Recipe Type: Partial Mash
Yeast: Wyeast 3711
Batch Size (Gallons): 5
Original Gravity: 1.052
Final Gravity: 1.010
IBU: 28.6
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 7.5 SRM
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 3 weeks
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 1 week
Tasting Notes: American hops with a slight Belgian twist. Awesome!

This beer came about because of SWMBO. She loves Belgian-style beers, and recently tried Ommegang's BPA, which is a Belgian pale ale that is dry-hopped with cascades. As her birthday came closer, she requested that I try to brew something along the same lines.

What I ended up doing was take an APA recipe that enjoy, and adjusted the hops it fit the IBUs of a true Belgian pale ale. I've tried too many Belgian IPAs where the hops and yeast conflict with one another. I didn't want that happening here.

The resulting beer is a delicious and quaffable pale ale, with (in my opinion at least) a nice balance between the American hops and Belgian/French yeast profile. SWMBO loved it!!!

CTB "Le Chat Avec La Queue Tordue" Belgo-American Pale Ale
5 Gallons, Partial-Mash

Fermentables
4 lbs Pilsner Malt
1 lb Vienna Malt
.5 lb Crystal 60L
3.15 lbs Pilsen LME

Hops
.75 oz Perle (7.5% AAU) @ 60 min
.75 oz Cascade (6% AAU) @ 10 min
.75 oz Cascade (6% AAU) @ 5 min
.5 oz Cascade (6% AAU) @ flameout
1 oz Cascade Dry-hop

Yeast
Wyeast 3711 French Saison