A lovely, malty, red ale. This was a very easy drinking beer and made a good introduction to the world of “good beer” for my uninitiated friends. This beer also placed 3rd in the A & P show newcomer beer category 🙂
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.052 SG
Original Gravity: 1.056 SG
Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
ABV: 6.1Â %
IBU: 33Â IBU
Colour: 28Â EBC
BU:GU Ratio: 0.61
Mash water: 18L
Sparge water: 14L
Grain (total: 5.55kg):
German Pilsner Malt 5.1 kg (92%)
Crystal Malt 300g (5%)
Chocolate Malt 150g (3%)
Hops:
21g Nelson Sauvin 11.8% (33Â IBU) @ 60min
The hops variety doesn’t matter too much as all the aroma will boil away. Go with what you have handy.
Mash at 67°C for 60 mins
Ferment at 19°C with SafAle US-05 or Mangrove Jack’s M44 (US West Coast) Use Marshall Schott’s Ale schedule on your upgraded STC-1000, or give it a week or so.
I based this recipe on the one from Jamil Zainasheff’s excellent book Brewing Classic Styles.
Hi,
Sorry for the newbie questions but I’m new to brew with grains and I was wondering what is the quantity of Nelson Sauvin hop? And, when you say “Nelson Sauvin 33 IBU @ 60min”, does it mean after 60 minutes of boiling?
I can’t wait to brew this one with my new Grainfather! 😉
Thanks,
Marc
Sorry Marc- have been flat out and have been neglecting my blog a bit!
33IBU @ 60 Min means that the hops should be in the boil with 60 mins to go (i.e. for the whole boil). Hops added at 5 min means with five min to go, or alternatively you could say that it sits in the boil for 5 mins. The quantity will vary with the % Alpha Acid. If you use software to formulate your recipes you can easily work out the quantity by using the %AA, the time of the boil and just fiddle with the quantity until you get 30-35IBUs
I used 22g of 11.2% Nelson Sauvin. Don’t stress too much about the variety as the aroma will all boil off anyway. Just go with whatever you have lying around to get 30-35IBUs
Thank you for the answer, it will help. I do not use software, not yet, and I do not know what the IBU but I’ll googling. I have a lot to learn and, as with anything, it will be easier with more experience. For now, I will use 22g of Nelson Sauvin because I already bought.
Thank you again and do not worry for the delay to reply, I was just eager to try your recipe!
😉
Good luck with your brew. Let me know how it turns out!
Hi Karl,
Love your site.
I have my Grainfather arriving tomorrow and I think I’ll give this recipe a try for the first batch 🙂
Thanks Peter. Good luck with your Grainfather – they’re great machines and I enjoy using mine immensely!
Just wondering what I could use instead of the Nelson hops, cannot get hold of them in Australia at the minute. :). What would you suggest that would get a close result?
Thanks again
Pete
It’s a tricky one. Nelson Sauvin haps are pretty unique. For this particular beer they don’t matter too much as they’re only used for bittering. I’m sure I only used Nelson Sauvin because I had an open bag and needed to use it.
I would use your standard favourite bittering hop (mine is Pacific Jade) in place of the Nelson Sauvin. Or any other hop you have lying around that will do bittering duty 🙂