Saturday, June 7, 2008

my first brews - Pale Ale

this is the third beer i did and it is right now in secondary carboy




Pale Ale
20l Belgian Caramunich
6lbs coopers light dme malt
centennial 9.5 grams
6 gallons purified water


the Belgian grain is steeped in water for 30 Min's at 150 degrees
brought to boil then add all the dme malt
whisking in at reduced heat added 1/3 of the hops
boiled 1 hr with the remaining hops added for the last 15 Min's

cooled with wort cooling coil to 78 degrees
siphoned into 7 gallon carboy
primary fermented for 9 days
racked into secondary for clarity

bottled after 13 days on the 9th of June 2007

tasting on the day of bottling showed a nice crisp pale ale with plenty of the centennial hops

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