Carp Ale
Category: Pale Ale Recipe Type: Extract

 

Fermentables

3 lbs Munton & Fison light DME

3 lbs M&F amber DME

1 lbs crystal malt

  
     

Hops

2.6 oz Fuggles hops (4.7% alpha= 12.22 AAU)

1 oz Kent Goldings hops (5.9% alpha = 5.9 AAU)

 
     

Other

1/4 tsp Irish moss

 
     
Yeast
1 pack Brewer's Choice #1098 (British ale yeast) 		 
     

Procedure: 
Break seal of yeast ahead of time and prepare a starter solution about 10 hours before brewing.

Bring 2 gallons water to boil with crushed crystal malt. Remove crystal when boil starts. Fill to 6 gallons and add DME. After boiling 10 minutes, add Fuggles. At 55 minutes, add a pinch of Irish moss. At 58 minutes, add Kent Goldings. Cool (I used an immersion chiller) to about 80 degrees. Pitch yeast and ferment for about a week. Rack to secondary for 5 days. Keg.