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Ishi pale ale too

This is a modification of my original Ishi pale ale, more of a tweak but with a couple of major changes in malt and water treatment

Brewer: Rathole Email: am1nightcreature@yahoo.com
Beer: Ishi pale ale too Style: English Pale Ale
Type: Extract w/grain Size: 5 gallons
Color:
14 HCU (~9 SRM)
Bitterness: 24 IBU
OG: 1.057 FG: 1.012
Alcohol: 5.8% v/v (4.5% w/w)
Water: Local tap water, (soft) with 1 and 1/2 teaspoons burton water salts
Grain: 8 oz. American crystal 40L
Steep: steep the grains for 30 min at 155°
Boil: 60 minutes SG 1.057 5 gallons
7 lb. Light malt extract
8 oz. Brown sugar
The malt extract used was changed from the original recipie, it is british (or english)alexander's pale malt extract instead of the american malt extract

1 teaspoon irish moss in the last 15 minutes

1/2 cup (PACKED) brown sugar at beginning of boil

OG actually measured as 1.050
Hops: 1 oz. Fuggles (5.4% AA, 60 min.)
1 oz. Kent Goldings (5.1% AA, 5 min.)
1 oz. Kent Goldings (5.1% AA, 2 min.)
Yeast: danstar "windsor" dry yeast, rehydrated as per instructions, with a little wort added
Carbonation: 3/4 cup priming (corn) sugar
Tasting: well, it's different. I think i would add more flavor and aroma hops, to balance the brown sugar which i think adds a body and flavour that is odd. next time, i'm gonna try: 1 oz of kent golding at 15, 10 and 5 minutes, with maybe a little willamette in the flavour somewhere. My brewshop tells me that the willamette/kent goldings combination used to be a classic finishing combination for english pale ales

two weeks after bottling, the flavors are coming together into a very nice package. Not terrifically complex, but different from the pales I normally make and delicious and refreshing. No rocket surgery here, just good beer.

Recipe posted 03/24/04.