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Chronictonic Pale Ale
This is my first attempt at an all-grain Pale Ale (it's about the 10th all-grain batch I've brewed). This is also the first batch of my beer that I've kegged and have on my converted fridge tap. Even thought the IBU is way out of style (it's even high for an IPA), the beer doesn't seem out of balance or overly bitter. Maybe I need to read more into coming up with a custom factor for use in the Recipator. Trying to be as objective as possible, this beer turned out much better than expected. I'll have to brew another batch soon because this one won't last long.
| Brewer: | Steve | Email: | steve@chronictonic.com | |||||
| Beer: | Chronictonic Pale Ale | Style: | American Pale Ale | |||||
| Type: | All grain | Size: | 6.0 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 74 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.052 | FG: | 1.007 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 5.8% v/v (4.6% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | 1/8 tsp lactic acid added to sparge water | |||||||
| Grain: | 11.0 lb. American 2-row 7.3 oz. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) 1.38 lb. Belgian CaraMunich |
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| Mash: | 70% efficiency | |||||||
| Single step infusion 75 min. Strike water was 168° for a mash temp of about 148° for 75 minutes. Slowly add in 1 qt 190° and then begin sparge (recirculate the first runnings until chunks are gone). Sparge water was 180°. Sparged about 60 minutes to get 7 gallon wort volume. | ||||||||
| Boil: | 90 minutes | SG 1.043 | 7.3 gallons | |||||
| 2nd oz of Saaz was added as the heat was killed at the end of the boil. | ||||||||
| Hops: | 1.0 oz. Amarillo (7.3% AA, 90 min.) 1.0 oz. Amarillo (7.3% AA, 60 min.) 1.0 oz. Amarillo (7.3% AA, 30 min.) 1.0 oz. Saaz (3.6% AA, 10 min.) 1 oz. Saaz (aroma) 1 oz. Kent Goldings (aroma) |
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| Yeast: | Wyeast American Ale II, large snap pack, pitched at 70°F. | |||||||
| Log: | 1 week in primary at 70°. Transferred to secondary and added 1oz UK East Kent Goldings hop pellets (6.3%AA). After 10 days transferred to a tertiary fermenter leaving most of the hop residue in the secondary. 2 weeks in the tertiary at around 65° and then keg. | |||||||
| Carbonation: | 2.4 volumes | Keg: 11.2 psi @ 40°F | ||||||
| Transferred to keg, 28psi for 24 hours @ 40°F and then dropped to 10psi for serving. Seemed to work very well for my first kegging attempt. | ||||||||
| Tasting: | Delicious hop flavor and aroma, but, still very well balanced. Color was a bit lighter than expected, but, is still well within the style. Since this did turn out so well, the 2nd time I brew it I will maybe just change the Amarillo hops to a different hop to really get a sense for how the flavor is effected. | |||||||
Recipe posted 01/05/99.
