Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: Nottingham
Yeast Starter: Slurry
Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter: No
Batch Size (Gallons): 5.25
Original Gravity: 1.070
Final Gravity: 1.012
IBU: 66.5
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 17 SRM
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 26 days
Additional Fermentation: No
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): No
Tasting Notes: Balanced malt and hops, deceptively strong while easy to drink

13 lbs Dingeman's Pale Malt
1 lbs Crystal 120

Columbus (14.4%) - 0.5 oz - 60 mins
Cascade (5.4%) - 1.5 oz - 60 mins
Cascade - 1 oz - 15 mins
Cascade - 1 oz - 10 mins
Cascade - 1 oz - 5 mins
Cascade - 1 oz - 1 mins
Columbus - 0.5 oz - Dry - 1 week
Cascade - 1 oz - Dry - 1 week

Nottingham yeast - harvested about 3/4 cups of thick slurry from previous batch

Mash 151 F
Ferment 65 F

I like the way the dark malt compliments the bitterness. It lends a nice body to the beer even with the low FG. This beer won 1st place at the Cuyahoga County Fair in Ohio last week. Here are some of the BJCP judges overall comments:

"I like this beer a lot - not overbearing, but balanced nicely. I could drink a lot of these."

"Nicely made beer. You've pushed your dark malts to the limit, but it's nice. If any more dark malt, it would be too roast-y (especially on the finish), but this works. Nice use of hops although I wouldn't object to a slight increase in aroma hops."