Prairie Pale Ale
Brewer: | Copper Dog Brewery | Email: | - | |||||
Beer: | Prairie Pale Ale | Style: | American Pale Ale | |||||
Type: | Partial mash | Size: | 5.0 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 36 IBU | |||||
OG: | 1.061 | FG: | 1.010 | |||||
Alcohol: | 6.6% v/v (5.2% w/w) | |||||||
Water: | Used bottled spring water. | |||||||
Grain: | 5.00 lb. American 2-row .5 lb. American crystal 40L .5 lb. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) |
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Mash: | 57% efficiency | |||||||
Added grains to 7.5 quarts of 165° strike water. Mashed for one hour at 152°. Recirculated until clear. Rinsed with 7.5 quarts of 175° water. Collected 3- gallons of wort. |
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Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.102 | 3.0 gallons | |||||
4.0 lb. Light dry malt extract | ||||||||
Added 1- teaspoon of Irish Moss for last 15- minutes of boil. | ||||||||
Hops: | 1.5 oz. Perle (8% AA, 60 min.) 1.5 oz. Cascade (6% AA, 15 min.) .5 oz. Cascade (aroma) .5 oz. Perle (aroma) |
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Yeast: | Used a tube of Wyeast Y1056T and made a one quart starter. Pitched only the yeast of bottom of flask after decanting. | |||||||
Log: | Fermented in primary for one week. Transferred to secondary and dry hopped with 1-oz of Cascade leaf hops for 3- weeks. | |||||||
Carbonation: | Bottle conditioned using 1 1/3 cups of light DME. Boiled DME in 1- quart of water | |||||||
Tasting: | Bottled 5-6-02, tasted hydrometer sample. Nice hop bouquet, very good hop flavor. I can't wait until it's ready to drink from the bottle! |
Recipe posted 04/25/02.