House Honey Ale 5-5-04

Brewer:	Brian Mosley		Email:	crsmansc29585@yahoo.com
Beer:	House Honey Ale 5-5-04		Style:	American Amber Ale
Type:	All grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	20 HCU (~12 SRM)		Bitterness:	24 IBU
OG:	1.065		FG:	1.016
Alcohol:	6.3% v/v (5.0% w/w)
Water:	Irish moss last thirty min.
Grain:	8 lb. American 2-row 1 lb. Belgian honey 1 lb. American crystal 60L 1 lb. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils)
Mash:	70% efficiency
	90 min mash no sparge method. 145 then rinse water is 180. This sets the malt profile.This is a quick sparge about 10 min. Start with three gallons then sparge with four gallons, seven gallon boil,end up with six gallons.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.054	6 gallons
	1 lb. Cane sugar
	hall hops in the beggining of boil then tettenger last 30 min
Hops:	1 oz. Hallertauer Mittelfruh (5% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Tettnanger (4.5% AA, 15 min.)
Yeast:	safal dry with a starter 1 quart feed it with a cup of the mash 30 min prior to pitching.
Log:	fermint 68 72 for 5 days, then to secondary for three days then keg and card for three days.
Carbonation:	forced carb. in keg 30 psi three days then served at 10 psi
Tasting:	This Beer is by far our favorite. Its slightly malty with a little honey aftertaste due to the honey malt. tettanger in the finish. It rarely gets better than this. If you like malty and slightly sweet ales try this one.

Recipe posted 05/05/04.