Pale Ale #1 (Batch B)

Recipe Pale Ale #1 (Batch B) Style American Pale Ale
Brewer Clinton Ebadi Batch 5.00 gal
Extract

Recipe Characteristics
Recipe Gravity 1.055 OG Estimated FG 1.014 FG
Recipe Bitterness 59 IBU Alcohol by Volume 5.4%
Recipe Color 11° SRM Alcohol by Weight 4.2%

Ingredients
Quantity Grain Type Use
4.00 lb Alexander's Sun Country Pale LME extract
2.75 lb Briess Sparkling Amber D.M.E. extract
1.00 lb Crystal 20L steeped
Quantity Hop Type Time
0.50 oz Cascade pellet 0 minutes
1.00 oz Cascade pellet 10 minutes
1.00 oz Nugget pellet 60 minutes
Quantity Misc Notes
1.00 unit White Labs East Coast Ale yeast liquid tube

Recipe Notes

This is an attempt at improving the (still tasty) First Attempt. The cascade aroma I was looking for wasn't there, and so I added a half an ounce of cascade at the end of the boil.

I am not sure if the color for the dry malt is correct (sheet said 8-13?), or if the SG is right (the LME is correct, but the DME had no info on that so I used the 'usual' number from a book).

Batch Notes

Brewing went well, but I forgot to take an OG reading. Fermentation started in under 12 hours.

Bottling Day (2005-06-01 [aka VERY LATE]):
The fermentation stuck for three weeks (low temperature spell caused the yeast to floc out). This, I think, is bad. The gravity was a bit high so I dropped down to 1/2 cup of priming sugar, and am going to hope that nothing explodes. It smells and tastes fine. Optimally I would have racked to another fermentor and pitched new yeast, but I have no car and I am leaving for NC in an hour...

Batch was botched. Drinkable, but they were bombs...Pale Ale 1-B is being remade.