Steamboat IPA

I am brewing this for a ski trip to Steamboat Springs in Feb 2009. My original IPA (Angus IPA) just didn't hit the mark. A good beer, but not quite perfect. I'm mixing up my ingredients a bit on this one.

Brewer:	Doug Kraus		Email:	doug.kraus@mac.com
Beer:	Steamboat IPA		Style:	India Pale Ale
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	17 HCU (~10 SRM)		Bitterness:	56 IBU
OG:	1.056		FG:	1.015
Alcohol:	5.3% v/v (4.2% w/w)
Water:	Use tap water set out overnight or at least for a few hours to let the chlorine dissapate a bit. I usually add 1/4 tsp gypsum pre-boil.
Grain:	8 oz. American 2-row 8 oz. American victory 8 oz. American crystal 60L
Steep:	Grains are put in a grain bag and set in a gallon of 145° and put in oven to keep temp. Another gallon of water is put in oven as well to use for sparge. After an hour the bag is put in a collander over the brew pot and I sparge slowly with other gallon.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.056	5 gallons
	7 lb. Light malt extract
	1/4 tsp irish moss at 15 minutes. I brought 3.5 gallons along with 7 pounds of extract to boil, then added the nearly 2 gallons from grain steeping. This brings the total liquid to about 6 gallons which should turn into about 5 gallons of final beer.
Hops:	1 oz. Galena (12.5% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Cascade (6.3% AA, 15 min.) 1 oz. Glacier (aroma)
Yeast:	Trying something different this time: White Labs WLP023 Burton Ale Yeast (liquid).
Log:	For the first time I bought all my ingredients from Northern Brewer instead of my local shop. Specifically, the extract is "Gold" liquid malt extract and the grains are "Briess Victory", "Rahr 2-Row Pale", and "Briess Caramel 60L".
Carbonation:	I keg this and carbonate to 2.0.
Tasting:	This beer turned out fantastic. Not the really HUGE hoppy IPA I was shooting for but turned out to be a great beer. In fact, my wife told me to brew it again right away. The OG and FG were a bit higher than expected (1.060 and 1.018). The yeast was a great surprise added some really interesting (floral) essence. A hugely drinkable beer. In fact, the keg was emptied in one night up in Steamboat.

Recipe posted 03/01/09.