Partial Pale Ale

This is my first partial mash. I decided to
stick to a style that I know well and could survive
a little variability in my extraction efficiency.

Brewer:	Doug Gould		Email:	Maestro_D@hotmail.com
Beer:	Partial Pale Ale		Style:	English Pale Ale
Type:	Partial mash		Size:	21 liters
Color:	12 HCU (~8 SRM)		Bitterness:	26 IBU
OG:	1.042		FG:	1.010
Alcohol:	4.2% v/v (3.3% w/w)
Water:	My brewing water is preboiled and cooled medium-hard tap water, siphoned off precipitate.
Grain:	1.6kg British pale .3kg American crystal 40L 13g American chocolate
Mash:	66% efficiency
	I mashed with a 20 litre pot and small styrofoam box. 4.5 Litres of 170F brewing water infused into grain. Temperature stabalised at 158F for 60 minutes. Sparged with 8l of 170F brewing water.
Boil:	90 minutes	SG 1.045	20 liters
	1kg Light malt extract .5kg Light dry malt extract
	1/2 tsp Irish Moss added 10 minutes before the end of the boil.
Hops:	1 oz. Fuggles (4% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Fuggles (4% AA, 30 min.) .5 oz. Fuggles (4% AA, 15 min.) 1 oz. Fuggles (aroma)
Yeast:	2 pkgs of Coopers ale yeast, re-hydrated in 150ml of 80F brewing water. Yeast pitched into primary at 70F.
Log:	Fuggles hop plugs were used, which was an experiment for me. (I usually use pellets.) Lots of problems with clogs in the racking tube. I ended up (gently) pouring 1/3 of the boil through a collander. Cooled to 70F with pot immersed in kitchen sink (took 1 hour).

Recipe posted 04/11/99.