Today I brewed my new SMaSH recipe, Pale Ale #2, using 2-row from Valley Malt.  I used a total of 10 pounds of their malt, which arrived within days of being malted.  A few weeks ago, I took a half-pound and tried to make 60L Crystal.  So the resulting recipe is:

• 9.5 # 2-row
• .5# homemade Crystal 60L
• .5 oz Summit 60 mins
• .25 oz Summit 10 mins
• .25 oz Summit 5 mins
• 1 oz Summit 2 mins
• WLP001 California Ale Yeast

Mash at 152 for one hour.

The brew day went well.  I hit my mash numbers dead-on.  I had incredible cold break, so I left more in the kettle than I would have liked, but it’s going to be good.  And unlike the Altbier that is still cold-conditioning, I should be able to turn this one around pretty quickly.