Arf Deutsch!

I hadn't brewed AG in a few months and should have made a larger batch with same ingredients, I miscalculated my water for mashing based on the boil pot I wanted to use vs boil pot I had to use. This ale cleared amazingly, I left it in primary for 2 weeks and it was crystal clear, then i left in secondary for and additional 2 weeks. I was worried about there being enough sugaers left for yeast to make carbonation, and did have to gentle "rotate and invert" bottles once and raise room temp. to 68* before carbonation started.

Brewer:	SchnauzerHaus		Email:	-
Beer:	Arf Deutsch!		Style:	Belgian Pale Ale
Type:	All grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	8 HCU (~6 SRM)		Bitterness:	108 IBU
OG:	1.068		FG:	1.016
Alcohol:	6.8% v/v (5.3% w/w)
Water:	I used 5 gallons of distilled H2O, because of the Pils.
Grain:	12 lb. German Pilsner 1.5 lb. German Vienna 1.5 lb. German Munich 1 lb. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils)
Mash:	57% efficiency
	Mashed in one step, @ 154*, for an hour. Mashed the 5 gls of distilled, then sparged w/remaining H2O for 7 gallons.
Boil:	90 minutes	SG 1.049	7 gallons
	Added Tett and Spalt @ 60 min., Saaz at 15 min and flameout. Irish moss at 15 min.
Hops:	2 oz. Spalt (6.75% AA, 60 min.) 2 oz. Tettnanger (4.5% AA, 60 min.) 3 oz. Saaz (3.75% AA, 15 min.) 1 oz. Saaz (aroma)
Yeast:	Used 2 pkgs of Nottingham, rehydrated, because trying to get a higher ABV with great fermentation.
Log:	Brewed on Jan. 2, 2009, 30* out and snowing lightly. Did not use my wort chiller, I let temperature fall naturally with occasional stirring. It still took over 5 hours to cool to pitching temp. I also decided that I didn't get the volume of wort in my primary that I wanted, so I dumped all the trub in to increase staring ferm. vol. to 5 gallons. Good idea, it cleared awesomely and I didn't lose an extra amount when racking to secondary.
Carbonation:	Typical corn sugar addition.
Tasting:	Tasting tonight, will add follow up.Tasted 2/18, I have to admit when I saw the how high the IBUs wound up I was worried, it wasn't my original calculation.That said, this ale is really nicely balanced and just a little hoppy. Because I used only noble hops, none of which had a scorchin' high AA content, the hop flavor is noticable but not overwhelming,slightly citrusy, and compliments the almost 7% ABV nicely. This ale turned out almost excactly how I wanted it to.

Recipe posted 02/18/09.