Brew Day - 08Nov06 - English IPA

[eskimobob]

Decided to brew yesterday as I had a friend visiting and he was interested in the brewing process. Put together a simple recipe using just pale malt but with plenty of aroma hops.

Not sure I can strictly call it an IPA as it is a bit pale even for that. It is also lightly hopped for a proper IPA and not as strong but I wanted more of a session beer since my Bumble Bee and Hobgoblin are a bit strong for general supping...

Anyway, here's the recipe (IPA or not):

Brew length 19 litre based on 85% efficiency
3300 gm Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM)
32 gm Progress [6.00%] (90 min) Hops 28.0 IBU
52 gm Progress [6.00%] (15 min) Hops 21.1 IBU
30 gm Progress [6.00%] (30 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep)
30 gm Styrian Goldings [5.00%] (30 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep)
1 tbt Whirl Floc (Boil 15.0 min)
SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04)

Mash 90 mins in 10 litres at 68C
Boil total 90 mins

Expected: OG = 1.044 FG = 1.012 SRM = 4.1 IBU = 49.1
Actual: OG = 1.045 Efficiency = 86.5%

I'll post a couple of pictures when I get a minute to download them from the camera...

[mysterio]

I'm having trouble understanding the hopping schedule. You're getting a big chunk of IBUs from the 15 minute hops and your aroma from a 30 minute boil??

[bitter_dave]

I tend to refer to them as golden ales since seeing the term once to describe that type of beer. I dont know if it is an officialy recognised term.

Golden ales are listed as a type of beer in my Camra good beer guide 2006, it mentions summer lightening and exmoor gold as examples, and says that tart citrus fruit and peppery hop flavours are a notable characterisitic. I guess bitter and twisted is another example

[eskimobob]

I'm having trouble understanding the hopping schedule. You're getting a big chunk of IBUs from the 15 minute hops and your aroma from a 30 minute boil??

Sorry, I'll try to make it clearer:
Bittering - 32 gm Progress [6.00%] (90 min) Hops 28.0 IBU
Bittering+ - 52 gm Progress [6.00%] (15 min) Hops 21.1 IBU
Aroma - 30 gm Progress [6.00%] (30 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep)
Aroma - 30 gm Styrian Goldings [5.00%] (30 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep)

The aroma hops only went in at the end of the boil so they had 30 minutes to steep before starting CFC. Hope this is clearer?

Here's a couple of pictures:

[mysterio]

Ahh I see, nice recipe

Your IPA looks closer to the session IPAs that you get like Greene King & Deuchers.

[eskimobob]

wow! thats pale

Yes, very pale. Here's a photo I have just taken while measuring the gravity. The gravity has now been stable at 1017 for the last two days but it is only now just dropping bright

Had to drink the trial jar of course Lots of hop aroma and a very nice taste - a bit of citrus flavour coming through. Looking forward to this one...