strawberry hill pale ale

Broke this batch out on Strawberry Hill at the Virginia State
Fairgrounds while hanging-out prior to the Exide Select 400 at RIR.
Just happened to have two long term employees of Anheuser-Busch
(Williamsburg, VA) parked next to us. Turned them on to some and
blew them away. Not a very pungant pale ale, but nice aroma and good
texture. Great for a warm summer day. Your friends who claim they
don't like homebrew will dig this one.

Brewer:	tommy		Email:	www.shakedwn@erols.com
Beer:	strawberry hill pale ale		Style:	american pale ale
Type:	All grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	9 HCU (~7 SRM)		Bitterness:	33 IBU
OG:	1.046		FG:	1.009
Alcohol:	4.8% v/v (3.8% w/w)
Water:	2 tsp. gypsum prior to mash and 2 tsp. more prior to boil.
Grain:	7 lb. American 2-row .5 lb. American crystal 60L .5 lb. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) 2 lb. Flaked corn
Mash:	62% efficiency
	step mash: 2.5 gal. H2O at 130 degrees. Add cracked grains and flaked corn. Hold temp. at 122 degres for 30 minutes. Add 1.25 gal. of boiling H2O. Temp. will stablize at about 150 degrees and hold for 10 minutes. Raise mash temp. to 158 degrees and hold for 15 minutes. Thoroughly sparge grains and adjuncts with 5 gals. of 170 degree H2O.
Boil:	75 minutes	SG 1.036	6.5 gallons
	Boil 15 minutes & add bittering hops. Boil 45 minutes & add 1 tsp. Irish Moss. Boil 5 minutes & add flavoring hops. Boil 10 more minutes, then chill and rack to primary.
Hops:	2 oz. Tettnanger (4.0% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Saaz (2.8% AA, 10 min.) .5 oz. Saaz (aroma)
Yeast:	Y-1056 (2) 1.5 cups light dme and 3.5 pints h20 as a starter.
Log:	Brewed 07-01-97 Primary fermentation 6 days at 70 degrees. Secondary fermentation 8 days at 70 degrees. Polyclar used on the sixth and eleventh day. 0.5 oz. saaz dry hopped for 7 days bottled on 07-15-97
Carbonation:	Three-quarter cup (minus 2 tsp.) corn sugar in one pint H2O used to prime.
Tasting:	The color and texture say pale ale, but the use of tettnanger and saaz produced a somewhat mellow aroma and bitterness. Probably to mellow for a true American Pale, but a damn tasty beer! Especially for the hot, humid Richmond, VA summers.

Recipe posted 09/08/97.