FWH or Not Summer Ale

First wort hop vs. 60 min. hop experiment beer.
Mash was split into two pots - one with hops in the kettle at sparge
and one that had hops added after boil had begun. A blind tasting
of the split batch will be made at an upcoming SBL meeting to see if
a difference between FWH/60 min can be detected.

Brewer:	Christo		Email:	-
Beer:	FWH or Not Summer Ale		Style:	English Pale Ale
Type:	All grain		Size:	6.6 gallons
Color:	7 HCU (~6 SRM)		Bitterness:	30 IBU
OG:	1.049		FG:	1.010
Alcohol:	5.0% v/v (4.0% w/w)
Grain:	9 lb. 4 oz. Marris Otter 8 oz. British Carastan 4 oz. American victory
Mash:	86% efficiency
	155F - Mashed for 4 hours while at work.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.042	7.7 gallons
	After recirculation, splitter line installed and sparge split between two pots - hops: 31g in FWH for one half, 31g at 60 min hops in other half. IM at 15 min on each.
Hops:	62.0g Kent Goldings (4.5% AA, 60 min.)
Yeast:	S-05
Log:	Both halves fermented for 16 days at 72-75F. Bottled 8 bottles of each for FWH experiment and then combined the remaining 5 gallons into a keg.
Carbonation:	medium
Tasting:	The combined beer turned out quite nice with lots of biscuit malt flavor to counteract the substantial bitterness. Will post results of blind taste testing of the individual beers after club meets.

Recipe posted 05/11/09.