Batch #67 - Ameriacan Ale

Started batch on May 30, 2011:

Recipe:

  • 6.0 lb Gold Malt Extract (Northern Brewer)
  • 1.5 lb Briess Plain (dry)
  • 0.75 oz hop pellets (Warrior, 17.2% alpha) 60 min
  • 1.0 oz hop pellets - finishing (Cascade, 6.1% alpha) 20 min
  • 1 tbs Irish Moss, last 15 min
  • 1.0 oz hop pellets - aroma (Cascade, 6.1% alpha) less then 3 min
  • Safale US-05 yeast (dry ale type)
  • Specific gravity 1,0XX

Procedure:

Sanitized everything with Star San. Boiled wort for 60 minutes and then cooled down with cooper coil cooler. Pitched yeast at 25C. Covered plastic bucket with the tight cover and the airlock filled with Chopin vodka. Kept in basement temperature (~70F)

Progress log:

  • May 31, 2011: Fermentation hardly visible in the morning, very strong, every 3-4 times/sec, in the evening.
  • Jun 5, 2011 - Racked to secondary after rapid fermentation. Lots of yeast on the rimm above the beer, dirty cover, had to be soaked overnight.
  • Jun 18, 2011 - Kegged at SG 1,010

Evaluation:

  • Jul 03 , 2011: Veru good and clean beer.
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