MitchellScott Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Thought I would start a new thread with a better name Finally got around to getting this down yesterday. Final recipe was: Fermentables: 3kg Coopers Liquid Light Malt 700g Wheat Dry Malt 200g Light Crystal Hops (10L boil): 20g Centennial @ 30mins 20g Citra @ 15mins 20g Amarillo @ 15mins 25g Citra @ F/O (80C) 25g Amarillo @ F/O (80C) 12.5g Centennial @ F/O (80C) Planning to dry hop 20g each of Amarillo and Citra. Yeast: US-05 OG: 1.053 Expected FG: 1.013 Kegged ABV: 5.3% (5.7% bottled). Bitterness: 39IBU Volume: 23L I upped both the Citra and Amarillo F/O additions. That may or may not be because I had a few too many while brewing and watching Bathurst and accidentally grabbed Citra twice instead of Centennial and thought I better double down on Amarillo too. Should work well for an XPA anyway Will keep you updated with fermentation progress and tasting once its all done Cheers, Mitch. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Hey Mitch, What was the gravity of your boil? Looks like a tasty beer mate. Looking forward to what you think in the glass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellScott Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share Posted October 13, 2019 (edited) 39 minutes ago, The Captain!! said: Hey Mitch, What was the gravity of your boil? Looks like a tasty beer mate. Looking forward to what you think in the glass. Cheers mate! Boil gravity was approx 1.040. Used 1200g of Liquid Malt into the 10L which should've got me just over 1.040 Edited October 13, 2019 by MitchellScott 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellScott Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 (edited) She's fermenting away nicely at 18C. Would post a picture but somehow managed to smash the camera on my phone yesterday Think I'll stick to my usual regime and dry hop on day 8/9 and remove hops to CC on day 11/12. Smells delicious so far Cheers. Edited October 16, 2019 by MitchellScott 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellScott Posted November 1, 2019 Author Share Posted November 1, 2019 Kegged this last night and first impressions are good Smelt nice and hoppy and tasted great for flat beer. Unfortunately I am going to be away for part of this weekend so have just set it to serving pressure to carb up as I won't be here to turn the reg down if I was carbing at 40PSI. Will give it a crack in a week or so. Cheers, Mitch. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris! Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 Nice Mitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellScott Posted November 8, 2019 Author Share Posted November 8, 2019 Here we are folks! The first pour. Awesome colour, wonderful head retention from the wheat malt and the US-05 yeast is really letting the hops shine through. I'm pretty chuffed with myself on this one Happy Friday! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris! Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 Looks good. Great color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellScott Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 A picture I took last night while enjoying one of these. Wheat malt is great for head retention and lacing. This glass wasn't even dried or cooled, just washed out from a previous beer and poured another straight into it. Mind the out of focus camera... I smashed the glass on my phone camera somehow and now it doesn't like focusing up close 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellScott Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 (edited) As this ages a little more I am not seeing any huge change in hop aroma or flavour - maybe due to the hop stands instead of just large dry hopping. Will definitely be experimenting with wheat malt more though... Could sit a 50c piece on top of this head Edited November 19, 2019 by MitchellScott 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris! Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Nice one Mitchell. I like what a good hopstand/steep can bring to a brew. Good recipe construction helps as the brew ages. The picture looks good. Cheers Norris 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Baron Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 15 hours ago, MitchellScott said: Could sit a 50c piece on top of this head I want to see a filthy fifty cent piece sitting on top of that head 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuley Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Looks great. Really into the XPAs at the moment 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellScott Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 17 hours ago, Yuley said: Looks great. Really into the XPAs at the moment Me too, kind of like a nice medium between the easier drinking pale ales and harsher IPA's. I find I can session XPA's much more then the IPA's however love both styles. I often have XPA/IPA on tap at once to have the best of both worlds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellScott Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 (edited) I'm going to try and imitate this using AG now that I have made the move over, as this was probably one of my nicest brews to date. I have one more SMaSH I am going to brew up this weekend, then this will be the next brew. I'll need to get to the LHBS to get some other grains as I only have the Pale Ale Malt at the moment. Keen to give this a crack. If it turns out as good as the extract version I'll be stoked (the hop stands are cube hops added at 80C). Edited February 7, 2020 by MitchellScott 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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