Santiago Pale Ale

3/5/14
          My local Home brew store was approched by a Patagonia Malting Co to carry there 2row malts.  They gave him 100lbs of 2row to give out free to some local homebrewers to brew with.  The stipulation is that you brew a beer that highlights the 2row malt and bring a couple of bottles to the store owner and Patagonia Malting could try.  If they both like the beer then they might make kits using the beers that you designed.  My LHBS owner also said it might become a nation kit.

          I didn't have very much time to come up with a recipe, but I did know the direction I wanted to go.  I wanted to design a simple beer that is also drinkable.  I went with a Pale ale and added 1lb of C-20 and used Cascade Hops.  I also wanted to use a dry yeast for its ease of use as well.

OG 1.05
IBU 44
srm 5.4
FG 1.01
ABV 5%

mash at 154 for 60 min
yeast: magro jack

Patagonia 2-Row      9lb
Patagonia C-20         1lb

1oz   Centennial        60min
1oz   Cascade           15min
1oz   Cascade           Flameout
1oz   Cascade           Dry Hop

I enjoy a nice and dry Pale Ale,  I'm not a Fan of Pales that have a lot of sweetness.  Firestone Walker Pale 31 come to mind as my favorite Pale ale.

The Brew day went good with no major hickups.
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3/12/14
Well, looks like I didn't pay attention to the due date.  My local home brew store owner called me and said that the beer is due today.   I had to tell him that is is still in primary.  Now that I think about it he didn't give us very much time to brew the beer, only 20 days.  It can be done but only if you keg and force carb, If you bottle you need to do another 2 weeks.  Oh well I guess I messed up.  I'll told him i will bring him in a growler when its done.

The beer has beer one on the slowest fermenting beer I've  made.  I used a dry yeast call Mangrove Jack and it has been at 66F and has never got to a vigorous fermentation.  8 days later it still has a 4 inch krausen.

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4/11/14  the beer came out OK.  It has a earthy flavor that I'm not sure is from the malt or the yeast.  The bittering and aroma are just right for a APA,  its an easy beer to drink.  I don't think that I will use the magro dry yeast again.  It was designed to be a simple beer to make and I think that it has done that.