Houseboat Heaven

This is an Amber Honey Ale made for our houseboat trip in summer of 2013

Brewer:	Derek Barrington		Email:	-
Beer:	Houseboat Heaven		Style:	American Amber Honey Ale
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	5.3 gallons
Color:	18 HCU (~11 SRM)		Bitterness:	22 IBU
OG:	1.074		FG:	1.011
Alcohol:	8.1% v/v (6.3% w/w)
Water:	I used watermill express water that was RO treated
Grain:	1.00 lb. Honey Malt 15L 1.00 lb. American crystal 40L
Steep:	The graines were steeped in 5 Gallons of water in two sacs that were slowly brought up to 150deg and then sat all night (it was late so I did not start the boil till the next day) The next morning I brought it up to 180Deg then removed the grain sacs and started adding the extract for the boil.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.066	5.9 gallons
	5 lb. Light malt extract 1.5 lb. Light dry malt extract 2.6 lb. Honey
	Irish Moss used at 15 min then 3 oz of oak chips/blocks added in the last 30 seconds ( I first boiled them in a seperate small pan of water to remove some of the bitter tannans. Last time I did not and the beer was so bitter and not a hopp bitter)
Hops:	.75 oz. Cascade (7.3% AA, 60 min.) .25 oz. Cascade (7.3% AA, 10 min.) 1 oz. Willamette (4.9% AA, 10 min.) 1 oz. Cascade (aroma)
Yeast:	I used Wyeast 1056 I had one smack pack that was 2 years old and a new one of only 3 months old
Log:	Brewed on 6-2-2013. It was warm in the house as my AC was broke for the first week and it was around 85 deg in the house in the day. Racked to secondary on 6-24-2013 SG was now 1.011. Tastes good just needs to mellow for a few weeks in secondary before kegging.
Carbonation:	3.0 volumes	Keg: 14.7 psi @ 35°F
Tasting:	I will add more tasting notes after it is finnished.

Recipe posted 06/24/13.