Almost Pear Alt

Well, Mr. Louella mentioned the slim pickings under recipes so I decided to post the all-grain recipe I almost used as my first round pear beer in the upcoming competition..

Grain Bill:

6.39 lbs German Pilsner Malt

2.73 lbs Munich

.64 lb Wheat

.31 lb Caramunich 60L

.31 lb Carapils

.29 lb Carafa Special 2 

(10.67 lb total)

1 oz Styrian Goldings pellets, 5.3%aa 60 min

.5 oz Hallertau pellets, 3% aa 30 min

.5 oz Hallertau pellets, 3% aa 10 min

Irish moss 10 min

90 min boil

Target mash temp 152f

Mash time 60 min

Boil time 90 min

Target OG 1.046

I lightly hopped this one in case I wanted to add pear to it.  It was a great tasting beer regadless of the lack of hops.