Late harvest clone

This is my base that I tried for a my attempt of a clone of the Late Harvest Ale by RedHook.

I definately have some tweaking to go with, but it doesn't taste that bad either.

Brewer:	Eric D.		Email:	dugindog@gmail.com
Beer:	Late harvest clone		Style:	American Amber Ale
Type:	All grain		Size:	5.5 gallons
Color:	48 HCU (~21 SRM)		Bitterness:	32 IBU
OG:	1.050		FG:	1.005
Alcohol:	5.8% v/v (4.6% w/w)
Water:	Standard Filtered water from walmart.
Grain:	5 lb. German Munich 1 lb. American crystal 20L 5 oz. Roasted barley 1 lb. 12 oz. American victory
Mash:	80% efficiency
	Mashed grain in 2 seperate pots 1 with 1 gallon water, the other with about 1/2 gallon. mainly because I need to get some bigger pots. 8-) steep grain @150° for 45 minutes. dropped down to about 100° for an additional 20 minutes. blended the grain together into the big pot, then brought everything to a nice rolling boil. set the timer began adding the hops.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.184	1.5 gallons
	12 oz. Cane sugar 5 oz. Light malt extract
	last 10 minutes added 1tsp Irish Moss.
Hops:	3 oz. Northern Brewer (8.5% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Saaz (3.75% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Saaz (3.75% AA, 15 min.)
Yeast:	Yeast used was the #WLP001 California Ale (2 packets)
Log:	Racked 3 times. final racking produced about 4.8 gallons of heaven. Racked 1st time after 4 days. Racked 2nd time after 2 additional days. Racked final time to Filling bucket after the bubbles slowed to 1 every 1 1/2 minutes between. (about 4 more days). Bottled into 16 oz bottles. added 1 coopers carb drop per bottle. capped and let sit an additional 10 days. tried 1st after 3 days, tried 2nd at about 8 days, but at about 10 - 12 days was about perfect. (neighbor loved it anyways).
Carbonation:	coopers carb drops.
Tasting:	would probably add a bit of NB hops in the primary. I'm impatient so mine always end up a bit faster, but I am sure a slowed process would greatly improve the taste. I will try another batch probably messing with the hops qty's again, but not sure exactly what I will change / try. but it is a good start.

Recipe posted 09/06/06.