NZ Jade Ale - Not quite sure on the recipe?

[JimmyB78]

HI

I've just had a big delivery and part of it was some pacific Jade that I intend to use for a NZ style ale. Recipe is below

Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L):           18.0
Total Grain (kg):         4.068
Total Hops (g):           40.00
Original Gravity (OG):    1.050  (°P): 12.4
Final Gravity (FG):       1.013  (°P): 3.3
Alcohol by Volume (ABV):  4.91 %
Colour (SRM):             7.8   (EBC): 15.3
Bitterness (IBU):         55.5   (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 70
Boil Time (Minutes):      60

Grain Bill
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2.801 kg Maris Otter Malt (68.86%)
0.898 kg Munich I (22.07%)
0.246 kg Biscuit (6.04%)
0.123 kg Wheat Malt (3.02%)

Hop Bill
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20.0 g Pacific Jade Leaf (15.1% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (1.1 g/L)
10.0 g Pacific Jade Leaf (15.1% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.6 g/L)
10.0 g Pacific Jade Leaf (15.1% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (0.6 g/L)

Misc Bill
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Single step Infusion at 66°C for 90 Minutes.
Fermented at 20°C with 

Recipe Generated with BrewMate

Does this all look ok? The BU/GU is 1.11, when i first put it in it was up around 1.55 which seemed very high so i tweaked the hops down a bit.

 

[Algernon]

Looks tasty. As a noob AG brewer (2 brews) I can't comment on details, of course.
I am planning a similar thing this week. I also found some Wai-Iti hops which look interesting.
Grain Bill:
4kg MO
500g Pale Wheat Malt
Hops:
60 mins --Pacific Jade 20g 12.5%aa
15 mins -- 30g each Pacific Jade & Wai-Iti 4.5%aa & Irish Moss
Flameout -- Pacific Jade & Wai-Iti 20g each
Dry Hop -- Wai-Iti 20g
IBU’s: 53.8
Target OG 1.044

Happy brewing :-)

 

[JimmyB78]

I'd noticed your one just after I posted, also looks good! Guess you're going for a nice golden one?

I'll be interested to see how it turns out, I'm probably not going to do mine for a month or so as have 2 others I want to do first.

 

[Algernon]

Yeah, I have always added a wadge of coloured grains to my previous beers so I thought I would see what you get with just MO and a little bit of wheat for head retention and body.
A buddy was round (who does no brewing and isn't a huge beer fan either) and after being persuaded that beer could be good by a couple of my paler brews he was helping me shop (from the forum sponsors). He picked out some hops which happened to be NZ hops, so a NZ Pale Ale recipe was born.
All the stuff arrived today so I should be getting a brew on tomorrow.