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Yay, brew day again... I'm attempting an APA for the second time, hopefully this one works out better than the last. recipe is sucked from my own thumb and is as follows...

"One Tun" APA

Pale Malt (low colour) 3 EBC 4000 grams
Munich Malt 20 EBC 400 grams

Centennial Whole 11.7 % 60 mins 10 grams
Centennial Whole 11.7 % 30 mins 20 grams
Centennial Whole 11.7 % 10 mins 15 grams
Centennial Whole 11.7 % 0 mins 30 grams

Final Volume: 22 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.045
Final Gravity: 1.010
Alcohol Content: 4.5% ABV
Total Liquor: 31.6 Litres
Mash Liquor: 11 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 39.5974263990705 EBU
Colour: 7 EBC

When its done it will be going in the keg with some extra hops again... My only hope is that it comes clear, my last attempt was a cloudy mess.

Sounds good "sucked from my own thumb" thats a phrase I've never heard before!

I like your recipe...I love the Centennial hops, the only thing that I would suggest is boost the munich to 500gm and add yourself a bit of low colour crystal. It will give you a bit more backbone to stand up to the centennial.

Cheers

Ah, cheers for the advice. It was brewed on sunday and is now bubbling away so the extras will be for next time. The hops smelt amazing when they went in. looking forward to it but am also expecting it to be less than perfect. The style is fairly new to me so will take some experimenting to get to something I'm really happy with. I'm just enjoying trying ingredients I've never used before. My next mission is to make an extremely strong beer, as strong as I can. Should be fun...