OPA: Organic Pale Ale

I've been brewing for about 7 years, and over the past 4 or 5 have transferred about 95% of my brewing to using organic grains, extract and when possible hops. At this point, with the exception of wheat malt extract, my grain bills (and extract usage) are all organic. There are several reasons why I started brewing organically, one reason being inspired by the book Fermenting Revolution. I believe in local/organic agriculture, and feel that it connects me in a way to the origins of localized brewing. I wrote a post a couple years ago, my organic manifesto in a way, that gives more reasons for my organic brewing, you can check it out here if interested.
The transition hasn't really been that difficult or in many ways that much more expensive. Between my local Northern Brewer and occasional big orders from Seven Bridges in California, I am able to find a wide variety of grains. For extract brewers, you are limited to just light pale extract malt. This is one of the reasons I got into partial mashing, it allowed me to use a wider variety (and larger quantities of specialty malt) to brew with.
The one portion of my brewing that is more difficult to brew organically is when using a variety of hops. There are a number of varieties available at Seven Bridges, but often times they aren't always the kinds of hops I'm looking for and are considered good substitutes for more commonly used hops. Last fall however, I was able to buy a pound of organic Cascade hops from a local hop farm called Hippity Hops Farms. I am down to my last 4 ounces and decided to use them in a nice pale ale for the fall.
I went with a fairly basic recipe:
3.5 lbs 2-Row
.75 lbs munich
.75 lbs crystal 40
* mash @ 152 for 1 hour
4 lbs DME
1.5 oz whole leaf cascade @ 60
.5 oz whole leaf cascade @ 15
1 oz whole leaf cascade @ 3
Wyeast 1056 American Ale

My basement is a little on the warm side right now and even using some cooling methods, the OPA is fermenting on the high end, 72 degrees, so I'm a bit worried about some adverse effects.

More to come, I need to post some stuff on a couple upcoming beers and some I've brewed but have yet to write about.
Salud!
Bearded Brewer