Best Pale Ale

Classification: pale ale, all-grain

Source: Richard Soennichsen (rich1@netcom.com), r.c.b., 4/27/93

I've just tryed my newest batch of ale and it is my best yet!

Ingredients:

9 lbs pale two row malt
.5 lbs pils 2-row
.5 lbs crystal 55L
1 oz Perle at 45 min remaining
.5 oz Cascade at 15 min remaining
1 oz Hallertauer (10 min. steep)
Wyeast American pale ale

Procedure:

I used a three step mash with a mash in of 132 f., conversion at 152 f., and mas h out of 168. Sparged with 168.

Suprisingly the beer was not exceptionly hoppy with full body resembling a Full Sail ale.

I used wyest amercan pale and my original gravity was 1.053. I do not know the final as I have broken my hydrometer. Mash effiecincy was 75%. IBU's were 35.7 without the Hallertau steep and 41.7 with.

Specifics:

O.G.: 1.053