Eagle, Globe and Anchor Pale ale (final tweak!)

This is the final, finished version of a beer I have been tweaking for about six batches. It turned out wonderful, with a good hoppy nose and a lack of the citrus character that turns some people off with cascade hops. Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, likes this beer... the Rathole house brew.

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Brewer:	Rathole		Email:	am1nightcreature@yahoo.com
Beer:	Eagle, Globe and Anchor Pale ale (final tweak!)		Style:	American Pale Ale
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	12 HCU (~8 SRM)		Bitterness:	19 IBU
OG:	1.053		FG:	1.008
Alcohol:	5.8% v/v (4.5% w/w)
Water:	I used reverse-osmosis filtered water with 1 tsp burton water salts at beginning of boil. 2 t of gypsum can be substituted, and may be superior.
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 1.053	5 gallons
	7 lb. Light malt extract
	Burton salts or gypsum at start of boil. 1 ounce Willamette hops at beginning of boil. 1 tsp irish moss in the last 15 minutes or so of the boil. At end of boil, add 1 ounce Centennial and 3/4 ounce cascade hops, let steep for 15 minutes. Cool wort and pitch yeast following normal brewing practices.
Hops:	1 oz. Willamette (5% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Cascade (aroma) 1 oz. Centennial (aroma)
Yeast:	This tweak uses danstar "nottingham"
Log:	Fermented 7 days in the primary. Transferred to secondary and dry hopped with 1 ounce centennial and 1/4 ounce cascade. Took awhile to settle out, was in secondary 15 days. Wintertime gave it nice cool 60° fermentation, the very bottom end of this yeast's ability. It was up to the task... a cool fermentation preserves the delicate hop aromas.
Carbonation:	3/4 cup corn sugar, per normal bottling practices
Tasting:	2/24/04: Made a batch a few weeks ago as above, but with 1t burton water salts and using 1 oz centennial 3/4 oz cascade for the steep and 1 oz Centennial and 1/4 oz cascade for the dry hop. a minor tweak, but i'm trying to get away from cascade in everything I do, but from what I understand centennial is a close relative of cascade... but I love green hop aromas and I bottled this batch three days ago, I'll let you know. 3/16: This is better. I am trying to get away from using so much cascade in everything i do, although I love the stuff. There is a good grassy, green hop aroma without so much of the grapefruit character of cascade. well loved by all. I think this is the recipie I will keep for this brew, the final tweak has fallen. Make this beer for your friends that always think homebrew will be crap, and show off your craft. It is friendly and they will love it... you will too.

Recipe posted 02/25/04.