Eagle, Globe and Anchor Pale ale

This was a modified recipie that was supposed to be similar to Anchor Brewing Company's "Liberty" pale ale. I changed the hops
a little based on availabilty. I like my beers with good hoppy aroma and medium bitterness. I just bottled it today. A small
taste of the unconditioned beer shows a beer on the light color side for a pale ale, with good crisp hoppy taste and nose.

Brewer:	Rathole		Email:	rathole2331@yahoo.com
Beer:	Eagle, Globe and Anchor Pale ale		Style:	American Pale Ale
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	12 HCU (~8 SRM)		Bitterness:	27 IBU
OG:	1.047		FG:	1.008
Alcohol:	5.1% v/v (4.0% w/w)
Water:	I used reverse-osmosis filtered water with 2 tsp gypsum added. Normally, I use local water but the freaks are chlorinating it for the summer (sigh)
Grain:	8 oz. American crystal 40L
Steep:	Bring water to 155° and steep grains for 30 minutes. Remove and bring to boil before adding other ingredients.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.047	5 gallons
	6.25 lb. Light malt extract
	2 tsp gypsum at start of boil. Add 1 1/2 ounce Willamette hops at beginning of boil. Add 1 tsp irish moss in the last 15 minutes or so of the boil. at end of boil, add 1/2 ounce Cascade and 1/2 ounce centennial hops, let steep for 15 minutes. Cool wort and pitch yeast following normal brewing practices.
Hops:	1.5 oz. Willamette (5% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Cascade (aroma) 1 oz. Centennial (aroma)
Yeast:	I used Windsor dry yeast, prepared as per instructions.
Log:	Fermented 4 days in the primary. Transferred to secondary and dry hopped with 1/2 ounce cascade and 1/2 ounce centennial. Took awhile to settle out, was in secondary 15 days. Fermentation temperatures? Hey, it's summertime... whatever my air conditioner will bless me with! Honestly, this probably fermented a little on the warm side, but I think it will be ok.
Carbonation:	3/4 cup corn sugar, per normal bottling practices
Tasting:	Oh jeez, I think it will be fine, but I haven't got to taste the finished product yet. I will post an update in a week. UPDATE: alright, i couldn't wait and opened one (ok, two) early morning of 8/2, about three days after bottling. nice head but a little light on the carbonation, about what you would expect so soon after bottling. very pale light straw color, lighter than I would have expected. Beautiful hoppy nose, with little perceived bitterness, maybe too little for a beer this soon after bottling. We'll see how it tastes if it lasts a couple more weeks. I think this one will be popular. 9/3: Opened one of the last four bottles, and it is wonderful! Beautiful hoppy nose and delicious. It's been in the fridge for about three weeks and all the chill haze dropped out and it's perfectly clear. I am entering the last three bottles in out county fair, let you know what happens. Oh and by the way, the reason I only have three bottles left is my friends drank most of it, I think I only had about a six pack out of it! My wife got into some one night and drank about five I had set aside... and that's unusual for her, this an easy drinking beer. UPDATE 9/27: Got a second place in the fair in the pale ale class. Judges said it was a little light on the malt aroma and flavor, maybe needed more crystal malt (i agree, light on the extract too i think) and light on the hop aroma (?!?) and too bitter on the finish (which i think is actually a balance problem, needed more malt) but my friends and i still like it a lot. I'm making another modification of this recipie (which i decided to do prior to the fair, take THAT judges!) that actually adressed these issues, except for the bitterness, i liked that just fine. I'm going to use some perle hops (a little more bitter at 7.6 AA) for the next incarnation... I'll post that if it turns out good.

Recipe posted 09/27/03.