Brewing Notes, Pale Ale (Sat 09dec2007)

Brewed up the pale ale yesterday. Everything went smoothly.

Changes of note:

1 - Used thermometer to steep grains from 150-170F

2 - Brought to boil on 8 heat, kept rolling boil at 7 heat (just right, higher than last time)

3 - bittering hops for 60 min, aroma for 4

4 - Used all spring water (no "purified drinking water" to ensure plenty of minerals)

5 - Used dry yeast. Note: takes a while to cool, had to dip the jar of 4oz. boiled water in ice bath where the wort was cooling to get it down to ~ 90F. Let the yeast sit for 15 minutes, stirred, then added a shot of wort twice to get it down to about the same temp.

6 - Attempted to strain the wort a little when pouring (still alot of small pieces of hot/cold break got through, but all the hops mess didn't)

As far as I know, everything went smoothly. Maybe it was the homebrew I was drinking while doing it :)