Thanksgiving Ale

This will be my family ale for 2011 Thanksgiving. I think I may have used one pound less of grain and overpaid (my mistake). Again a wonderful beer in the primary (Already half drunk!)

Brewer:	Tom Healy		Email:	tomh51369@yahoo.com
Beer:	Thanksgiving Ale		Style:	English Old/Strong Ale
Type:	All grain		Size:	5.5 gallons
Color:	80 HCU (~30 SRM)		Bitterness:	122 IBU
OG:	1.082		FG:	1.012
Alcohol:	9.1% v/v (7.1% w/w)
Water:	2 TBLSPOON Gyp. in mash. pinch of sea salt in boil. Boiled med soft hollywood tap.
Grain:	8 lb. American 2-row 3 lb. American Honey Malt 2 lb. American victory 3 lb. British brown 1 lb. American crystal 60L 3 oz. American black patent
Mash:	75% efficiency
	154° agitated and left overnight.
Boil:	90 minutes	SG 1.070	6.5 gallons
	Yeastex toward end of boil.
Hops:	1.5 oz. Summit (18% AA, 80 min.) 1.5 oz. Chinook (11.9% AA, 60 min.)
Yeast:	Notty! Dry sprinkled-never a prob!
Log:	Primary for a month. Dry hopped with American oak and cascade but not dominate enough to really make a diff. Tasted like dopple bock when flat. but now tastes much more bitter and dry sfter carb.
Carbonation:	2.4 vols primed with raw sugar.
Tasting:	Awesome as always, just wanted more grain flavorsh flavor and less strong us hops to not scare the sfties away! but delicious! ( mabey a different yeast would have emphasized the malt also yeast nutrient makes for a dryer beer usually with the trade off being less negative fermentation products that come with certain yeasts.

Recipe posted 11/21/11.