Ale #1

My first "style" beer: Northern-style English Brown Ale (or a cousin
style?), that is lightly carbonated and surprisingly very good after
bottle aging 20 days. MY OG fell short of the 1.044 I was expecting,
probably due to the jar of extract I purchased from a homebrew shop
not quite being the weight as labeled. No matter, the brew is good!

Brewer:	MBG-Master Brew Guy		Email:	dmonday@thegrid.net
Beer:	Ale #1		Style:	English Light Mild
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	8 HCU (~6 SRM)		Bitterness:	20 IBU
OG:	1.037		FG:	1.014
Alcohol:	3.0% v/v (2.4% w/w)
Water:	Boil to reduce microbes, and reduce any residual chlorination (unfortunately, our water system in this small community is chlorinated 2x per year, about NOW!). Add 2 teaspoons CaC03, and 1/3 teaspoon gypsum (all food grade, of course), along with the extract.
Grain:	1.0 lb. German Crystal malt
Steep:	Add 1 gal to brewpot. Bring to 130°F. Add Grain Bag @121°F 30 min., bring volume to 2 gal. and heat to 150°F hold 10 min., then bring water to boil and remove bag.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.075	2.5 gallons
	4.75 lb. Light malt extract
	0.25 tsp. Irish Moss, 15 min boil.
Hops:	1.75 oz. Fuggles (4.10% AA, 60 min.) 0.40 oz. Kent Goldings (5.20% AA, 15 min.) 0.60 oz. Kent Goldings (aroma)
Yeast:	White Labs Pitchable Yeast-liquid (San Diego), California Ale Strain. No starter necessary per manufacturer.
Log:	BREWED 7/18/98. FERMENTER TEMP @ 78F AT 2000HR; CARBOY IN WATERBATH, SO THIS maintained temps at 68-70° F. Vigorous fermentation 7/19 @ 1500hr. 7/22, remove blow-off tube, install airlock w/vodka. 8/1, racked to priming bucket with corn sugar disolved in 4-6 cups boiled water, and bottled the batch. Stored in cool closet at 65 - 70° F.
Carbonation:	0.5 cup of priming sugar to 5 gal batch, disolved in 4-6 cups boiled water, cooled, then transferred without aeration into priming bucked.
Tasting:	Bottle age at least 20d, or you may be disappointed. The early taste (12 days old) was not that great, but after 20d, it was like a new and different beer was in the bottles. Very good. I plan to make again, though the 9° L crystal is no longer offered by the catalog service I used, so I may have to improvise (but that is the fun!).

Recipe posted 08/29/98.