Summer Ale 6/5/2010

Grain Bill

11lbs Briess 2-Row Pale Malt
0.5lbs Briess Crystal Malt

Adjuncts

None

Hops

2.25oz Cascade pellet hops 4.9% alpha acid 60-minutes

Yeast

Safale US-05 dry ale
Fermentation temperature 59-79 degrees F

Mash

Milled grains added to 5-gallon mash tun with 4-gallons of water at 77 degrees C and mashed overnight.

Lauter

First mash resulted in 2.8-gallons of wort at SG 1.082.
Second mash resulted in 1.6-gallons of wort at SG 1.020.
Third mash resulted in 1.4-gallons of wort at SG 1.010.
Overall result 5.8-gallons at SG 1.053

Boil

4-gallons boiled for 1-hour. Pellet hops added in loose for the duration.

Fermentation

6/5/2010, yeast started
6/6/2010, wort allowed to cool in primary fermenter and yeast pitched.
6/8/2010, SG down to 1.008.
6/10/2010, transferred to glass carboy for secondary fermentation.
6/19/2010, priming sugar added and beer bottled.

Statistics

OG: 1.053
FG: 1.008
ABV: 6.6%
IBU: 71