Recipe		First Attempt		Style		American Pale Ale
Brewer		Clinton Ebadi		Batch		5.00 gal
Extract

Recipe Characteristics

Recipe Gravity		1.054 OG		Estimated FG		1.014 FG
Recipe Bitterness		60 IBU		Alcohol by Volume		5.2%
Recipe Color		10° SRM		Alcohol by Weight		4.1%

Ingredients

Quantity		Grain		Type		Use
4.00 lb		Alexander's Sun Country Pale LME				extract
3.00 lb		Briess Sparkling Amber D.M.E.				extract
Quantity		Hop		Type		Time
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

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

I did a half boil (three gallons preboiled and left to cool in the fermentor, and three gallons boiIed with the malt/hops). I did not make a starter for this one. I Accidentally added the bittering hops before the hot break. Everything else seemed to go fine. Cooled the wort from boiling to roomtemp in a bit under a half an hour in the sink with a bit of ice. OG was 1.054 (read 1.048 @ 98F [I didn't cool the concentrated wort to quite low enough of a temperature to offset the hot water in the bucket]). I had to let it sit closed overnight because the wort/water mix took a long time to cool down, and pitched the yeast at nine the next morning. Vigorous fermentation started before the next day.

BOTTLING DAY:
Bottled three days late (Thursday april 27). Fermentation was quick. There were a few temperature spikes and dips during fermentation. FG was 1.014 (right on target). Initial taste is a bit bready, and initially mildly hopped but moving to a nice floral hoppiness after swallowing. Bottling went well (the last bottle or two will probably be oxidsed, but such is life).