British Ale
                        James T Perkins
                         6  April 2001

This is a favorite fast ale.  I wanted to go for something a bit lighter
than my usual dark malt flair.  Something classic and English, along the
lines of a bitter or a mild pale ale.  This combination of speciality
grains will give a light, classic flavor (Crystal), a Biscuit aroma and
taste (English Special Roast), a drier crispiness (Extra Light extract),
with a rich woody and earthy aroma (Fuggles and Goldings, kept more
toward the end of brewing).  Thanks to Kevin Lopez at
http://www.mainbrew.com for this recipe!

Ingredients:
        10 oz. Crystal Malt 20L
        16 oz. English Special Roast (Biscuit)
        7 lb. extra light malt extract
        2 oz. Fuggles Hops
        2 oz. Yakima Goldings Hops
        Wyeast London Ale Liquid Yeast

Hopping schedule:
        1.5 oz Fuggles for      60 min.
        0.5 oz Goldings for     25 min.
        0.5 oz Fuggles for      15 min.
        1.0 oz Goldings for     10 min.
        0.5 oz Goldings for      2 min. (or dry-hopped)

O.G. 1.055   F.G. 1.0?? (1.020 on April 10) (1.015 on April 16)

And the winner is....

Yes, turned out great.  Medium body mouthfeel, good firm head. Nice
woody/earthy aroma.  A bit cloudy since I bottled out of the primary
fermenter.  I look forward to seeing how it matures over the next month.

A month later I wish I had made twice as much! Yum!

On a retry of this recipe, I did not leave the specialty grains as long
as I wanted, because I wasn't watching and they got too hot to steep.
My Starting Gravity was 1.048 (probably from the lack of steeping). My
finishing gravity after 10 days was 1.010.