A Pale Ale (or maybe "Session IPA") with New Zealand hops, appropriate for the summer. The malt bill is based on that of one of my previous Pale Ale's, but the hop combo has some Nelson Sauvin and Rakau hops from NZ, along with some 'Murican Calypso hops.
The high alpha acid percentage of the hops is sufficient to entirely avoid and early-boil bittering addition. Even with 5min, 1min and flameout additions, Beersmith says I can get ~44 IBUs, for an IPA-like 1:1 ratio of malt to bitterness. So maybe this beer is more like a session IPA or the like.
BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Kiwi Konnection Pale Ale
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 6.88 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.88 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.25 gal
Bottling Volume: 4.85 gal
Estimated OG: 1.053 SG
Estimated Color: 6.2 SRM
Estimated IBU: 43.6 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 75.3 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
9 lbs (Half US 2-Row, half Maris Otter) Grain 1 81.8 %
10.0 oz Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 2 5.7 %
10.0 oz Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 3 5.7 %
8.0 oz White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 4 4.5 %
4.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 5 2.3 %
0.50 oz Calypso [15.40 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 6 5.4 IBUs
0.50 oz Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 7 4.2 IBUs
0.50 oz Rakau [10.80 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 8 3.8 IBUs
0.50 oz Calypso [15.40 %] - Boil 1.0 min Hop 9 1.2 IBUs
0.50 oz Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Boil 1.0 min Hop 10 0.9 IBUs
0.50 oz Rakau [10.80 %] - Boil 1.0 min Hop 11 0.8 IBUs
0.50 oz Calypso [15.40 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 30. Hop 12 10.5 IBUs
0.50 oz Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 30.Hop 13 9.3 IBUs
0.50 oz Rakau [10.80 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 30.0 Hop 14 7.4 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 15 -
0.50 oz Calypso [15.40 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 16 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Da Hop 17 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Rakau [10.80 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 18 0.0 IBUs
Mash Schedule: 154F, Batch Sparge, Mash Out, 6.8 gal
Total Grain Weight: 11 lbs
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash Step Add 17.75 qt of water at 165.8 F 154.0 F 60 min
Mash Step Add 8.80 qt of water at 201.1 F 168.0 F 10 min
Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (Drain mash tun , 2.56gal) of 168.0 F water
Notes:
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Treated mash water with Gypsum and CaCl, for 5.2 mash pH. No treatment of Boston area sparge water.
Starter made the previous week for a planned double brew day that never happened.
Brewed 7/1/15
Hit Mash temps, and Mash pH.
Gravity of pre-boil wort was a little too high - like 1.046. Only slightly off though.
Volume into kettle seemed about right.
Whirlpool details: At flameout, turn on recirculation pump but do not start cooling. Let stand 5 mins, then cool wort to 180F. Let stand 30 mins. Then cooled to ~100F before transferring into carboy and placing in cool basement to finish cooling.
Got ~ 5.4 gallon into fermenter after leaving behind some trub and hop gunk in the kettle.
Pitched decanted starter the next morning at 68F.
I started brewing after a day of work, turning on the burner at ~ 4:30 PM. Done with brew and cleaning by 9:30PM. Not bad.
7/2/15
Good krausen. 67F ambient air.
7/7/15
Krausen mostly down.
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