Jess' Grabrewation Ale

Brewer:	Homer's First Day		Email:	-
Beer:	Jess' Grabrewation Ale		Style:	Honey Brown
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	5.7 gallons
Color:	30 HCU (~15 SRM)		Bitterness:	27 IBU
OG:	1.060		FG:	1.010
Alcohol:	6.5% v/v (5.1% w/w)
Water:	For the boil, I used one gallon of bottled "drinking" water, and one gallon of tap water. I later used a little over a quart of tap water to help rinse the extract buckets. After the wort was added to the primary, I added two gallons of partially frozen distilled water, then added tap water to bring the volume up to approx 5.7 gallons.
Grain:	4 oz. German Munich 1 oz. American victory 6 oz. American crystal 60L 4 oz. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) 1 oz. Belgian Special B 2 oz. American black patent
Steep:	The grains were contained in two muslin bags, suspended in the water by a hook to keep them off the bottom of the kettle. These were added just after heat was added, and remained until the water was brought to 180°.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.149	2.3 gallons
	3.3 lb. Light malt extract 3.3 lb. Amber malt extract 2 lb. Honey
	Added a dash of Irish moss in the last 10 minutes of the boil, and added a dash of moss to the primary before adding the boiling wort.
Hops:	2 oz. Cluster (6.8% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Cluster (6.8% AA, 15 min.) 1 oz. Nugget (14.2% AA, 15 min.) .5 oz. Willamette (aroma)
Yeast:	California Ale V yeast (WLP051 [White Labs]); added at 75°.

Recipe posted 05/17/05.