New Zealand Pale Ale

First attempt at a NZ Pale recipe, any thoughts? I've never used any of the hops before so I have no idea how it's going to turn out! :smile:

5.00 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 1 90.9 %
0.50 kg Oats, Flaked (2.0 EBC) Grain 2 9.1 %
10.00 g Rakau (Alpharoma) [11.50 %] - Boil 60.0 Hop 3 11.4 IBUs
10.00 g Rakau (Alpharoma) [11.50 %] - Boil 30.0 Hop 4 8.7 IBUs
10.00 g Waimea [16.50 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 5 12.5 IBUs
10.00 g Rakau (Alpharoma) [11.50 %] - Boil 15.0 Hop 6 5.6 IBUs
10.00 g Wai-iti [3.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 7 1.3 IBUs
10.00 g Waimea [16.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 8 8.1 IBUs
16.00 g Wai-iti [3.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 9 1.6 IBUs
7.00 g Rakau (Alpharoma) [11.50 %] - Boil 10.0 Hop 10 2.9 IBUs
7.00 g Waimea [16.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 11 4.1 IBUs
16.00 g Wai-iti [3.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 12 0.9 IBUs
7.00 g Rakau (Alpharoma) [11.50 %] - Boil 5.0 m Hop 13 1.6 IBUs
7.00 g Waimea [16.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 14 2.3 IBUs
20.00 g Rakau (Alpharoma) [11.50 %] - Boil 0.0 m Hop 15 0.0 IBUs
20.00 g Wai-iti [3.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 16 0.0 IBUs
20.00 g Waimea [16.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 17 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg US West Coast Yeast (Mangrove Jack's #M4 Yeast 18 -

Should give an ABV of 5.6% with 61 IBUs so just about in IPA territory.

No idea what that hop blend will be like, I've only used Rakau. Can't see why they shouldn't work though.

Do you not want some crystal, caramalt or Munich to boost the malt, in the face of the hops?

clibit said:

No idea what that hop blend will be like, I've only used Rakau. Can't see why they shouldn't work though.

Do you not want some crystal, caramalt or Munich to boost the malt, in the face of the hops?

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Funny you should say that but I did have some cara munich in there but decided to keep it simple to let the hops come through seems I haven't used them before. I'll have a ponder, the brew I have fermenting at the minute is maris only with a similar amount of hops so I might try that and then tweak this recipe if I think more sweetness would be good.