Brews

Alora (va bene) IPA

Brew

Hops

Hop60min10min0minWPDH
Alora15g30g30g60g75g
WP 20min @ 75C, DH 4 days

Grain

  • 4.5kg Golden Promise
  • 1.7kg Gladfield Vienna

Yeast

2x Pomona Hybrid Ale Yeast

Water Treatment

2g CaCl, 4g MgSO4, 4g CaSO4, mash water to pH 5.3, sparge water to pH 5.6

Boil Additions

1x whirlfloc tablet, 4g yeast nutrient @ 10min

Brew

  • Mash in at 66°C with 18L, rest for 60 min at 66°C.
  • Mash out: 10min @ 76C
  • Sparge with 15L at 76°C
  • Preboil size 29L
  • Boil time 75mins
  • Top up volume 1L
  • Postboil size 25.5L
  • Fermenter volume 24L

Fermentation

primary @ 18.5C, raise to 21C for rest and cleanup

Fermenter Additions

N/A

Carbonation

Kegged 19L + 1.25L PET, CO2 carbonation. 750ml sampler taken day 11

Bottled

N/A

Final Volume

N/A

RAPT Pill Profile

Notes

First use of alora hops, combined with Pomona yeast and an ale/Vienna grain.

Brew went well, OG 1.060 and in the fermenter at 18.5C.

Fermentation started quickly as usual with pomona, and by 48hours it’s curving off at around 1.013 / 6%.