Sumcade Pale Ale 2

Mix of Summit and Cascade Hops. Second go at it. Becoming a crowd favorite.

Brewer:	Christo		Email:	-
Beer:	Sumcade Pale Ale 2		Style:	American Pale Ale
Type:	All grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	14 HCU (~9 SRM)		Bitterness:	41 IBU
OG:	1.052		FG:	1.012
Alcohol:	5.2% v/v (4.1% w/w)
Water:	Munich type.
Grain:	7 lb. American 2-row 1 lb. American Munich 1 lb. American crystal 40L .25 lb. American victory
Mash:	78% efficiency
	154F for 90 minutes.
Boil:	70 minutes	SG 1.042	6.2 gallons
	SuperMoss at 15 min Aroma hops at flameout
Hops:	7.1g Summit (16.3% AA, 60 min.) 14.2g Cascade (5.4% AA, 60 min.) 7.1g Summit (16.3% AA, 15 min.) 14.2g Cascade (5.4% AA, 15 min.) 7.1g Summit (aroma) 14.2g Cascade (aroma)
Yeast:	S-05
Log:	22 days primary @ 66-68F
Carbonation:	medium carbonation
Tasting:	At racking, was not digging the beer this time. The hops tasted ashy and old (potentially a bit dated at 6 months even though I had vacuum sealed and kept in freezer), plus S-05 yeast had its typical acetaldehyde green apple note (I'm going to quit using it). After a week in the keg and carbonated, however, the hops began to shine through and the turned out nice with a good amount of malt character and a bigger and lingering hop finish with floral, pleasant wet hay and slight grapefruit hop notes. Still get a tinge of the S-05 fruitiness, but overall a very pleasant beer. Since I have 5 more ounces of Summit I am going to make again but move hops back to 40/20 additions to get more flavor and potetially will first wort hop as well.

Recipe posted 05/02/12.