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

Name Amount Notes
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

Name Amount Alpha Acid % AAU Time Notes
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

Name Type Use Amount Time Notes
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

Name Amount Notes
Mangrove Jacks Empire Ale M15 1 pkg Rehydrated

Mash Steps

Name Step Type Step Time Temperature
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.

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