Opening Day, a national holiday at least in my household, is only three weeks away. After a long winter of staring out the window waiting for spring, baseball is almost back! Spring Training is already here, which means that it was time to brew up an Opening Day Ale. Last year I did an amber ale, which was pretty good, but also an extract beer. This year I decided to do a pale ale. Here's the details...
Recipe:
5.5 gallons
Grain:
10lb GW 2-Row
.8lb White Wheat
.8lb Crystal 40L
Hops:
.75oz Chinook 14.2% for 60m
.50oz Chinook 14.2% for 15m
.25oz Chinook 14.2% for 1m
2oz Cascade 6.0% for 1m
Dry Hops:
2oz Cascade 6.0 % for 7 days
.50oz Chinook 14.2% for 7 days
Yeast:
Wyeast 1056 Slurry
Notes:
Smooth brew day (brewed on 3/11/12). I forgot to take the Original Gravity though, so I'll just assume that I hit my target of 1.056. Fermentation is going well. I'll hopefully move this to secondary soon. I'll need to get a keg opened up by April 4th, so I can at least quick charge it in time for the game on the 5th. Go Cubs Go!
Update 3/20/12: Racked to secondary and added the dry hops. I put in 2oz of Cascade and .5oz of Chinook. I saw some Summit in my fridge I was tempted to throw in as well, but decided to save that for something else down the road. Can't wait for baseball to officially start again!
