Over 2kg or wet hops, the entire harvest, ploughed into one batch of beer in hopes that it will be ‘hoppy’!
Brewing notes:
- Big mess-up! I forgot to install the bazooka screen in the kettle (for filtering the finished wort off the hops) before the mash. To recover from this situation I had to transfer the almost boiling wort into an empty fermentor, install the bazooka screen and transfer the wort back into the kettle and bring back up to the boil. It cost me an hour extra in the brewing process plus added risk of hot side aeration which I hope I mitigated by pouring as gently as I could.
- Batch sparging the grain was made a bit difficult by the size of the grain bill (almost 8.5kg). Definately the upper limit for the smaller pot that I use for batch sparging.
- Cooling went very slowly due to the volume of solid hops material in the kettle. I got it just below 30C and refrigerated overnight to get to pitching temp of 19C.
Style Information
Name:
American Pale Ale
Recipe Type:
All Grain
Grains & Extracts
| Name | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Pale Ale Malt | 3.2 kg | |
| Pilsner | 2.5 kg | |
| Rye Malt | 1.5 kg | |
| Gladfield Light Crystal | 0.6 kg | |
| Wheat Malt | 0.5 kg |
Hops
| Name | Amount | Alpha Acid % | AAU | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresh picked (wet) cascade | 300g | 7.8% | 2340 | 30 | |
| Fresh picked (wet) cascade | 300 | 7.8% | 2340 | 10 | |
| Fresh picked (wet) cascade | 300 | 7.8% | 2340 | 7 | |
| Fresh picked (wet) other | 300 | 11.5% | 3450 | 5 | |
| Fresh picked (wet) cascade | 1024 | 7.8% | 7987.2 | 2 | |
| Fresh picked (wet) other | 300 | 11.5% | 3450 | 0 | |
| 0% | 0 | minutes | |||
| 0% | 0 | minutes |
Yeasts
| Name | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| US-05 | 1 packet | rehydrated |
Mash Steps
| Name | Step Type | Step Time | Temperature |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saccharification Rest | Infusion | 60 | 67 C |
Boil
Amount:
31.5 liters
Water Description:
Time:
30 minutes
Target Batch Size:
30 liters
Profile
Estimated OG:
1.067
Estimated FG:
1.017
Estimated ABV:
6.58%
Actual OG:
1.070
Actual FG:
1.014
Actual ABV:
7.37%