Pale Swede

Brewer:	Jason Nelson		Email:	jj_nelson@yahoo.com
Beer:	Pale Swede		Style:	India Pale Ale
Type:	Partial mash		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	13 HCU (~9 SRM)		Bitterness:	61 IBU
OG:	1.056		FG:	1.017
Alcohol:	5.0% v/v (3.9% w/w)
Water:	Distilled water with 1 tsp Burton salts
Grain:	6 lb. American 2-row .5 lb. American Munich .5 lb. American crystal 10L .5 lb. American crystal 40L .5 lb. Flaked wheat
Mash:	45% efficiency
	150-158F for 60 min. Sparged with 15.8 quarts 170F water OG readings taken after sparge indicated mash efficiency of 65%. This would have resulted in an OG in the high 60's. Some extract mysteriously disappeared between this point and the final reading of 1.056
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.051	5.5 gallons
	4 lb. Alexander's light LME
Hops:	2 oz. Cascade pellets (5.6% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Cascade plugs (6% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Cascade plugs (6% AA, 30 min.) 1 oz. Cascade plugs (aroma)
Yeast:	WYeast 1056 yeast cake pirched on 09Jan2000
Log:	Brewed 23Jan2000 Primary: 14 days @ 65F Secondary: 7 days @ 65F 1/2 of aroma hops added to secondary
Tasting:	Sufficiently malty. Balance toward hop bitterness

Recipe posted 03/23/00.