Partial Mash APA....

[oakerspocus]

It's been some time since I brewed an APA and since then my technique has grown into more substantial partial mashes rather than pure extract and steeping grains. So I thought I would revisit one of the first extract recipes i did and see if i can tell how much improvement if any the partial mash adds to the beer.

Fermentables
2kg Maris Otter malt
200g Caramel
200g torrified wheat
1.5kg light DME.

60 minutes 25g Galena
30 minutes 10g amarillo
30 minutes 10g cascade
15 minutes 10g amarillo
15 minutes 10g cascade
0 minutes 25g amarillo
0 minutes 25g cascade
Dry hop with cascade after 3 days...

Mash went well and am just waiting on the boil with 1kg of DME just gone in.


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[oakerspocus]

All done and 23 litres at 1050og. Pretty pleased with that

[Linus]

Nevermind doing a brew get them weeds cut and stick that birdbox outside

[oakerspocus]

Ha.....nope.

[oakerspocus]

Down to 1008 tonight so a little drier than usual but a load of hop aroma after the Dry hop of cascade and citra...

[oakerspocus]

First tasting after just a week in the bottle. It is still pretty young but it is clear that it has far more body than the pure extract version. It has really good hops on the nose and the bitterness is bang on. A much drier finish than the extract version too. This is lovely if I do say so myself... pleased. Will be even better after a few weeks on the cold. [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]

[oakerspocus]