An evoking American Pale Ale with attitude, but still easy to drink.
Northern Brewer Extract kit. Typically German Perle is normally 7 - 9% AA, but the kit shipped with a 4.5% AA. Adding 0.5 oz of (US) Perle @ 7.7? to compensate. Target fermentation is 68F /- 1F This is meant to be a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone. From the website: ALCOHOL CONTENT 5.6% by volume BEGINNING GRAVITY 13.1° plato (1.053) ENDING GRAVITY 2.8° plato (1.011) BITTERNESS UNITS 38 YEAST Ale yeast BITTERING HOPS Magnum, Perle FINISHING HOPS Cascade MALTS Two-row Pale, Caramel
American Pale Ale. Name derived because it is to be brewed on Labor Day weekend.