Friday, May 18, 2007

Fenway Golden Ale

Fenway Golden Ale
After some success with the first 2 batches, our third will be a lighter summer style ale.









6.6 LbsMuntons Light Ale LME
10 ozHoney
16 oz2 Row American grain malt
3/4 ozFuggles Hops
2Kent Golding Plug Hops
1White Labs East Coast Ale Yeast
1/4 cupDried Orange peel
6 galBottled Spring water
1 1/4 cupCorn Sugar for priming


Add 2 gallons of cold water to the brew pot bring to 160F. Add grain to muslin bag. Steep grain at 160F for 20 min. Add liquid malt extract, honey, Fuggles hops; boil for 60 minutes. Add orange peel continue to boil for 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Cool wort to 80-90F. Add 4 gallons of water to the primary fermenter then cooled wort. Pitch yeast. Ferment 4 days in primary fermenter, rack to carboy. Tie Kent Golding plug hops in muslin bag, add to carboy. Ferment until finished gravity has been reached. Boil 1 1/4 priming sugar in 1 qt water cool to 75F. Bottle. This is a two stage brew.


Our original gravity was 1.039. ABV estimate 3.7% - 4.3%

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