Recipe - Summer Ale, a variant

I love the summer ale base recipe: 4 pounds maris otter, 4 pounds pale 2 row, 1 pound crystal, 1/2 pound wheat, 1 pound cane sugar...and then experiment.

I always make it as an american style ale...american hops, SafAle S-05.

Between the cane sugar and the S-05, it's always crisp and dry.  A favorite at the lake.

Here's this variant:
5 gallons

Mash @ 154F overnight mash

• 4.0 # pale 2 row
• 4.0 # maris otter
• 2.0 # 20L crystal
• 1.0 # carapils
• 0.5 # wheat 

Boil

• 1 oz citra, first wort
• 1 # cane sugar 60 minutes
• 1 oz citra, 15 minutes
• 2 T black pepper, 5 minutes

Cool and pitch 1 sachet hydrated SafAle S-05.

That easy.  First taste (during bottling) is great.