Father's Day Pale Ale

Brewer:	Mark		Email:	-
Beer:	Father's Day Pale Ale		Style:	American Pale Ale
Type:	Extract		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	19 HCU (~11 SRM)		Bitterness:	19 IBU
OG:	1.051		FG:	1.013
Alcohol:	5.0% v/v (3.9% w/w)
Boil:	70 minutes	SG 1.171	1.5 gallons
	3 lb. 4.8 oz. Light malt extract 3 lb. 0 oz. Amber dry malt extract
Hops:	2 oz. Northern Brewer (6.4% AA, 70 min.) .75 oz. Cascade (5.1% AA, 15 min.) .15 oz. Cascade (5.1% AA, 5 min.) .10 oz. Cascade (aroma)
Yeast:	White Labs California Ale Yeast (WLP001)
Log:	6/4/07 Brew Day - Aroma hops listed above were actually used to dry hop in primary fermenter (6.5 gallon plastic bucket). Fermented at ~70°F. 6/11/07 Racked to secondary fermenter (6.5 gallon glass carboy) 6/17/07 Bottled. Yield was a bit under 5 gallons as I was a bit careless when racking from primary to secondary and then from secondary to my bottling bucket.
Carbonation:	Carbonated with 5 oz. corn sugar.
Tasting:	6/30/07 Had my first sample. Excellent. Low bitterness (likely due to the lower than average AAUs in the hops I used) but huge hop flavor from the dry hopping supported by a nice malt backbone and a moderate alcohol content. Considering this was my first recipe I'm pleased. I composed this on the fly at an under-stocked home brew supply store. However there are a few changes I'll make when I brew my next batch. Next time I think I'll substitute light malt extract for the amber malt extract, either in part or in entirety, to lighten the color a bit as well as raising the IBUs by using more hops or different hops with a higher AA content.

Recipe posted 08/03/07.