I should have called this brew Hops Stew!!! 1.75kg of fresh hops in this brew – pure hop madness! I had to work hard just shove all those hops into the kettle, stuffing them down into the thick hops/wort porridge either side of the imerssion cooler coils. No bag this time, there is no way I could have fitted them in if I used a bag in the kettle due to the constriction of the wort chiller. Instead I sanitised the bag in starsan and used it to line the fermenter when I dumped in the hoppy wort, then pulled out the bag to remove the hops material. Of course there was a serious amount of the precious hoppy wort soaked into the large volume of hops cones so I had to get a bit unorthodox and get my hands (washed in starsan) involved to squeeze out the wort which I added back into the fermenter.
I was a little concerned at the lenght of time my rehydrated yeast was sitting for before pitching (it had started to expand), so in addition to the rehydrated yeast I sprinked some more dry yeast on the wort as a fermentation insurance policy.
I racked it to secondary carboy after 5 days because I needed my main 30L fermenter for the Marchfest brew up, gravity was already down to 1.012.
Style Information
Name:
American Pale Ale
Recipe Type:
All Grain
Category:
Harvest Ale (Hoppiness Maximus)
Grains & Extracts
| Maris Otter Malt |
5.5 kg |
|
| Crystal, Bairds Pale |
0.2 kg |
|
| Carafa II malt |
0.05 kg |
|
Hops
| Fresh Hops Variety 1 |
0.024 kg |
12% |
0.288 |
60 |
actual: 120g wet hops (5x factor to get dry equiv weight) |
| Fresh Hops Variety 2 |
0.05 kg |
7% |
0.35 |
20 |
actual: 250g wet hops |
| Fresh Hops Variety 3 |
0.034 kg |
11% |
0.374 |
10 |
actual: 170g wet hops |
| Fresh Hops Variety 2 |
0.05 kg |
7% |
0.35 |
10 |
actual: 250g wet hops |
| Fresh Hops Variety 3 |
0.05 kg |
11% |
0.55 |
0 |
actual: 250g wet hops |
| Fresh Hops Variety 2 |
0.14 kg |
7% |
0.98 |
0 |
actual: 700g wet hops |
Yeasts
| US-05 |
20g |
rehydreated 10g and sprinkled 10g dry |
Mash Steps
| Saccharification Rest |
Infusion |
60 |
68 C |
Boil
Amount:
30 L
Water Description:
Nelson City Water Supply
Time:
60 minutes
Target Batch Size:
23 liters
Profile
Estimated OG:
1.051
Estimated FG:
1.013
Estimated ABV:
5.00%
Actual OG:
1.056
Actual FG:
1.012
Actual ABV:
5.77%
Tasting notes
11/4/2014: Just one week after bottling and this one is amazing. Powerful hops aromas and the taste is well balanced with not too much bitterness and great hops flavours. Might just be my best one yet. Hope it holds up well to time in the bottle.
