Neil's Rod and Reel Ale

I wanted a light to medium beer with a nice aroma.
Now I can sit back and enjoy fishing and a home brew
as the weather turns warm.

Brewer:	-		Email:	nclark@iamerica.net
Beer:	Neil's Rod and Reel Ale		Style:	American Pale Ale
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	5.5 gallons
Color:	10 HCU (~7 SRM)		Bitterness:	24 IBU
OG:	1.064		FG:	1.008
Alcohol:	7.2% v/v (5.6% w/w)
Water:	I use the regular hard tap water to make up my three gallons of boil. After boil time I use water filtered through the PUR water filter on my sink. I chill this for a couple of hours. Adding it to my wort helps bring the temp down fast!
Grain:	2 lb. American 2-row 1 lb. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils)
Steep:	Poured the grains in 2.5 gallons of 165 F. water let sit for 45 mins. stirred 3 times (each 15 min). Dipped the grains and extract out and strained through a collender. Rinsed or sparged the grains with .5 gallons of water. Took all the extract and strained it through a filter made of cheese cloth over a medium strainer.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.117	3 gallons
	8 lb. Light malt extract
	After filtered grain extract began to boil I added the liquid x-light malted extract brought back to a boil and started my hopping rates.
Hops:	1 oz. Cascade (8% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Cascade (8% AA, 30 min.) .5 oz. Saaz (6% AA, 15 min.) .5 oz. Saaz (aroma)
Yeast:	Used Nottingham dry yeast - High attenuation & flocculation
Log:	Posted this the day I brewed 4-28-02 Will ferment at 75 - 80 degrees expect 5 days in the primary. Dry hop with .5 oz saaz at racking into the secondary. 3 days later add fining agent. Bottle after 10 days in the secondary. 2 weeks in the bottle it will be ready to drink, and may take up to 8 weeks to mellow.
Carbonation:	Primmed with 5.5 oz corn sugar at bottling

Recipe posted 04/28/02.