Feather or Dot

Brewer:	Alex Nichols		Email:	-
Beer:	Feather or Dot		Style:	India Pale Ale
Type:	All grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	27 HCU (~14 SRM)		Bitterness:	63 IBU
OG:	1.055		FG:	1.010
Alcohol:	5.7% v/v (4.5% w/w)
Water:	Good tap water
Grain:	1 lb. American 6-row 6 lb. British pale 1 lb. Belgian biscuit 8 oz. American crystal 120L 1 lb. British Carastan
Mash:	78% efficiency
	155° for 75 minutes. I heat mine up a little more than my mashing temp, add grain, then put it in a pre warmed oven for the alotted time while stirring occasionally. Usually doesnt fluctuate temperature by more than 3-4 degrees depending on how much i mess with it.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.042	6.5 gallons
	Irish moss with half hour left.
Hops:	1 oz. Chinook (12% AA, 60 min.) 2 oz. Kent Goldings (5% AA, 15 min.) 1 oz. Willamette (aroma)
Yeast:	Pacific Ale Yeast, i really like this yeast, really clean flavor. Probably going to use it as a base for my own special hybrid yeast.
Log:	Ferment around 67° for a week, secondary for 2 weeks then bottle condition. Dry Hop during secondary with 2 oz crystal.
Carbonation:	bottle conditioned to about 3.2 CO2
Tasting:	Trying to perfect my IPA recipe and hoping this will be it.

Recipe posted 04/16/07.