Awesome Summer Ale

Source: Richard Meadows
Recipe added: 04/27/99
Email: Rchmeadows@aol.com

This is a great summer ale to enjoy with friends and family. please tell me how you like it.

Specifics

Recipe type: Other
Batch Size: 5 gal
Starting Gravity:
Finishing Gravity:
Time in Boil: 60 min
Primary Fermentation: 1 week @70 degrees
Secondary Fermentation: 1 week

Ingredients:

4 oz. Biscut cracked
4 oz. 10L cracked
8 oz. malted wheat cracked
1 4# can Alexanders light malt extract unhopped
2# munton/fison x-lite malt powder
1 oz Tettnang hops 60 min boil
1/2 oz. cascade hops 15 min boil
1/2 oz. cascade hops 2-5 min boil
1 tsp gypsum (for water hardness)
1 tsp irish moss (clarifier)
wyeast liquid yeast starter 1056

Procedure:

bring a couple of gallons dechlorinated spring water to 150-160 deg. steep speciality grains (biscut, 10L, and wheat) 20 min. strain out any husks or use grain bag to save time. bring water to a boil and add extract,dry malt,1 oz. Tettnang hops, and gypsum.boil for 60 min. 15 min before end of boil add 1/2 oz. cascade hop, and irish moss. 2-5 min before end of boil add 1/2 oz. cascade hop. at end of boil transfer wort to primary fermenter, add additional dechlorinated spring water to make 5 gallons and cool wort to yeast pitching temp, add yeast and areate to intoduce oxygen. seal fermenter with airlock and ferment 1 week or until bubbles reduce to 1 per minute. transfer to secondary fermenter for 1 week to clarify. bottle and enjoy.

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