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  4 days before Make Yeast Starter: American Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1272) [Starter 500 ml]
  1 day before Boil 2.00 gal water, cool overnight.
  Date: ________ Sanitize primary fermentor, airlock, wine thief, hydrometer jar, mix-stir aerator, and stoppers. Clean boil ketlle, mash tun, tubing, paddle, hydrometer, thermometer, pyrex cup.
    Take extract out of refrigerator. Add Irish moss to 0.25 cup cold water in pyrex cup.
    Transfer 2.00 gal water to primary fermentor.
    Prepare 2.41 gal strike water. Temp:______ F
    Prepare Ingredients for Mash
Amount Item Type
3.00 lb Rye Malt (4.7 SRM) Grain
2.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain
1.25 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain
0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain
0.50 lb Wheat Malt, Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain
  2 min Mash Ingredients
Step: Add 9.64 qt of water at 166.5 F
  60 min Hold mash at 153.0 F for 60 min. Preheat hot liquor tank. Temp:______ F
    Add first wort hops to boiler at start of sparge
Amount Item Type
1.50 oz Mt. Hood [4.90%] (60 min) First Wort Hop Hops
    Recirculate and sparge with 2.24 gal of 175.0 F water to achieve boil volume of 3.53 gal
Measure Gravity: ________ @ Temp:______ F
  Boil for 60 min Start to Boil
Amount Item Type
6.00 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract
1.50 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [17.80%] (60 min) Hops
1.00 tsp Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (60.0 min) Water Agent
  30 min into boil Add 1.00 oz Mt. Hood [4.90%] (Boil 30 min)
  30 min into boil Add 1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 30.0 min)
  60 min into boil Add 1.50 oz Mt. Hood [4.90%] (Boil 0 min)
    Cool wort to fermentation temperature with ice bath and funnel wort through screen to primary fermentor. Aerate wort with mix-stir.
    Measure Original Gravity: ________ @ Temp:______ F (Estimate: 1.074 SG)
    Add Ingredients to Fermentor
Amount Item Type
1 Pkgs American Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1272) [Starter 500 ml] Yeast-Ale
    Clean boil kettle, paddle, thermometer, wine thief, mix-stir aerator, hydrometer, mash tun, and tubing.
  7 days Ferment in primary for 7 days at 65.0 F
  Date: ________ Sanitize racking cane, tip, tubing, carboy cap, secondary fermentor, airlock, and stopper.
    Add Ingredients to Fermentor
Amount Item Type
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [15.00%] (10 days) Dry Hop Hops
    Transfer to secondary fermentor.
    Clean primary fermentor, racking cane, tip, tubing, and carboy cap.
  10 days Ferment in secondary for 10 days at 65.0 F
  Date: ________ Measure Final Gravity: ________ @ Temp:______ F (Estimate: 1.018 SG)
    Sanitize keg, racking cane, tip, tubing, crimper, and carboy cap.
    Transfer to keg, force carbonate at 40.0 F at a pressure of 12.2 PSI.
    Clean fermentor, racking cane, tip, tubing, crimper, and carboy cap.
  7 days Age for 7 days at 40.0 F
  Date: ________ Taste and enjoy!