Humungous Humulus Pale Ale

I have made many variations of this recipe with only moderate changes. The final product is always very clean, hoppy, clear and has great head retention.

Brewer:	Brewmeister Mandigo		Email:	-
Beer:	Humungous Humulus Pale Ale		Style:	American Pale Ale
Type:	All grain		Size:	12.5 gallons
Color:	12 HCU (~8 SRM)		Bitterness:	37 IBU
OG:	1.054		FG:	1.010
Alcohol:	5.7% v/v (4.5% w/w)
Water:	I treat my sparge water and mash water (prior to grain addition) with lactic acid (to reduce pH to 5.70) and with gypsum.
Grain:	5 lb. American 2-row 8 oz. Wheat malt 5 lb. American Vienna 1 lb. American crystal 20L 8 oz. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) 1 lb. Belgian CaraMunich 10 lb. British pale
Mash:	80% efficiency
	I do a single infusion mash at 159 F. for 60 minutes.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.048	14.0 gallons
	I add 1 tsp. irish moss the last 15 minutes of the boil.
Hops:	1.5 oz. Centennial (12.8% AA, 60 min.) 1.5 oz. Cascade (6% AA, 30 min.) 1.0 oz. Cascade (aroma)
Yeast:	I will using a White Labs California Ale yeast this time and will add 1 tube per 5 gallon carboy. I am not going to step it up this time.
Log:	I will be brewing on 01/13/2012 in my garage at Mill Lake in Gobles Michigan in the midst if a winter storm advisory. I will dry hop with 1 oz. of cascade hops (.5 oz per carboy) when primary fermentation ends and I transfer beer to the secondary.
Carbonation:	I will force carbonate with CO2 at 38 F. with 12 psi for 5 days then will reduce pressure to 3-5 psi for remaining time in the keg.
Tasting:	I will get back to you on this (it's always great!)

Recipe posted 01/12/12.