Care to share that gold-winning PA recipe?
It was the CYBI recipe for Mirror Pond (see below). The only change I made is I added a bunch of home grown cascade to a hop bag and hung it in the keg. I think it may have been a couple ounces wet, then dried before I added them.
BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout -
http://www.beersmith.comRecipe: Mirror Pond Pale Ale
Brewer: Stephen A. Mayo
Asst Brewer:
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 9.00 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.90 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 6.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 6.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.058 SG
Estimated Color: 10.7 SRM
Estimated IBU: 35.4 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 81.7 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
12 lbs 2.0 oz Pale Ale (Crisp) (4.0 SRM) Grain 2 91.5 %
14.8 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 3 7.0 %
3.2 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 4 1.5 %
1.00 oz Cascade [6.00 %] - Boil 85.0 min Hop 5 21.1 IBUs
1.00 oz Cascade [6.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 6 10.8 IBUs
1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 5.0 mins) Fining 7 -
1.00 oz Cascade [6.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 8 3.5 IBUs
1.00 oz Cascade [6.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg English Ale (White Labs #WLP002) [1500.0 Yeast 10 -
0.75 oz Cascade [6.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
Mash Schedule: 5 Gallon Strike - Single Infusion, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 13 lbs 4.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
5 Gallon Add 19.87 qt of water at 161.5 F 149.0 F 60 min
Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (Drain mash tun , 5.97gal) of 185.0 F water
Notes:
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