10A - Yet Another American Pale Ale

Info:

• Brewer: Chris
• Mash: single infusion
  
• Date: 5/25/2009
• Size: 9.5 gallon post-boil
• The new twist here is the use of Gambrinus organic pilsner in place of Briess organic 2-row. The kernel size was a bit smaller, so I had to adjust my mill (a Crankandstein 3D). We'll see how the change in base malt pans out...
  

Grain Bill:

• 17lb Gambrinus organic pilsner malt
• 14oz Briess 60L

Yeast:

• Wyeast 1056, made up into a healthy starter
  

The Mash:

• mash at 151F, hold for 60 minutes
  
• mash out to 171F, hold for 10 minutes
  
• sparge with 171F, collect 11 gallons (ymmv - I add the last gallon or two start to the kettle, as I'm of the opinion that over-sparging leads to astringency issues, which is a serious flaw when making a pale ale.)
  

The Boil (90 minutes):

• 1.75oz Centennial (9.7aau) @ 60
  
• forgot the Irish moss @ 15, d'oh!
  
• 1.5oz Cascade (4.0aau) @ 15
• 0.75oz Centennial (9.7aau) @ 10
• 0.5oz Cascade (4.0aau) @ 5
  
• Total: 49 IBU(ish)

The Finish:

• OG: 1.050

Dry Hops:

• 0.5oz Cascade (4.0aau) at end of secondary
  
• 1.0oz Centennial (9.7aau) in a quick tertiary