Brew Day!

Brewer:	Steve Downey			–
Beer:	February Ale		Style:	American Amber Ale
Type:	All grain		Size:	5.5 gallons
Color:	13 HCU (~9 SRM)		Bitterness:	38 IBU
OG:	1.052		FG: (Est)	1.012
Alcohol:	5.2% v/v (4.1% w/w) (Estimated)
Grain:	2 lb. Weyermann Dark Wheat 10 lb. Weyermann Vienna 1 lb. Weyermann Cara Amber
Mash:	60% efficiency
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.044	6.5 gallons
Hops:	1 oz. Cascade (5.3% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Cascade (5.3% AA, 30 min.) 1 oz. Cascade (5.3% AA, 5 min.)

Recipe formatting and calculations by The Beer Recipator.

Mashed with a single decoction. Doughed in with three gallons of water to 135 degrees F. Let rest for 15 minutes, then pulled a third of the thick mash and boiled for 15 minutes. Added back, and added hot liquor to reach 158 degrees F, and let rest for about an hour (during a trip to Target with the kids…)

Sparged with another 4 gallons of liquor and collected 6.5 gallons of sweet wort. Estimated efficiency, 60%. Low. Should probably investigate.

Added the first hops in while collecting the runoff.

Boiled for 60 minutes, with two hop additions at 30 minutes and at 5. Also added 1 tsp of irish moss at 15 minutes.

Collected 5.5 gallons of 1.052 wort, and pitched 20 grams of Safeale 33 yeast.

Total time, around 6 1/2 hours. Although I still have some clean up.