my pale ale
This was a throw together I had some left over hops from a 90min. IPA clone so I wanted to make some sort of an IPA so this is what i did.
Brewer: | Jake Retter | Email: | jakeretter@hotmail.com | |||||
Beer: | my pale ale | Style: | American Pale Ale | |||||
Type: | Partial mash | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
Color: |
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Bitterness: | 39 IBU | |||||
OG: | 1.049 | FG: | 1.013 | |||||
Alcohol: | 4.7% v/v (3.7% w/w) | |||||||
Water: | bottled spring water | |||||||
Grain: | .8 oz. American crystal 40L .8 oz. American crystal 60L |
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Mash: | 60% efficiency | |||||||
there was only 1lb. of gain so I steeped it in 1 1/2 gals. of water at 154 degrees for twenty min. then pulled the grains put my bag into a colander run my steeping water throw the grain then run 1 gal. of water at 170 degrees throw the gains. the fg of 1.013 is only an estament | ||||||||
Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.098 | 2.5 gallons | |||||
3.3 lb. Light malt extract 3.3 lb. Amber malt extract 12 oz. honey |
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I put 12ozs. of honey in with 15mins. left not sure why just sounded good with the hops i put in. Then I put A tbsp of Irish moss | ||||||||
Hops: | .5 oz. worrior (15.9% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. simco (11.8% AA, 45 min.) 1 oz. Kent Goldings (5% AA, 15 min.) |
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Yeast: | was a dry ale yeast | |||||||
Log: | well i just brewed it but I plan on fermenting for three days then moving it to a second fermenter for 5-7 days then bottling. no dry hoping this one | |||||||
Carbonation: | 5oz of priming sugar 2 cups of water. boil up sugar then add to bottling bucket | |||||||
Tasting: | I don't know how good its going to be but it tasted pretty good when I drank what I had from my hydrometer tube. it was sweat but had a bittery hopsey finish. well will see in a month. but its about having fun and making home brew right thats how the greatest beers are brewed. |
Recipe posted 03/21/09.