Summit Brewing Company Summit Extra Pale Ale

(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.049 FG = 1.010 IBU = 49 SRM = 12 ABV = 5.2%

First brewed in 1984, this English-style pale ale is bronze in color with caramel, biscuity malts balanced by an earthy hop bite and juicy, citrus flavors. This remains a popular beer on tap in Minneapolis and beyond.

Step By Step

This is a single-infusion mash. Mix the crushed grain with 3.5 gallons (13.2 liters) of 170°F (77°C) water to stabilize at 152°F (67°C) for 60 minutes. Sparge slowly with 175°F (79°C) water. Collect approximately 6 gallons (23 liters) of wort runoff to boil for 60 minutes. Add hops and Irish moss at times indicated. Cool, aerate, and pitch yeast. Ferment at 68°F (20°C). After fermentation is complete, bottle or keg as usual.

Extract With Grains Option:

Substitute the 2-row pale malt in the all-grain recipe with 3.3 pounds (1.5 kilograms) Briess light liquid malt extract and 2.5 pounds (1.13 kilograms) light dried malt extract, and decrease both crystal malts by 2 ounces (57 grams). Steep the crushed grain in 5 gallons (19 liters) of water at 152°F (67°C) for 30 minutes. Remove grains from the wort and rinse with 1 quart (1 liter) of 175°F (79°C) water. Add malt extracts and bring to a boil. Follow the remaining portion of the all-grain recipe.

9.25 lb. (4.2 kg) 2-row pale malt 4 oz. (113 g) Weyermann Caramunich III malt (57 °L) 12 oz. (0.34 kg) crystal malt (90 °L) 7 AAU Horizon pellet hops (60 min.) (¾0.7 oz./20 g at 13% alpha acids) 2.4 AAU Fuggle pellet hops (30 min.) (0.5 oz./14 g at 4.75% alpha acids) 2.9 AAU Cascade pellet hops (30 min.) (0.5 oz./14 g at 5.75% alpha acids) 2.9 AAU Cascade pellet hops (0 min.) (0.5 oz./14 g at 5.75% alpha acids) ½ tsp. Irish moss (15 min.) White Labs WLP001 (California Ale) or Wyeast 1056 (American Ale) yeast ¾ cup (150 g) dextrose (if priming)

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Voyageur Press; Illustrated edition (May 8, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0760357862
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0760357866
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.9 x 9.95 inches