America Discovers Columbus

Category: Pale Ale Recipe Type: All Grain

 

Fermentables

11 lb Schreier 2-row pale malt

1 lb DWC Munich

0.6 lb DWC CaraVienne

0.5 lb DWC Biscuit

0.5 lb Gambrinus Honey Malt

0.25 lb DWC carapils

 
     

Hops

1.5 oz Columbus hop pellets (12.5% alpha, 60 minute boil)

.5 oz Columbus hops (15 minute boil)

.25 oz Cascade hops (4.1% alpha, 15 minute boil)

.5 oz Columbus (dry hop one week in primary)

 
 

Other

.5 oz Columbus (finish)

 

Yeast

ale yeast (Wyeast 1272 or 1056---see notes)

 

Procedure: 

Mashed at 157-155F for 65 min. Water - essentially deionized with = tsp gypsum

I split a 5 gallon batch into two glass fermenters. Wyeast 1272 was pitched into the first 2 gallons siphoned out of the kettle and Wyeast 1056 got the last 2.5 gallons with a little more trub. Both yeasts were pitched from 3 cup starters.