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Monster pale ale

Monster pale ale

Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) • All Grain • 6 gal

Randy Gonzalez

Starting gravity was 1.060, End 1.005 first time using candi sugar,I like it very much.

March 18, 2001 am 06:18am

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Ingredients (All Grain6 gal)

  • 8 lbs American 2-row

    American 2-row

    Yields a slightly higher extract than Six Rox brewers Malt. Tends to give a smoother, less grainy flavored beer. Some brewers claim they can detect a significant difference in flavor. Lower protein and will yield a lower color than Six-Row Brewers Malt

  • 0.5 lbs American Caramel 20°L

    American Caramel 20°L

    Provides color, body, and contributes to foam retention and beer stability.

  • 0.5 lbs German Dark Munich

    German Dark Munich

    Enhances body and aroma. Stout, schwarzbier, brown ale, dark and amber ales.

  • 0.5 lbs Belgian Aromatic

    Belgian Aromatic

    Imparts a big malt aroma. Use in brown ales, Belgian dubbels and tripels.

  • 0.5 lbs Belgian Caramunich

    Belgian Caramunich

    Caramel, full flavor, copper color. For Belgian ales, German smoked and bocks.

  • 1 lbs Candi Sugar Dark

    Candi Sugar Dark

    Smooth taste, good head retention, sweet aroma and high gravity without being apparent. Use in Belgian and holiday ales. Use clear for tripels, amber for dubbels, and dark is used in brown beer and strong golden ales.

  • 1 oz East Kent Goldings - 5.3 AA% whole; boiled 60 min

    East Kent Goldings

    Mild, slightly flowery.

  • 0.5 oz East Kent Goldings - 5.3 AA% whole; boiled 45 min

    East Kent Goldings

    Mild, slightly flowery.

  • 0.3 oz East Kent Goldings - 5.3 AA% whole; boiled 25 min

    East Kent Goldings

    Mild, slightly flowery.

  • 0.2 oz East Kent Goldings - 5.3 AA% whole; boiled 5 min

    East Kent Goldings

    Mild, slightly flowery.

  • 1 tsp irish mose - (omitted from calculations)

    irish mose

  • 1 tbsp gysum - (omitted from calculations)

    gysum

  • White Labs WLP013 London Ale

    White Labs WLP013 London Ale

    Dry, malty ale yeast. Provides a complex, oakey ester character to your beer. Hop bitterness comes through well. This yeast is well suited for classic British pale ales, bitters, and stouts. Does not flocculate as much as WLP002 and WLP005.

Notes

90-minute mash,30-minute rest at 122df bumbed heat to 158'df for 60 to 70 minutes. sparged at 170 3gals. Start boil add candi sugar, whole hops one oz at boil add 0.5oz at 45 mins. add 0.3 at 25 mins. add 0.2 at 5mins. addad irish mose at 15mins. 10min. rest,cooled 20mins. addad yeast at 78df had start of fermentaion within 6hours.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 8 - English Pale Ale

Subcategory: C - Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.050 1.048 - 1.060
Terminal Gravity: 1.011 1.010 - 1.016
Color: 22.2 SRM 6 - 18
Alcohol: 5.1% ABV 4.6% - 6.2%
Bitterness: 30.7 IBU 30 - 50

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