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The story of Midnight Special Pale Ale In 2004, the Midnight Homebrewers' League celebrated its 10th Anniversary. During the year, we thought of different ways we could mark the occasion. One of the ideas put forth was to approach our friend Gregg Norris at Clay Pipe Brewing Company in Westminster, about the possibility of brewing a special batch of beer for commercial sale. This commemorative beer would be based upon the winning recipe as judged by club members at a competition to be held during our 2004 Holiday Party. After a few meetings to iron out the details, the competition was on. To encourage participation among our members, we decided to focus the competition on the popular American Pale Ale category. However, Gregg Norris encouraged us to “stretch the limits” of that beer style by using non-standard ingredients such as honey. He knew that club members were fond of using honey to brew beers and meads, so he thought the competition should play to those strengths. About a dozen members, along with Norris and Clay Pipe’s brewer Rob Wantz, judged many excellent homebrew entries at our December party. The winning beer was brewed by club Secretary and one of its founding members, Steve Kranz. Steve used a traditional American Pale Ale recipe
as a base, and added three pounds of wildflower honey produced by
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