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Humble Abode Pale Ale All-grain
Color
Stats
OG1.051
FG1.013
IBU31
ABV4.90 %
SRM9
BJCP Style
06A. American Pale Ales, American Pale Ale
Description
This balanced beer is loaded with hop flavor and aroma as well as noticable malty tones. Nothing humble about it...it's my standard house brew.
Submitted by Jim on 30-Apr-2004

Recipe Details
Tasting Notes Good well-rounded flavor, especially after cold conditioning.
Awards
Boil Volume 6.50 gallons
Boil Time 60 minutes
Batch Size 5.00 gallons
Yeast White Labs WPL001 (75% app. attenuation)
Primary Fermentation Glass carboy, 1 week
Secondary Fermentation C-keg, 3 weeks
Other Fermentation
Procedure Mash grains in 2 1/2 gallons of 133F water and hold at 122F for 20 minutes. Raise to 150F and hold 20 minutes. Raise to 158F until complete conversion. Mash out at 168F for 15 minutes and sparge with 172F water to collect about 6 1/2 gallons. Bring to steady boil and add 1st hop addition. Add remaining hops at 40 minutes, 50 minutes and 59 minutes. Add Irish moss during the last 10 minutes.
  Style Comparison
  Low   High
OG 1.045 1.051 1.056
FG 1.010 1.013 1.015
IBU 20 31 40
SRM 4 9 11
ABV 4.5 4.90 5.7
Fermentables
% Weight Weight (lbs) Grain Note Gravity Points Color
81.1 % 7.50 American Two-row Pale 41.6 1.8
10.8 % 1.00 American Crystal 40L 5.1 40.0
5.4 % 0.50 American Victory 2.6 25.0
2.7 % 0.25 CaraPils 1.2 1.8
  9.25     50.5  
Hops
% Wt Weight (oz) Hop Note Form AA% AAU Boil Time Utilization IBU
30.0 % 0.75 Cascade Pellet 6.6 5.0 60 0.280 20.7
20.0 % 0.50 Liberty Pellet 4.0 2.0 20 0.169 5.1
20.0 % 0.50 Cascade Pellet 6.6 3.3 10 0.101 5.0
30.0 % 0.75 Liberty Whole/Plug 4.0 3.0 1 0.011 0.5
  2.50               31.0
Miscellaneous Ingredients
Weight/Units Name Notes
1 tsp. Irish moss