Gadgets Amber Ale

My first attempt at brewing

Brewer:	Grey Cat Brewery		Email:	gadget369@cavtel.net
Beer:	Gadgets Amber Ale		Style:	American Ale
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	5.5 gallons
Color:	16 HCU (~10 SRM)		Bitterness:	28 IBU
OG:	1.067		FG:	1.010
Alcohol:	7.3% v/v (5.7% w/w)
Water:	Used store bought bottled water, 1/3 oz of Burton Water Salts added after boil started
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.147	2.5 gallons
	6.6 lb. Light malt extract 3.3 lb. Amber malt extract
	Irish Moss added last 10 minutes of the boil
Hops:	1 oz. Chinook (12% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Kent Goldings (6% AA, 30 min.) 1 oz. Fuggles (4.2% AA, 15 min.) .5 oz. Cascade (4.6% AA, 5 min.) 1 oz. Cascade (aroma)
Yeast:	White Labs WLP060 American Ale Blend
Log:	Started on 8-5-06 (1.050), racked to secondary on 8-8-06 (1.020)added 1 oz Cascade Hops, Bottled on 8-20-06 (1.010)
Carbonation:	3/4 cup Priming Sugar added and then bottled
Tasting:	Cracked open my first one on 8/30/06. Tastes very good. Lots of Hops flavor. Next attempt at this I will cut back on the bittering hops a little and maybe lighten up the color. For a first beer I am more than pleased.

Recipe posted 08/20/06.