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PDF version #91:  Taiga Dog AK Mild (AK Mild)

• A mild session beer. Named for our dog Nika who enjoyed bounding through the boreal forest on hikes and logging trips. She would have been sixteen yesterday.

Chris Swingley 
29-Sep-2012

Recipe (for 5 gallons final volume)

5	pounds	(77%)	Crisp Maris Otter Pale Malt
1	ounces	(1%)	Chocolate Malt
7	ounces	(7%)	Rye meal (see notes below)
1	pound		Cane Sugar
1	ounce		U.S. Fuggles whole hops, 5.0% AA (90 minutes)

• White Labs WLP007 Dry English Ale Yeast, pitched at 66°F
• Starter: 1 quart starter (vial -> 1 quarts), occasionally stirred, cooled, decanted, warmed
• Aeration: Drill aerator for two minutes after pitching

Water

• Fairbanks city water
• 30 quarts  water treated with:
• •  1 Campden tablet. Removes chlorine ion and chloramine, reduces oxidation
• 8 quarts mash water treated with:
• • 2 ml 88% Lactic Acid.
  • 1 tablespoon 5.2 pH Stabilizer.

Mash

• Rye meal: Mixed with 1/4 pound 2-row, 1 1/2 quarts 160°F water, held at 148°F for 15 minutes. Heated to boiling, allowed to simmer for 30 minutes, added to main mash water in mashing step 2.

• 8 quarts water @ 160°F, grist ratio of 1.5 quarts:pound @ 151°F (Held 120 minutes), 146 F at the end of the mash

Sparge

• 22 quarts water @ 175°F, drain

Boil

• Boiled 7 gallons for 90 minutes to yield 5.5 gallons wort

Fermentation

• Primary: bucket, 7 days, 66°F
• Secondary: keg, 7 days, 66°F

Packaging

• Kegged at 8 psi, 50°F (1.8 volumes CO₂)
• Conditioned for 4 weeks
• Ready to drink on 27-Oct-2012

Properties

Starting Gravity: 1.040	Final Gravity: 1.009
Original Extract: 10.0°plato	Apparent Extract: 2.31°plato
	Real Extract: 3.75°plato
Alcohol: 4.0% by volume	(3.2% by weight)
Apparent Attenuation: 76.9%	Mash Efficiency: 77%
Bitterness: 19 IBU	Color: 6 SRM
BU:SG: 0.47	BV: 1.04