I was aiming for 23L @1.048, but ended up just short with 22.5L, so quite happy with that, as I wasn't totally sure how much wort the hops would absorb.
I have used some low colour Maris Otter Malt for the first time, as I wanted to keep things as pale as possible. I have also used a fair percentage of Caramalt, because I have noticed that Brewdog do this with quite a lot of their hoppy pale ales, and I assume that it helps balance the hops without adding too much flavour and colour.
I missed my mash temp by 1C, so it started at 65C instead of 66C and the mash seemed to be draining really slowly when sparging, but this wasn't a bad thing as my mash efficiency was up to 82%, so all good.
I rehydrated 10g of Mangrove Jacks M44 West Coast yeast in 100ml of water @32C for 15mins and then brought it's temperature down gradually to 21C, by adding the contents of my trial jar back into the mix. This was then all pitched into the my FV which was also at 21C at 11pm tonight.
Fingers crossed that this will be bubbling away within 24 hours
Fool's Pale Ale
New Zealand Pale Ale
Brew Date - 01/04/18
Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 22.5
Total Grain (kg): 4.705
Total Hops (g): 152.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.048 (°P): 11.9
Final Gravity (FG): 1.012 (°P): 3.1
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.78 %
Colour (SRM): 4.5 (EBC): 8.9
Bitterness (IBU): 40.3 (Tinseth)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 73
Mash Efficiency (%): 82
Boil Time (Minutes): 60
Grain Bill
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4.000 kg Low Colour Maris Otter Malt (85%)
0.470 kg Caramalt (10%)
0.235 kg Dingemans Wheat Malt (5%)
Hop Bill
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12.0 g Magnum Leaf (13.2% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.5 g/L)
15.0 g NZ Cascade Leaf (9.4% Alpha) @ 20 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)
15.0 g NZ Wai-iti Leaf (4% Alpha) @ 20 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)
15.0 g NZ Cascade Leaf (9.4% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)
15.0 g NZ Wai-iti Leaf (4% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)
15.0 g NZ Cascade Leaf (9.4% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)
15.0 g NZ Wai-iti Leaf (4% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)
25.0 g NZ Cascade Leaf (9.4% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Aroma) (1.1 g/L)
25.0 g NZ Wai-iti Leaf (4% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Aroma) (1.1 g/L)
Misc Bill
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1.0 g Calcium Chloride @ 90 Minutes (Mash)
4.2 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) @ 90 Minutes (Mash)
4.2 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) @ 60 Minutes (Boil)
1/2 Protafloc Tablet @ 15 Minutes (Boil)
Single step Infusion at 65°C for 90 Minutes.
Fermented at 20°C with M44 - Mangrove Jacks US West Coast
Notes
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Starting Alkalinity - 136.5 CaCO3 ppm
AMS @0.6ml/L
Treated Alkalinity - 19.5 CaCO3 ppm
Water Profile - Graham Wheelers Bitter
Mash pH - 5.5
Total Liquor - 34.2L
Mash Liquor - 11.8L
Sparge Liquor - 22.4L
Recipe Generated with BrewMate
- Grain Shot
- Mash pH Sample, a bit high at 5.5
- Nice clear and pale run-off
- !.048 OG
- Plenty of spent hops!
- Rehydrated the yeast
Cheers
MB
) means mine will be 4.2 %. I mashed at 66c so can't complain.
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