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Name: |
Steve's Pale Ale '04 |
| Style: |
Pale Ale |
| Status: |
Primary |
| Ingredients: |
| 7.0 lbs. |
Maris Otter Light LME |
| 0.5 lbs. |
Crystal Malt (60L) |
| 1.0 oz. |
East Kent Goldings whole hops
(bittering, ~5.9% AA, 60 min., 47.8 IBU) |
| 0.5 oz. |
Cascade whole hops
(flavor, ~5.6% AA, 15 min., 3.0 IBU) |
| 0.5 oz. |
Cascade whole hops
(aroma, ~5.6% AA, 5 min., 1.9 IBU) |
| 1/2 tsp. |
rehyrdated Irish Moss (15 min. at end of boil) |
| 35 ml. |
White Labs Burton Ale yeast (WLP023) |
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50/50 Distilled water and New Milford tap water |
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| Batch Size: |
5.5 gal. |
| O.G.: |
1.049 |
| F.G.: |
1.020 |
| IBU: |
52.7 (What was I thinking? It's good though!) |
| Notes: |
- The hops are a mix of English and American, so this is a bit of a trans-Atlantic pale ale in terms of ingredients and style.
- I used new, fresher ingredients from morebeer.com for this recipe... I can definitely tell a huge difference between the fresh malt and the canned malt I had been using in the past.
- This is the first batch in which I used my new 24 qt. stock pot, so I was able to do a near 5-gallon boil, which means better hop utilization and less caramelization.
- Inital tast prior to pitching yeast: a little understated on the maltiness, with a nice clean hop bitterness.
- Tast after kegging: Woo hoo! This is awesome. The best beer I've ever made. Tastes exactly like Magic Hat #9. Good, rich maltiness with a clean distinct hop bitterness that lingers just long enough. No caramelization flavors like I used to get (one defect taken care of!), but the FG is still a little high. I definitely went a little overboard with the hops, given the style I was going for, but it worked out really well! Also, fresh ingredients rock!
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