Batch 310, yet another pale ale

 I'm continuing with the series of simple yet delicious pale ales. This one is very similar to the last few batches. I'm out of Cascade, so I used Citra in this one. Citra has a higher AA so I used a little less.

10 gallon batch

20 lb 2-row

1 lb wheat (now I'm out)

1/2 lb Crystal 60

No chocolate in this one just to change things up a little. Mashed with 8 gallons at 170F which put the mash at 158F, a little higher than I wanted. Adjusted pH to 5.3. Started recirculation at 45 minutes for 15 minutes, ran off 5 gallons to the boil kettle. Used 7 gallons for second batch, recirculated for 15 minutes, then to the boil kettle for a total of 12 gallons for the boil.

60 minute boil, all Citra hops, 12.6% AA.

1 oz Citra, FWH

2 oz Citra, 60 minutes

2 tsp Irish moss, 15 minutes

2 oz Citra, 5 minutes

I don't have a good chilling system yet, the lack of water and drainage means I can't really use my plate chiller. What I did was connect the plate chiller as usual for the wort to flow through, then immerses the chiller into a bucket of water and pumped the wort through and back into the boil kettle. This dropped the temp from boiling to about 170F fairly quickly, then I ran the wort into the fermenter inside the chest freezer. I let it sit overnight, then the temperature was down to 65F and I pitched all the yeast from the last batch.

OG: 1.052 actual