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Session Ale

Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 3:19 pm
by LiverDance
Looking to brew up a decently hoppy 4% session ale and this is what I got so far. How does it look?

Ingredients

Amt Name Type # %/IBU
3.20 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 42.7 %
3.20 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 2 42.7 %
0.66 kg Oats, Malted (1.0 SRM) Grain 3 8.8 %
0.37 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 4 4.9 %
0.06 kg Roasted Barley (Thomas Fawcett) (609.0 SRM) Grain 5 0.9 %
27.00 g Galaxy [14.00 %] - First Wort 20.0 min Hop 6 11.2 IBUs
27.00 g Galaxy [14.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 7 15.5 IBUs
27.00 g Galaxy [14.00 %] - Boil 7.0 min Hop 8 6.1 IBUs
50.00 g Galaxy [14.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg British Ale Yeast (Wyeast Labs #1098) [124.21 ml] Yeast 10 -
70.00 g Galaxy [14.00 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 11 0.0 IBUs



Beer Profile
Batch Size: 40L
Efficiency: 70%
Est Original Gravity: 1.040
Est Final Gravity: 1.010
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 3.9 %
Bitterness: 32.8 IBUs
Est Color: 9.9 SRM
Mash 153.0 F 60 min

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Re: Session Ale

Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 4:50 pm
by mr x
Looks reasonable to me.

Re: Session Ale

Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 8:42 pm
by LiverDance
mr x wrote:Looks reasonable to me.
Its hard to find the right balance when you go that low with abv. I'll brew it and see what happens I guess.

Re: Session Ale

Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 11:05 pm
by wortly
Let me know when it is ready.

Re: Session Ale

Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 10:46 am
by LiverDance
Changed this one up a bit. I found a clone for surly bitter brewer in one of my byo magazines so i'm using that as the base but sticking with the galaxy late hop approach.