Home Brew - Perle Bred Pale Ale

Perle Bred Pale Ale
Original Gravity: 1.060
Final Gravity: 1.012
Alcohol by Volume: 6.3%
Apparent Attenuation: 79%

Ingredients:

•  8 oz - Caramel Malt 20L
• 8 oz - Cara-Pils 1.5 L
• 3.3 lb - Golden Light liquid malt extract
• 3.3 lb - Golden Light dry malt extract
• 1 oz - Perle hop pellets
• 1 oz Galaxy hop pellets
• Safale US-05 dry ale yeast
• 5 oz - corn sugar (for priming)

Steps:

1. Boil 2 cups of water and allow to cool in a sanitized jar - to use for re-hydrating yeast later
2. Bring 2 gallons of water to 165.  Turn off heat.
3. Add the crushed grains to a straining bag and seep in water for 1/2 hour
4. Lift grain bag out and allow it to drain (don't squeeze the bag)  
5. Sparge the grain - pour 1 gallon of 165 water through the grain
6. Bring wort to a boil
7. Turn off heat and add Golden Light dry malt extract
8. Bring wort to a boil and let foam subside
9. Add Perle hops - stirring occasionally  (Leave cover off while boiling)
10. 30 minutes after adding hops, add Golden Light liquid malt extract (tip - soak can in hot water 10 minutes before adding to wort)
11. 15 minutes after adding liquid malt extract, add Galaxy hops
12. 15 minute after adding Galaxy hops, submerge brewpot in a bath of ice water and cool wort to 75F.
13. While wort is cooling, rehydrate the yeast by adding sanitized yeast pkg to boiled and cooled water.  Cover and let sit for 15 minutes - gently stir.
14. Pour out the sanitizer in fermenter (save for bottling day)
15. Transfer wort to sanitized fermenter
1. straining through a sanitized strainer to strain out hops
2. strain back into cooking pot (wipe out inside with sanitized rag first)
3. strain a third time into fermenting bucket
4. Add water to equal 5 gallons while straining back and forth
16. Take Original Gravity reading (ours was 1.060)
17. Pitch the yeast (add it to the wort)
18. Cover fermenter with a sanitized lid and plug with sanitized airlock (with sanitizer in it) 
19. Allow beer to sit and ferment in 65-70 area away from light for 2 weeks

Dry Hop:

• Add 1 oz. of galaxy hops in a cheese cloth bag 5 days before bottling

Enjoy :)

Our Tasting Notes:
  * strong fruity smell
  * dry finish (slightly hoppy)
  * good carbonation
  * very balanced - not a strong hoppiness, not overly sweet
  * fruity