Australasia Pale Ale

[Beer-lord]

Taking off next week and was hoping for fall-ish weather but that's not happening but besides the honey-do's I have, I plan on 2 brew days.
1st one is the Australasia Pale Ale (below-using some leftover malts) then I'm finally going to brew Steve's Bottoms Up Brown. Looking forward to them both.


BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Australasia Pale Ale
Brewer: Paul
Asst Brewer:
Style: American Amber Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 6.75 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.25 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 6.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.50 gal
Estimated OG: 1.055 SG
Estimated Color: 5.6 SRM
Estimated IBU: 71.1 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 76.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 76.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
8 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 70.8 %
2 lbs Swaen Malt (4.0 SRM) Grain 2 16.7 %
12.0 oz Aromatic Malt (Briess) (20.0 SRM) Grain 3 6.3 %
12.0 oz Wheat - Red Malt (Briess) (2.3 SRM) Grain 4 6.3 %
0.50 oz Amarillo [7.70 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 5 13.5 IBUs
1.00 oz Ella (aka Stella) [14.40 %] - Boil 15.0 Hop 6 22.8 IBUs
1.00 oz Nelson Sauvin [11.30 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 7 17.9 IBUs
1.00 oz Ella (aka Stella) [14.40 %] - Boil 5.0 m Hop 8 9.2 IBUs
1.00 oz Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 9 7.6 IBUs
1.0 pkg California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) [35. Yeast 10 -
2.00 oz Ella (aka Stella) [15.00 %] - Dry Hop 6. Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
2.00 oz Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Dry Hop 6.0 Da Hop 12 0.0 IBUs


Mash Schedule: BIAB, Medium Body
Total Grain Weight: 12 lbs
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Saccharification Add 30.52 qt of water at 160.4 F 151.0 F 65 min
Mash Out Heat to 168.0 F over 7 min 168.0 F 10 min

[Kealia]

Enjoy the week off, sir.

And of course, the obligatory "let us know how this turns out"

[BlackDuck]

A week off? I hope your dog pees in your wort!!!

Just kidding, I'm sure your week off will be relaxing. Even if it is filled with honey do's!!

[Beer-lord]

This is being brewed tomorrow and I didn't get much done today around the house. Tomorrow is brewing and Wednesday I have a funeral and want to brew again Friday so Thursday is the day to get everything done. Who calls that a vacation?
Finally it looks like Fall is coming Friday. 90 degrees on 10/17 is pretty much unreal even down here. My A/C is still running most of the time.
RE: the recipe, I cut the Aromatic down to 8 oz and increased the wheat to 1 lb. Hey, it's beer!

[Beer-lord]

Still boiling as I type this but I had a heck of a time hitting my ph numbers. The mash looked thick and I thought maybe I mis-measured my grain but so far, the numbers seem right. I added lots of salts and should have been at 5.41 and even adding 75ml of lactic acid only got me down to 5.5. My meter measured both RO and faucet water correctly and I always 'tune it up' before using it. 5.5 isn't the end of the world but I may not get the flavors I wanted. Or, it could be the best beer ever!!!!!! (then I woke up)

[BlackDuck]

75ml of lactic acid??? I hope that's a normal Paul style typo.

[Beer-lord]

Yep, forgot the dot! .75ml of course.

[Beer-lord]

I hit 1.054 but I was 1/2 gallon over. I was hoping it would not be so damn humid today but fall is coming for the next brewday on Friday.
4 1/2 of hops is all I brewed with but all were double digit alpha acid except the 60 minute addition. They add IBU's pretty fast.

[Inkleg]

Sounds like a nice vacation day.

[Dawg LB Steve]

Close enough on the OG and more beer!

[Beer-lord]

I don't recall having activity as long as this one. I pitched about 1pm and by 10 pm, it had already started showing activity. Here it is 5 days later and it's still very active. While it has slowed down, it's still going at about half the activity. With a good pitch, I usually get 3 days then, silence. This one must be hungry.
But it sure smells good!