Pale Rider Ale
An American Pale Ale - Watch for the FWH additions.
| Brewer: | Mike Pensinger | Email: | beermkr@bellatlantic.net | |||
| Beer: | Pale Rider Ale | Style: | American Pale Ale | |||
| Type: | All grain | Size: | 10.5 gallons | |||
| Color: |
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Bitterness: | 32 IBU | |||
| OG: | 1.050 | FG: | 1.008 | |||
| Alcohol: | 5.5% v/v (4.3% w/w) | |||||
| Grain: | 19 lb. American 2-row 6 oz. American crystal 40L 1 lb. Wheat malt |
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| Mash: | 70% efficiency | |||||
| Single infusion mash. 6.5 Gallons water @ 168 degrees F for a mash temp of 152 degrees F. Hold for 90 Minutes and sparge to collect 11.5 gallons of wort | ||||||
| Boil: | 90 minutes | SG 1.046 | 11.5 gallons | |||
| First Wort Hop with 1 oz Cascades. Irish Moss 15 minutes prior to knock out |
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| Hops: | 1 oz. Perle (7.5% AA, 60 min.) 1.5 oz. Cascade (5.9% AA, 30 min.) 1.5 oz. Cascade (5.9% AA, 15 min.) !!!1 FWH oz. Cascade (aroma) |
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| Yeast: | Wyeast Northwest Ale XL Pack stepped up into 2 quart starter. Split half to each batch. | |||||
| Log: | All went well untill draining the kettle. Plastic tubing works best to suck all the wort out of the kettle. Lost about 2 gallons to the kettle. Will bottle the small half of the batch for competition if it is good. Beutifull smell from the fermentors. Racked to secondary on 4 October. 1 week and 2 days in Primary. Looks clear but could use some time to clarify. Debating whether to dry hop. turned fridge down a couple degrees holding at about 66 deg F |
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| Carbonation: | Primed bottles with 3 primetabs per bottle on half the bottles and 2 per bottle on the other half. 5 Gallons kegged @ 10psi | |||||