New Zealand Pale Ale

Another impromptu brew, the Mrs went out!

We are having a bit of a do in May and I'm worried we won't have enough beer, so am using a kit that's been lying around and doing a mini mash and boiling some hops to knock it into shape, hopefully.

Batch Size (L): 23.0
Original Gravity (OG): 1.042
Final Gravity (FG): 1.009
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.29 %
Bitterness (IBU): 32.6
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

1.500 kg Young's Harvest Pilsner Kit 1.5kg (43.14%)
1.135 kg Maris Otter Malt (32.64%)
0.300 kg Dextrose (8.63%)
0.300 kg Wheat Malt (8.63%)
0.142 kg Crystal 40 (4.08%)
0.100 kg Special-B (2.88%)

7.0 g Green Bullet Leaf (13% Alpha) @ 45 Minutes (Boil) (0.3 g/L)
8.0 g Nelson Sauvin Leaf (11.5% Alpha) @ 45 Minutes (Boil) (0.3 g/L)
7.0 g Green Bullet Leaf (13% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.3 g/L)
8.0 g Nelson Sauvin Leaf (11.5% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.3 g/L)
7.0 g Green Bullet Leaf (13% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (0.3 g/L)
14.0 g Motueka Leaf (6.6% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (0.6 g/L)
8.0 g Nelson Sauvin Leaf (11.5% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (0.3 g/L)

Mash at 69°C for 50 Minutes.
Ferment with Wyeast 1469 - West Yorkshire Ale

Sound good.
Let us know how it turns out.

Cheers. Will do. I've had to change the hop bill a bit cos I had less Nelson and Green Bullet than I thought. I've redistributed them a bit and added some Motueka at 5 mins, which I'm very happy about!

Not tried using Nelson yet and was put off after trying a pint of a single hopped ale at last years Reading Beer Festival that tasted like shower gel :-(.

Sounds tasty! I did try to find some Nelson Sauvin a few weeks ago, before quickly realising they were rocking horse poo.

Hops_and_Dreams said:

Sounds tasty! I did try to find some Nelson Sauvin a few weeks ago, before quickly realising they were rocking horse poo.

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Is that good or bad?

'as rare as rocking horse poo'

Not all Nelson Sauvin beers taste like shower gel! Try Thornbridge Kipling.

BeestonHop_John said:

'as rare as rocking horse poo'

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Ah. Bad then. Is that a northern saying?

Garethhuwwilliams said:

Ah. Bad then. Is that a northern saying?

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Don't think so? Thought it was a common saying?! And I'm about as northern as you are!

Hops_and_Dreams said:

Don't think so? Thought it was a common saying?! And I'm about as northern as you are!

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I've obviously led a sheltered life! I liked the sound of nelson hops, then was about to abandon the idea with your horse poo comment, now I'm just confused.

I liked the sound of them too, but my single hop pale ale idea hit a pretty significant stumbling block! And I'm sure they don't taste like rocking horse poo, even if they're just as rare.

And it could be a Norfolk saying. There's lots of odd sayings here, most of them make no sense at all.

clibit said:

Another impromptu brew, the Mrs went out!

We are having a bit of a do in May and I'm worried we won't have enough beer, so am using a kit that's been lying around and doing a mini mash and boiling some hops to knock it into shape, hopefully.

Batch Size (L): 23.0
Original Gravity (OG): 1.042
Final Gravity (FG): 1.009
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.29 %
Bitterness (IBU): 32.6
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

1.500 kg Liquid Malt Extract - Light (43.14%)
1.135 kg Maris Otter Malt (32.64%)
0.300 kg Dextrose (8.63%)
0.300 kg Wheat Malt (8.63%)
0.142 kg Crystal 40 (4.08%)
0.100 kg Special-B (2.88%)

7.0 g Green Bullet Leaf (13% Alpha) @ 45 Minutes (Boil) (0.3 g/L)
8.0 g Nelson Sauvin Leaf (11.5% Alpha) @ 45 Minutes (Boil) (0.3 g/L)
7.0 g Green Bullet Leaf (13% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.3 g/L)
8.0 g Nelson Sauvin Leaf (11.5% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.3 g/L)
7.0 g Green Bullet Leaf (13% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (0.3 g/L)
14.0 g Motueka Leaf (6.6% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (0.6 g/L)
8.0 g Nelson Sauvin Leaf (11.5% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (0.3 g/L)

Mash at 69°C for 50 Minutes.
Ferment with Wyeast 1469 - West Yorkshire Ale

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Apologies for using up so much space, here, but this is exactly the sort of thing I am aiming at right now.

I went pretty light on the hops cos I want an easily quaffable session beer with this one. Fingers crossed.

Dads_Ale said:

Not tried using Nelson yet and was put off after trying a pint of a single hopped ale at last years Reading Beer Festival that tasted like shower gel :-(.

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depends what type of shower gel it was? Some of them are *almost* good enough to eat.:mrgreen:

Kegged this today in my ancient Boots pressure barrel that some one gave me and has never been used before. Bit nervous! I've no gas and I don't know if the valve works, or what type it is. Looks like it might be the S30 type, possibly. But the beer is for a do next Saturday and it will all get drunk then I think. So I will just use it ghetto style and if all goes ok will see if I can use the valve after that, and get a new valve if not. It's actually tasting good already, I'd drink it happily as it is, straight from the barrel. I added 85g dextrose, hopefully it will carb up a reasonable amount by next Saturday, if not, it's OK as it is, weirdly. Like a beer you get at a beer festival straight from the keg.

It tastes like an AG beer. I'd use the Harvest Pilsner as a base again. Got that for £8.23 from the tesco online sale. The yeast was from Bungle's TTL, the Nelson Sauvin were given me by a mate, so just some MO, crystal and Special B etc and a bit of Green Bullet and Motueka hops, very cheap brew. Probably around £12. Got about 21.5 litres into the keg, and harvested a load of yeast from it too. Happy days!

Got two 10 litre batches to bottle/keg now, not managed to get kegs though, so looks like a bottling session....

Got some gas last night and blasted it in - but it came shooting back out the top! I think I need a new rubber seal, or three.

Nevertheless, this is turning into a very tasty beer. It'll get annihilated on Saturday night, I reckon. Then I can sort the valve. Or should I get it sorted asap?

Any PB gurus out there who can share their valvey knowledge?!