Zythos Session APA
My plan here was to brew an APA/IPA with a lower ABV (around 4%) but tasting like a full-bodied tasty pale ale. I found a recipe on Brewer’s Coop that looked in line with what I had in mind so I went with it for the malt bill and used 200g of Zythos American hops blend and picked Mangrove Jack’s M15 – Empire Ale yeast for it’s lower attenuation. Being a recipe for a lower ABV beer, the grain bill is on the small side but features more flavoursome malts – Maris Otter, German Vienna and Munich malts, light crystal. Also included is half a kilo of flaked oats to add body and texture. I mashed high to help keep the finishing gravity on the higher side and leave more body with less alcohol production.
3/4 of the hops went in after flame-out. Because I’m doing a pressure ferment in the Fermzilla, I decided not to do any dry hops addition, Instead I did a ‘cube addition’, So the post flame=out hops were divided into 3 addition – right after flame-out, whirlpool addition after 10 mins hops rest followed by another 10 mins hops rest and finally the ‘cube addition’.
Style Information
Name:
American IPA
Recipe Type:
All Grain
Grains & Extracts
Maris Otter Malt |
2.5 kg |
|
Vienna |
0.7 kg |
|
Gladfield Light Crystal |
0.5 kg |
|
Munich I |
0.5 kg |
|
Flaked Oats |
0.3 kg |
|
Hops
Zythos belnd |
16g |
9.8% |
156.8 |
30 |
|
Zythos belnd |
32g |
9.8% |
313.6 |
5 |
|
Zythos belnd |
56g |
9.8% |
548.8 |
0 |
Flame-out addition |
Zythos belnd |
47g |
9.8% |
460.6 |
0 |
Whirlpool addition |
Zythos belnd |
50g |
9.8% |
490 |
0 |
Cube addition |
Adjuncts
Calcium Chloride |
Water Agent |
Mash |
0.003 kg |
0 |
|
Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) |
Water Agent |
Mash |
0.013 kg |
0 |
|
Koppafloc |
Fining |
Boil |
0.25 tsp |
15 |
|
Yeasts
Mangrove Jacks Empire Ale M15 |
1 pkg |
Rehydrated |
Mash Steps
Saccharification Rest |
Infusion |
45 |
69 C |
Boil
Amount:
27.3 liters
Water Description:
Time:
30 minutes
Target Batch Size:
26 liters
Profile
Estimated OG:
1.041
Estimated FG:
1.010
Estimated ABV:
4.05%
Actual OG:
1.048
Actual FG:
1.020
Actual ABV:
3.67%
Tasting notes
Light but good. Tasted more like a 5%er than a sub 4% beer.