Apr 27 2019

Fresh Hops Ale

Name: American Pale Ale

Recipe Type: All Grain

Name	Amount	Notes
Pale Ale Malt	5.5 kg

Name	Amount	Alpha Acid %	AAU	Time
Cascade	0.135 kg	7.8%	1.053	10
Cascade	0.144 kg	7.8%	1.1232	1
Motueka	0.1 kg	7%	0.7	1

Name	Amount	Notes
Safale US-05

Name	Step Type	Step Time	Temperature
Saccharification Rest	Infusion	45	67.5 C

Amount: 26.25 liters

Water Description:

Time: 30 minutes

Target Batch Size: 25 liters

Estimated OG: 1.052

Estimated FG: 1.013

Estimated ABV: 5.11%

Actual OG: 1.062

Actual FG: 1.014

Actual ABV: 6.31%

Pretty good, but not as hoppy as expected given the amount of hops.

Steve { So following on from my previous post, mashed at 75 and sparged at 82 - still extracted tannins tho, its such a light hazy any... }
GunnerNic { Great stuff, just what I'm brewing although slightly different with centennial instead of Zythos, exactly the same mash temp but did do a quick sparge... }
Carl Christensen { I have been making toucan brews for a couple years now. Until now I have only done beers of the same family, example Pale Ale... }
Sebastian Delamothe { What happened in the end? Was the second batch tasty? Thanks for writing this up. }
andrew { is the water additions for all of nelson water? }
Aidan Curran { my gut feeling is that you get more out of the hops by letting them go 'free range' as opposed to constraining them in a... }