Sumcade Pale Ale

Mix of Summit and Cascade Hops.

Brewer:	Christo		Email:	-
Beer:	Sumcade Pale Ale		Style:	American Pale Ale
Type:	All grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	14 HCU (~9 SRM)		Bitterness:	36 IBU
OG:	1.052		FG:	1.012
Alcohol:	5.2% v/v (4.1% w/w)
Water:	Munich type.
Grain:	7 lb. American 2-row 1 lb. American Munich 1 lb. American crystal 40L .25 lb. American victory
Mash:	78% efficiency
	154F for 90 minutes.
Boil:	70 minutes	SG 1.042	6.2 gallons
	SuperMoss at 15 min Aroma hops at flameout
Hops:	5.7g Summit (16.3% AA, 40 min.) 14.2g Cascade (5.4% AA, 40 min.) 5.7g Summit (16.3% AA, 20 min.) 14.2g Cascade (5.4% AA, 20 min.) 7.1g Summit (aroma) 14.2g Cascade (aroma)
Yeast:	S-04
Log:	8 days at 68F. 3 days at 60F to clear. Kegged on day 11 to force carb.
Carbonation:	medium carbonation
Tasting:	Needed beer for a work party in 12 days, so decided to use S-04 as it tends to clear quickly. Turned out quite nice. A really big biscuity malt note. The Summit hops have that "different" note about them - somewhat of an orange-onion thing, but also with a nice wet hay note a la Liberty hops. Interesting comments I received from workmates was that it wasn't bitter enough - wow have we come a long way from the B-M-C parties!

Recipe posted 11/29/11.