Pale Ale

Brewer:	John Tossberg & George Aux		Email:	-
Beer:	Pale Ale		Style:	American Pale Ale
Type:	All grain		Size:	12 gallons
Color:	2 HCU (~3 SRM)		Bitterness:	33 IBU
OG:	1.053		FG:	1.012
Alcohol:	5.3% v/v (4.2% w/w)
Water:	Water was drawn the night before and allowed to gas off.
Grain:	18 lb. German Pilsner
Mash:	93% efficiency
	Dough in and temp stablized around 55 C°. Pull 1st decocotion (about 1/3 of the total mash vol) Heat decoction slowly to a boil and proceed boiling for 30 min. Return to mash temp stablized at around 65C°. Pull 2nd decoction (about 15% of mash) bring to a boil and then thrown back in to the mash. Temp stablized around 75C°. Mash took about 3 hours total. Recirculate mash till it runs clear and start collection. The 2 decoctions definitely added some more color to the beer
Boil:	75 minutes	SG 1.049	13 gallons
	Irish moss added at around 15 minutes to knockout.
Hops:	4 oz. Liberty (4.0% AA, 60 min.) 2 oz. Liberty (4.0% AA, 20 min.) 3 oz. Liberty (aroma)
Yeast:	1200 ml of Elm City Ale yeast. Also gave the wort a good shot of pure O2 after chilling. Active fermentation was observed 4-5 hours after pitching.
Log:	8/17/02

Recipe posted 08/22/02.