Then to 149° to 154°F., mashed 10 to 15 min., and then raised to 158°F. 1.6 oz. The article Bostwick had published on Smithsonian.com earlier this week, “How the India Pale Ale Got Its Name”, is one of the worst I have ever read on the subject, crammed with at least 25 errors of fact and interpretation. You want the fruity ester compounds. Perhaps it was called steam beer because it acted like steam. How about Atomic Beer? California Common (5 gallons/19 L, extract with grains) Besides being low in alcohol they are low in flavor and aroma. If Wahl & Heinus’s recipe is too general, Horst Dornbusch provided some good ones in December 2004 Brew Your Own. The fire provided the insight as he watched it consume, produce, and regenerate simultaneously. Each time the recipe has been tweaked by one item to learn if the change was better or not. Wahl & Heinus reported pressure ranges from “40 to 70 pounds” per square inch “in each trade package.” Besides super- carbonating the cask, this method probably kept unwanted spoilers from ruining the beer. Well, apparently because the Smithsonian magazine, the official journal published by the Smithsonian Institution, is happy to print articles about the history of India Pale Ale without anybody doing any kind of fact-checking – and William Bostwick, beer critic for the Wall Street Journal, appears to be one of those writers who misinterpret, make stuff up and actively get their facts wrong. Which hop characteristic do you prefer in your beer? - I paid for the beer, man. Putin somebody give that man a beer. He also recommends using malt extract or wort for priming, in keeping with the German brewers who started the style. John’s response was automatic, he hit the kid. 1.3 lb. For more information see: “Five Tips for Session Beer Brewers” and “Session Beers: Techniques”. Est Final Gravity: 1.011 SG IBU = 35 0.75 lb  Victory Malt (25.0 SRM)    Grain        6 % And for the brewers, that was close enough. Talking shit and drinking beer doesn’t amount to a hill of beans. During the profound conversation of the night, his mind had drifted in and out; taking note of what provided interest and ignoring what did not. Brenda Mahler writes about life, sometimes fiction but mostly non-fiction. American Handy Book of Malting and Brewing, http://morebeer.com/brewingtechniques/library/styles/2_1style.html, http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/goldrush.html, http://byo.com/stories/beer-styles/article/indices/11-beer-styles/1442-steam-beer, http://gocalifornia.about.com/cs/sanfrancisco/l/bl_sf_temp.htm, http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter10-, http://byo.com/component/resource/article/1520, http://archive.org/details/americanhandybo00wahlgoog, http://www.readbookonline.net/read/38907/77201/, http://morebeer.com/category/hop-rhizomes.html, Brewing Classic Styles: 80 Winning Recipes Anyone Can Brew, Pictures from the 2014 Northern California Homebrewers Festival, Malt Konocti Mashers, aka Lake County Homebrewers, Lake County Homebrewers – Malt Konocti Mashers, Converting All Grain Recipes to Malt Extract by Brad Smith | BeerSmith.com, Introduction to All Grain Brewing | (PDF) MoreBeer.com, Introduction to Homebrewing | American Homebrewers Association (requires email address), Small Batch Brewing (PDF)| The Beverage People 2013 Spring Newsletter & Catalog, Understanding Specific Gravity and Extract | MoreBeer.com, What's wrong with my beer?