Phil's Pale Ale

by Phil Milano

Ingredients for 5 gallons of Pale Ale

6.6lb.light liquid malt extract
1lb.light dry malt extract
1lb.Crystal malt (20 L.)
1lb.Munich malt (toasted 10-15 min.)
1oz.Chinook pellets approx. 12 HBU (boil 60 minutes)
1oz.Fuggles (boil 10 minutes)
1oz.Fuggles (boil 2 minutes)
1tsp.East Kent Goldings hop oil (added at kegging or bottling)
1pkg.Wyeast 1028 London Ale yeast
1tbsp.Irish Moss

Starting gravity1.054
Ending gravity1.014
Alcohol by volume5.25%

Place Munich malt on cookie sheet and bake in oven at 350°F for 10 or 15 minutes.

Crack Crystal & Munich malts, add to 2 gal. water into brew pot, heat water & grains to 170 turn off heat, cover and let steep for 1 hour. Remove grains.

Reheat to boiling add liquid and dry malt extracts, add Chinook pellets.
After 30 minutes add Irish moss.
After another 20 minutes add 1 ounce Fuggles
After another 8 minutes add 1 ounce Fuggles
After another 2 minutes remove wort from heat and cool
Add to primary fermenter with approx. 3 gallons of water and pitch yeast when cooled to 70 degrees, put on air lock.

After approximately 1 week rack to secondary.
Keg or bottle when clear, approximately 2 or 3 weeks. Add East Kent hop oil to keg or bottling bucket.
Note: instead of hop oil you can dry hop in the secondary with 1 ounce East Kent Goldings hop plugs.

I have been making (and modifying) this recipe for about five years now (and the last couple of years I make 15 gallon batches exclusively). This is the latest incarnation. I hope it works out as well for you as it has for me.

Phil


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