What started out as what was going to be the RIPA meets MLPA turned into a clean out the hop freezer experiment.
This is for a 5.5 gallon batch with a TG of 1.049
5 lb CMC Pale Ale Malt
2 lb Briess 2 Row
1 lb Briess White Wheat
8 oz Briess Victory Malt
8 oz Muntons C60
8 oz Sugar
1 oz Mt Hood 5.7%AA FWH
1 oz Palisade 7.3%AA 60
1 oz Mt Hood 5.7%AA 15 min
.35 oz Columbus 15.8%AA 5 min
1 oz Palisade 7.3%AA 175dF Addition
.8 oz Mt Hood 5.7%AA 175dF Addition
1 oz Columbus Dry Hop
Mashed at 153.5, but by the end of the 60 min it was at 150 - winter is coming to Duluth fast this year. Only 15 degrees when I mashed in this morning and the tun was cold.
Ferment with Rehydrated S-05
This recipe has been a work in progress from the minute I went to mill the grain this morning and realized I only had 5# not 7# of Base Malt in the big sack - that caused the sugar and victory addition and the scaling down from my normal 6 gallon batch to 5.5 gallon. Then I started weighing out hops and I was short on the Columbus. But there was that 2 oz pack of Palisade that's been hiding out in the freezer for the last year. I figured I should use them up. Not the original plan but it smelled awefully nice boiling and I'm sure it'll be beer in the end.
I also know someone is going to say OMG that's a 55 IBU beer with a 1.049 OG but honestly it's been my experience that Palisade gives a very smooth bittering.
Looking at my upcoming work schedule this is going to be the last brew of the year so if nothing else I cleaned out a bunch of hops and the remainder of my base grain, so I can start the new year fresh. 
