Brewers & Brews from the 2005 Santa Cruz County Fair:

1. September 13, 2005 - Tuesday:
2. September 14, 2005 - Wednesday
3. September 15, 2005 - Thursday
4. September 16, 2005 - Friday - Mark & Jim
5. September 17, 2005 - Saturday - Larry and Steve
6. September 18, 2005 - Sunday
7. September 19, 2005 - Monday

Jim Stragalinos and Mark Crain brewed a Pale Ale on Friday, September 16, 2005

Straight Infusion mash at 154F for 90 minutes
Recipe for 10gal is:

Grain

• 18# Briess Pale Ale Malt
• 3# Bonlander Munich Malt
• 1/2# Caramel 120
• Calculated SRM is 9.1
• Calculated OG is 1.049

Hops

• 30g Chinook Full Wort boil (12 alpha originally but several years old)
• 30g Cascade 15min (5.50 alpha)
• 30g Cascade 3min (5.50 alpha)
• 30g Cascade dry hop on 10/6/05

Calculated IBU 28.7
Watsonville Fair water plus 2Tbs CaSO4
1tsp Irish Moss @ 15 minutes
Yeast WLP 001
OG was 1.050
 

Steve Rannals and Larry Lynch-Freshner brewed a Brown Ale on Saturday, September 17, 2005.

Single infusion mash @ 158 for 2 hours.
Recipe for 10 gal is:

Grain:

• 15# Pale Malt
• 2# Caramel 60
• 2# Munich
• 1# Wheat
• 8oz Chocolate malt

Hops:

• 1 oz Perle, 70min
• 1 oz Saaz, 5 min

The batch was split into 2 5 gal carboys, one used Seabright Brewery yeast, the other Lavin #56 dry yeast.