Brewed at Marchfest 2017 Brew Zone.
Brewed this as a home brewing demo at Marchfest 2017 in Brew Zone. It deviated considerably from the plan but the resulting beer was a top notch pale ale that I was very happy with. First major deviation was I ended up with an extra kg of base malt! Next deviation was a probably a counterbalance to the previous one – my efficiency was way below expected – my mash temp ended up low (around 64 instead of planned 67) but I stuck to my schedule of a 45min mash. Another deviation was I forgot to bring my bittering hops (20g of Waimea) so I had to scavange some of my late addition and dry hops for a bittering addition. Never-the-less it turned out to be a quite hop-forward tasting brew with a mere 150g of hops. I used the American hops blends Zythos and Falconers Flight – hops character was excellent so I might just try those blends sometime again. And that wasn’t all as far as deviations from plan are conerned, I ended up with a different yeast than planned – US-05 instead of Nottingham, but you can’t go far wrong with US-05 when making an American Pale Ale so that was all good!
Style Information
Grains & Extracts
| Name | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Pale Ale Malt | 6 kg | |
| Rye Malt | 1.5 kg | |
| Wheat Malt | 0.5 kg | |
| Gladfield Pale Crystal | 0.4 kg |
Hops
| Name | Amount | Alpha Acid % | AAU | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falconers Flight | 0.015 kg | 11.3% | 0.1695 | 30 | |
| Zythos | 0.015 kg | 9.2% | 0.138 | 30 | |
| Zythos | 0.04 kg | 9.2% | 0.368 | 10 | |
| Zythos | 0.045 kg | 9.2% | 0.414 | 1 | |
| Falconers Flight | 0.035 kg | 11.3% | 0.3955 | 0 |
Yeasts
| Name | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Safale US-05 | 2 packs | pitched dry at 20C |
Mash Steps
| Name | Step Type | Step Time | Temperature |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saccharification Rest | Infusion | 45 | 64 C |