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Here’s the recipe for the beer I whipped up for game night we had a couple months back. The leader of Kristin’s Wednesday night happy hour crew, Mary, is a big Bass Ale drinker. The recipe was pulled together from reading online recipes and substituting things with help from Derek at MyLHBS. What came of this recipe was a super drinkable English Pale Ale that only got better as it warmed up. I bottled about a case of this beer and put the rest into 3 liter bottles. Once the beer was carbonated, it flew off the shelf. Here we go:

English Pale Ale (Mary Quite Contrary Pale Ale)

Info:

• Type: Extract w/grain
• Size: 5 gallons

Ingredients:

• 6.6 lb. Light malt extract (Northwestern Gold Malt Extract)
• 1 lb. Munton’s Crushed Crystal
• 1.0 oz. Northern Brewer Hops
• 1.0 oz. Kent Goldings Hops
• 1 packet of 1098 British Ale Yeast
• Gypsum/Whirfloc Tablets

Description:

Steep grains at 160 for 30 minutes. Remove grains and bring water to boil, add Gypsum (water hardner) and add 1 oz. Northern Brewer hops. Start 60 minute clock. After boiling for 45 minutes, add 1 oz. Kent Golding hops, Whirfloc tablets (fining agent), and 6.6 lbs. of light malt extract. Boil for 15 minutes and then flame out. Cool quickly to 70 and add British Ale Yeast 1098. Primary fermentation for a week, then secondary for a week. Bottle and enjoy!
DT