American Pale Ale recipe kit comes with every pre-measured ingredient you need to brew Martin's Tropical Pale Ale with Steam Hops, a 5-gallon all-grain batch, from grain to glass.

This is a pale ale tuned for hop aroma over bitterness. The grist stays light and clean so a run of Cascade, Amarillo, and Citra can bring grapefruit, orange, and tropical fruit without much getting in the way. At around 5.5% it drinks easily for how much hop character it carries.

The recipe uses a steam-hopping step, adding hops to the hot vapor above the wort rather than straight into a rolling boil. The aim is to pull bright aroma from the hops while holding back the harsher bittering, so the finish reads juicy instead of sharp.

What's In The Kit

Your American Pale Ale recipe kit includes everything below, portioned and ready to brew. All you add is water.

Fermentables

• 8 lbs · 2-row American Pale Malt (Briess) → we include 2-Row Pale Malt
• 1 lbs 8.0 oz · Caramel 20
• 1 lbs · Carapils® → we include Great Chit
• 1 lbs · Wheat Malt; Pale

Hops

• 1 oz · Cascade (Boil, 60.0 min)
• 1 oz · Amarillo (Boil, 10.0 min)
• 1 oz · Cascade (Boil, 10.0 min)
• 1 oz · Citra (Boil, 10.0 min)

Yeast

• Northwest Ale (Wyeast Labs 1332) → we include LalBrew BRY-97 (West Coast Ale)

Water treatment salts and any specialty extras are noted with the recipe.

Recipe At A Glance

A Note On Substitutions

This kit includes 2-Row Pale Malt in place of the recipe's 2-row American Pale Malt (Briess); Great Chit in place of the recipe's Carapils®. We stock dry yeast only, so LalBrew BRY-97 (West Coast Ale) dry yeast stands in for the recipe's Northwest Ale (Wyeast Labs 1332).