New Belgium's Fat Tire Clone

This is based on a recipe first published in Brew Your Own magazine, March 2001 issue. I have adjusted the quantities to metric units.
The IBU count is off. the calculation does not account for late addition of DME. final IBU should be 17-20.

Brewer:	Noam - Modiin		Email:	-
Beer:	New Belgium's Fat Tire Clone		Style:	Belgian Pale Ale
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	20 liters
Color:	32 HCU (~16 SRM)		Bitterness:	11 IBU
OG:	1.049		FG:	1.013
Alcohol:	4.6% v/v (3.6% w/w)
Water:	No water treatment
Grain:	150g Belgian biscuit 250g American crystal 20L 250g American crystal 40L 220g CARAPILS 180g CaraHell 150g American chocolate
Steep:	Steep specialty grains in 9 liters of water at 68° C for 45 minutes.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.109	9 liters
	2.25kg Light dry malt extract
	Begin boil with wort from steeped grain only. torn of heat and add DME at 20 minutes to flame out. stir well and turn heat back on. add 1 tsp. Irish moss at 15 minutes to flame out.
Hops:	20g Cascade (6.7% AA, 60 min.) 15g Fuggles (3.6% AA, 15 min.) 15g Fuggles (aroma)
Yeast:	BYO recipe calls for Wyeast 1056 or BrewTek CL-10 I used Fermentis US-05
Log:	Ferment at 18° to 20° C until complete (7 to 10 days), then transfer to a secondary vessel, or rack into bottles or keg with corn sugar. (Try lowering the amount of priming sugar to mimic the low carbonation level of Fat Tire.) Lay the beer down for at least a few months to mellow and mature for best results. Primed with 100 gr of corn sugar. Bottled on October 24th. 52 330ml bottles (~17 L) OG=1055/FG=1013 ABV=5.5% IBU=much higher than 11. Actualy quite bitter at green beer tasting.
Carbonation:	2.2 volumes	Corn Sugar: 98.2g for 19 liters @ 18°C
	2/3 to 3/4 cup corn sugar to prime Fat Tire is low carbonated

Recipe posted 10/09/09.