Coopers Sparklin Ale Clone

This is a clone recipe for Cooper's Sparklin Ale made in South Australia. I used the recipe from BYO with only slight modifications.

Brewer:	Beau's Badass Brews		Email:	elahu_lemur@hotmail.com
Beer:	Coopers Sparklin Ale Clone		Style:	English Pale Ale
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	10 HCU (~7 SRM)		Bitterness:	18 IBU
OG:	1.052		FG:	1.009
Alcohol:	5.6% v/v (4.4% w/w)
Water:	Tap Water
Grain:	1 lb. American crystal 20L
Steep:	Steep specialty grains in 3 gallons of water at 150° F for 45 minutes.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.087	3 gallons
	4 lb. 8 oz. Light dry malt extract 1 lb. Belgian candi sugar
	Belgium Candi Sugar and Irish moss at 30 minutes
Hops:	.33 oz. Pride of Ringwood (10.1% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Pride of Ringwood (10.1% AA, 15 min.) .5 oz. Pride of Ringwood (10.1% AA, 3 min.)
Yeast:	1.5 liters of active yeast cultured from Coopers Sparkling Ale bottle.
Log:	Started on 10/9/05, Bottled 10/23/05 Very active fermentation, foam out of airlock for days. Racked to secondary after 7 days. Fermented around 70° F
Carbonation:	Bottle Conditioned with 3/4 cup corn sugar.
Tasting:	After 11 days in the bottle, still tastes rather young. However, has the right Coopers flavor, should balance out nicely after further aging.

Recipe posted 11/02/05.