Yet Another APA

You can never have enough reasonably hoppy APA around...

Brewer:	Rick Rogan		Email:	rfmorgan@home.com
Beer:	Yet Another APA		Style:	American Pale Ale
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	22 HCU (~12 SRM)		Bitterness:	36 IBU
OG:	1.065		FG:	1.010
Alcohol:	7.1% v/v (5.6% w/w)
Water:	My tap water has chloramines in it -- I use only bottled water. This recipe was done with all bottled spring water. The source of the spring water was central Pennsylvania.
Grain:	1.00 lb. American crystal 60L
Steep:	Steeped the American Crystal at approximately 160°f for 30 minutes & sparged by dunking & squeezing.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.108	3 gallons
	8.00 lb. Light malt extract 6.0 oz. Corn sugar
	Added 1 tsp. Irish Moss at 15 minutes.
Hops:	1.00 oz. Nugget (12% AA, 60 min.) 1.00 oz. Cascade (6% AA, 15 min.) 1.00 oz. Cascade (6% AA, 5 min.) 1 oz. Cascade (aroma)
Yeast:	Wyeast 1056 American Ale "Pitchable" Tube -- They work great!!!
Log:	The liquid extract was 2 4lb. cans of Alexander's Pale. Pitched yeast at 69°f. Fermented around 72°f. Primary 7 days. Secondary 7-14 days.
Carbonation:	5 oz. Corn Sugar -- in the bottle.
Tasting:	This is about my tenth batch of APA. I always change something, but, it always turns out mmm, mmm, good. This time I tried Nugget as the primary bittering hop.

Recipe posted 07/06/01.