'A New Hope' Pale Ale

Ingredients:

MALTS

• 2.5 kg Pale Ale malt
• 1.6 kg Maris Otter Ale malt
• 0.34 kg Wheat malt
• 0.23 kg Crystal Light malt
• 0.23 kg  Gladiator Dextrin malt

HOPS

• 14 g Citra hops, 12% a.a. (60 min)
• 28 g Citra hops, 12% a.a. (20 min)
• 28 g Citra hops, 12% a.a. (10 min)
• 28 g Citra hops, 12% a.a. (5 min)
• 42 g Citra hops, 12% a.a. (hop stand)
• 100 g Citra hops, 12% a.a. (dry hop)

YEAST

• BRY 97 or Safale 05

Specifications:

Yield: 22.7 L

Original Gravity: 1.043 (10.7°P)

ABV: 4.85%

IBU: ~75

SRM: 4-5

Directions:

Mash grains at 65°C for 60 minutes. Mash out at 75°C for 10 minutes.

Conduct a 60-minute boil, following the hop additions as listed in the ingredients. After the 60-minute boil turn off the heat, remove the boiling hops, and add the “hop stand” addition. Allow the hop stand to soak for 20 minutes 75 to 80 degrees C

Chill beer and pitch yeast at 18°C or at the temperature called for by your preferred yeast.

Ferment at 18°C for around 10 days. When primary fermentation is finished, add the dry hop addition for 5-7 days.