April 20th, 2013, the day I brewed up this delicious American Pale Ale with Citra Hops. It was highly sought after. Unfortunately, there was only one gallon in the whole world.
Not enough for a yeast starter.
This has changed. I have now scaled it up to a full 5 gallon batch. I used Beersmith to scale it, and this is what it came up with.
6 lbs 6.6 oz of Extra Light DME
The grain is in there, you just can’t see it.
1 lb 1.8oz of Crystal 60L Malt
I don’t know if that Whirflock tablet actually does anything.
And most importantly, the Citra hops:
2.25 oz at 15 minutes
2.00 oz at 5 minutes
2.75 oz at flame out
Easiest way to sanitize the wort chiller.
What makes this beer so great is that the longest you need to boil hops is 15 minutes, with no traditional 60 minute bittering addition. This better preserves the flavor and aroma. It also makes the brew day shorter, since there is no reason to boil the wort longer than 15 minutes.
Brew Dog is never satisfied with the cooling operation.
One thing that you have to use more hops, and this does make the beer more expensive since you have to use more hops. On a commercial-scale, the extra price may put the beer out of reach of the craft brewer, but on the homebrew level a few extra bucks hardly matters. This is one of the reasons that the homebrewer has the very real potential of brewing better beer than a commercial craft brewer.
Ferment at 67 degrees Fahrenheit.
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