I started with some Munton's hopped light liquid malt extract, added some DME extra light, a little corn sugar, and the the Columbus and Citra hops. I'm hoping the one hour boil will bring out all the bitterness of the hops, and the liquid hopped extract will only add to it. I am boiling this batch in the new brewpot that Kat got for me. I plan to add another ounce of hops in a couple days to the secondary fermenter for some additional finishing. This time, I am going to employ some sort of hop bag so I don't have so much hanging around in the secondary. Since my beloved was kind enough to buy me this new pot, I may dub this beer "New Steel Pale Ale". So far, it's been boiling for about thirty minutes. To get a fairly precise measurement of how much cold water to leave in the fermenter, I decided to fill the entire carboy with water and pour from there into the brewpot. I had forgotten the amount of other ingredients would take up space as well, so I will have to top off...something I don't usually like to do. I'm going to continue a rolling boil for another thirty minutes, then sparge it into my carboy, topping off with cold tap water if necessary. After the last batch, when I was at "My Old Kentucky Homebrew" shop, I picked up a couple stick-on thermometers for my carboys. This will let me know more accurately when the wort has cooled enough to pitch my yeast. As last time, I am again using the Safale yeast. It fermented fairly quickly and vigorously.
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