Brews

Redback APA

Brew

Hops

Hop Variety10min0minDay 6
Mosiac20g30g50g
Nelson Sauvin20g30g50g
At 0min hold at 80C for 15min

Grain

  • 4.03kg Gladfield American Ale Malt
  • 1.55kg Gladfield Supernova Malt
  • 0.62kg Gladfield RedBack Malt

Yeast

2x US-05 Safale

Water Treatment

`N/A

Boil Additions

Whirlfloc + yeast nutrient at 10min to end of boil

Brew

  • Mash in at 67°C with 16.5L, rest for 60 min at 67°C.
  • Sparge with 16L at 76°C
  • Preboil size 28L
  • Boil time 75mins
  • Postboil size 27.5L
  • Fermenter volume 27L

Fermentation

N/A

Fermenter Additions

N/A

Carbonation

140g dextrose in 250ml boiled water

Bottled

20230519

Final Volume

23.75L

Notes

APA toward the red malt direction

75% american ale malt base, 15% supernova malt sub-base, 10% Redback malt specialty

medium hop additions of nelson sauvin and mosiac

good final volume, lower percentage than expected – OG was lower than expected, likely the higher volume (kettle topped up 3L), lower grain base than the last rapa, and different ratios or grain type;

  • first rapa 6.5kg grain @ 6.3% had 87.7% american ale (base malt), 7.7% caramalt (sub-base malt), and 4.6% shepherds delight (specialty malt).
  • this rapa 6.2kg grain @ 4.8% had 65% american ale (base malt), 25% supernova(sub-base malt), and 10% redback (specialty malt).