Walker's Biting IPA

This is an attempt to brew a nice hoppy, biting IPA for my wife.

Brewer:	Walker		Email:	-
Beer:	Walker's Biting IPA		Style:	India Pale Ale
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	9 HCU (~7 SRM)		Bitterness:	63 IBU
OG:	1.052		FG:	1.015
Alcohol:	4.8% v/v (3.8% w/w)
Water:	Boil uses 2.5 gallons of bottled spring water with 2 tbsp gypsum.
Grain:	8 oz. American crystal 20L 8 oz. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils)
Steep:	Crush grains and place into a bag. Steep at 150°F for 30 minutes before adding extract.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.104	2.5 gallons
	5 lb. 8 oz. British Light dry malt extract
	I start timing the boil when the hot break happens. All pellet hops are bagged in the boil. Plugs are loose boiled. 1 tbsp Irish moss added with 20 minutes left in the boil. Wort is cooled "poor man's" style by adding 2 gallons of ice.
Hops:	1 oz. Galena pellet (11% AA, 60 min.) 2 oz. Northern Brewer pellet (7% AA, 45 min.) 1 oz. Kent Goldings pellet (3.3% AA, 30 min.) 1 oz. Cascade plug (7.3% AA, 15 min.) 1 oz. Cascade plug (dry hop) (aroma)
Yeast:	1 packets American Dry Ale yeast, rehydrated in 1 cup of 80°F water 20 minutes before the end of the boil.
Log:	Brew Date: Sept 10, 2005 Ferment for 4 days @ 77°F in primary (6.6 gallon carboy). Rack to secondary with gelatin finings. Dry hop with one ounce of Cascade hops. Ferment for 10 to 14 days @ 77°F in secondary (5 gallon glass carboy). Rack to bottling bucket with priming sugar. Bottle condition for at least 2 weeks before drinking.
Carbonation:	2.0 volumes
	use approximately 3/4 cup corn sugar added and bottling time.
Tasting:	Will update with tasting comments when it's ready to go. Initial taste of cooled wort (that had not settled the cold break yet) was horribly acrid.

Recipe posted 09/09/05.