AG#16 - Once Were Warriors (NPA)

[WishboneBrewery]

Pale and Hoppy could be an NPA (New-Zealand Pale Ale)... and a nice NZ film reference for the name
After tasting my other recent Nelson Sauvin hopped beer I see there is a good rounded mouth filling full hoppiness to the hops so I'm more than doubling the amount that I put in my last brew and going for a 80c steep for the lates.

Next weekend I may do a mad mix of Nelson+Cascade+Centennial with an almost identical grain bill.

Once Were Warriors

Fermentables:
Golden Promise 2240g - 86%
Wheat Malt 260g - 10%
Crystal Malt 100g - 4%

Hops:
Pacific Gem @ 60 mins - 8g (FWH)
Nelson Sauvin @ 15 mins - 26g
Nelson Sauvin @ 0 mins - 26g (Going to let it cool a bit then do a 20 minute steep)
*maybe Dry hop, but probably not, will see...*

Final Volume: 12 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.049
Final Gravity: 1.012
Alcohol Content: 4.8% ABV
Total Liquor: 18.8 Litres
Mash Liquor: 6.5 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 51 EBU
Colour: 15 EBC

Maybe a bit of Burtonisation to the liquor, if I can be arsed, if not just a good helping of Gypsum to the Mash & Boil

The Pics...
The grain bill, Golden Promise pale malt, Standard Crystal malt, Wheat malt, 10g of Gypsum 5g of Epsom salt added to my liquor:

Doughing in:

Aiming for 67c so not far off:

pH looks spot on:

Nelson Sauvin and Pacific Gem hops weighed out with half a Protafloc tab crushed to the right, if this was a full 23L brew it would have taken a full packet of hops but as I am just doing a 12L I managed to just have enough Nelsons in a part bag from the other week :

End of 90 minute Mash:

Sparge water running into Tun for first batch:

Collected wort 1022/24 ish @ 55.5c and 17.5 litres collected in boiler makes for up-to 82% Mash efficiency:

Just coming to the boil:

Nottingham yeast to rehydrate:

Big ugly cold break!!:

Hit the OG right on the nail:

Aeration:


Did a 20 min steep @ 80c for those last hops, lovely clear wort running off the boiler which tasted pretty good though not as bitter as hoped.
Pitched rehydrated Notts yeast at about 23c, I'll expect activity before long

[Kristoff]

That looks a tasty recipe, good film too, if I remember - quite sad

[WishboneBrewery]

yeah, quite a hard hitting film. I have a big tattoo on my thigh that was done by the same Maori guy that did the tattoo artwork for that film

[WishboneBrewery]

all done, mash stuck a little but other than that it went pretty lazily!!

[WishboneBrewery]

This one is pretty much done fermenting, yesterdays hydro said 1012... the bitterness has come through more now too, I bet this is going to be a 'Drink young' for full effect.

[bosium]

Good brew!

What flavour does Golden Promise lend to beer?

[critch]

sounds good! i do a few nz hopped beers,a nelson sauvin and rewaka one comercially and a pacific gem and rewaka for my own supping too. only trouble is i cant get enough rewaka to do em all year round! just used the last of my rewaka to do a massively hopped 5.5 beauty

[WishboneBrewery]

Bosium:
Golden Promise malt is just a little lighter in colour to Maris Otter... Its just pale malt with its Famous use in Timothy Taylors Landlord.

Critch:
Sounds tasty, what flavours do you get with the Rewaka?

[WishboneBrewery]

Bottled this yesterday, tasted much more bitter, should be good to drink in about 2 weeks if the last Nelson Sauvin is anything to go by

[pantsmachine]

Nicely done, i hope the finished product goes down well in the New Year.

Oh aye, if you fancy a swap for my newly named Hop Bomb Double IPA I will be more than happy?