Monday, August 10, 2009

West India Pale Ale

grain:
- 19 pounds British Pale Ale malt
- 1 1/8 ounces Crystal 20

hop:
- 1 1/2 ounces Magnum - 60 minutes
- 1/2 ounces Tettnang - 20 minutes
- 1/2 ounces Fuggle - 10 minutes
- 1 ounces Cascade dry hopped (1/2 in keg and 1/2 in secondary)

yeast:
- White Labs California Ale

comments:
A recipe from Terry Foster's "Pale Ale". Excellent book. Get it. His recipe modified for a 10 gallon batch ... and I think he had different bitter hops and English yeast too.

Delicious. Keg lasted less than a month. Foamed due to hops clogging the liquid out line. I think I have learned my lesson finally ... put the hops in a mesh bag. Bottled the other 5 gallons for enjoyment later this Fall.

gravity:
- first sparge @ 15 Brix
- final reading ... not recorded?! I think it clocked in around a 6% brew ... an estimate, of course.

notes:
Put your dry hops in a mesh bag if kegging, stupid.

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