American Pale Ale
                       Malt Extract Recipe

                          James Perkins
                            5/20/2001

This recipe started with a business trip, in which I ended up sampling
five micro brews at the Buffalo Bill brewpub in Hayward, CA. Their Buffalo
Brew was quite hoppy, with a rich Cascade Hop aroma and -- this is what
hooked me -- a noticable, yet not overpowering, taste of banana and clove
from the yeast. Not as intense a banana/clove taste as a Bavarian Wheat
Ale, but... I just had to try to recreate it.  The selection of 60L malt
is to give it a clean taste, but with a medium body.  Again, my deepest
thanks to Kevin and Doug at Main Street Brewing, http://www.mainbrew.com,
for their encouragement and suggestions.

Note that this may be improved by using a more banana/clove-flavoring
yeast, and more cascade hops. After 3 months the initial flavors are not
detectable.

Ingredients:

    10# Light Malt Extract

    16 oz. Crystal Malt 60L

    2 oz. Columbus Hops
    2 oz. Cascade Hops

    3/4 cup corn sugar for bottling

    Enough water for 5 gal.

    Wyeast 3056 Bavarian Wheat Liquid Ale Yeast

Hopping Schedule:
    1.0 oz. Columbus for entire 60 min of boil
    1.0 oz. Cascade  for last   22 min
    0.5 oz. Columbus for last   15 min
    0.5 oz. Columbus for last   10 min
    0.5 oz. Cascade  for last    5 min
    0.5 oz. Columbus "dry" in sock when secondary fermentation begins

5/20/01 brewed. I tend to turn the heat down at 180°F and let it
        linger there 20 min. to make sure I get a good full
        extraction.

5/21/01 pitched yeast. O.G. 1.063

5/29/01 F.G. 1.012. Racked into 5 gal. glass carboy with dry hops.
	Strong banana-clove odor, nice hop bitterness with a
	Cascadi-ness, light crisp sweetness from the malt, great
	amber/gold color. Needs time for the flavors to balance and
	blend, but it's gonna be a good one! I anticipate bottling
	around 6/4 or 6/6. A possible name is emerging, could be Cascade
	Howler (hops & banana).

6/7/01 No change in specific gravity; bottled.