Steam Shovel Amber

Ingredients:

6.6 lb John Bull plain light LME
0.5 lb crystal malt, 44L
3.0 oz Northern Brewer Hops, 7.0 alpha - boiling
1.0 oz Cascade Hops - finishing
Wyeast 2112
0.75 cup corn sugar for priming

O.G.: 1.050

F.G.: 1.015

Procedure:

Steeped crystal malt in 1.0 qts. of 150F water for 0.5 hours. Sparged into 4 qts. boiled water and added LME. Returned to boiling and added 1 oz. of Northern Brewer. After 20 minutes, added 1.0 oz. Northern Brewer, and after 40 minutes, added final 1.0 oz. Added Cascade hops for final 2 minutes of boil. Mixed with 3.5 gallons of cold water in fermenter, cooled to 75F, and pitched yeast. Bottled in 1 week. Fermentation temperature varied from 78 to 64 F.