(Notso) Wicked Summer Brew (Partial Mash) 5 gallon

(Notso) Wicked Summer Brew
(Partial Mash) 5 gallon

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This Homebrew Recipe was added by Doob on May 30, 1997 at 21:37:53:
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Brewing Method: Partial Mash
Yeast: Yeastlab AO2 American ale
Yeast Starter: 1pint (5tbsp dme and 16oz. water)
Batch Size: 5 gallon
Original Gravity: 1.040
Final Gravity: 1.004
Alcohol Content: ? %
Total Grains: 1lb 2-row pale malt
Color:
Extract Efficiency: %
Hop IBU's:
Boiling Time: 50 minutes
Primary Fermentation: 7 days
Secondary Fermentation: 16 days (down to 1bubble every 3 minutes)
Additional Fermentation:

Grain Bill:

3.3lb muntons light lme
1.5lb extra light dme
1.0lb crushed 2-row pale malt

Hop Bill:

1 oz. Cascade (alpha 4.1) 50 min.
.5 oz. Northern brewer (alpha 8.8) Dry hopped in the secondary

Mash Schedule:

Mash pale malt in 1 gal water 155 degrees for 30 minutes in a grain bag. Remove bag and bring water to a boil. Remove from heat. Add malt extracts and 3.5-4.0 gal. water. boil 35 minutes. Add Cascade and irish moss. Boil 15 minutes. Cool wort and add enough water to bring to 5.5 gal. Pitch yeast. Primary 7-8 days at 68-70 degrees.

Zest 1 lemon and squeeze juice. Add to 1cup water and boil for 3-5 min. Cool and add to secondary along with .5 oz. Northern Brewer hops. Ferment at 68-70 until airlock bubbles once every 3 minutes. If using pellets, gently swirl carboy every other day to allow hops to settle. Bottle with 3/4 cup corn sugar or 1 1/4 cup light dme.

Brewers Notes:

Secondary fermentation was much longer than anticipated. If you don't have a zesting tool, you can finely chop lemon peel instead.
You could hop it up a bit more if needed. I did not want to overpower the lemon so the hops are light. This is a good summertime lawnmowing beer that is sure to please homebrewer and Megaswiller alike.