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Simonh82

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After spending my a few brews pursuing my plans for hoppy red ales which deliver great American hop flavours but then an interesting malty beer for when the hops fade, I'm now thinking I'll make a golden ale with lots of English hops next.

I'd be interested to hear what people think about the recipe below. I made a great golden ale with Brewer's Gold and First Gold last year so I'm hoping that I'm onto a winner again. I've added in some challenger, partly to use up a half packet and partly because, well, why not!

Brew Method: BIAB
Style Name: British Golden Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 30 liters (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 28 liters
Boil Gravity: 1.049
Efficiency: 80% (brew house)


STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.045
Final Gravity: 1.011
ABV (alternate): 4.58%
IBU (tinseth): 36.6
SRM (morey): 6.68

FERMENTABLES:
4.4 kg - United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale (81.5%)
1 kg - German - Munich Dark (18.5%)

HOPS:
23 g - Admiral, Type: Pellet, AA: 13.8, Use: Boil for 70 min, IBU: 28.06
20 g - Challenger, Type: Pellet, AA: 7, Use: Boil for 10 min, IBU: 4.34
30 g - Challenger, Type: Pellet, AA: 7, Use: Whirlpool for 20 min at 98 °C, IBU: 1.4
20 g - First Gold, Type: Pellet, AA: 9, Use: Whirlpool for 20 min at 98 °C, IBU: 1.2
30 g - Brewer's Gold, Type: Pellet, AA: 8, Use: Whirlpool for 20 min at 98 °C, IBU: 1.6
50 g - First Gold, Type: Pellet, AA: 9, Use: Dry Hop for 4 days
70 g - Brewer's Gold, Type: Pellet, AA: 8, Use: Dry Hop for 4 days

MASH GUIDELINES:
1) Infusion, Temp: 65 C, Time: 60 min, Amount: 23 L
2) Infusion, Temp: 75 C, Time: 10 min, Amount: 23 L, mash out
3) Sparge, Temp: 85 C, Time: 10 min, Amount: 12 L

YEAST:
White Labs - Essex Ale Yeast WLP022
Fermentation Temp: 19 C

TARGET WATER PROFILE:
Ca2: 150, Mg2: 15, Na: 24, Cl: 48, SO4: 220, HCO3: 0
 
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