NZ SESSION ALE
Beer recipe for NZ Session Ale
Brewer notes
A perfect beer for the beach, BBQ or anywhere you're after a tasty beer with a lighter alcohol content. Light in colour and body but big on flavour. Aromas of passionfruit, grapefruit and stone fruit carry into the flavour. Very well balanced and highly sessionable.
Specifications
Original Gravity
8.5 Plato
Final Gravity
2.2 Plato
IBU
30
ABV
3.5%
Ingredients
Malt
50% Pilsner
11% Vienna
12% Chit malt
16% Dextrine
11% Wheat
Water
CaSO4/CaCl 2:1. 100ppm calcium
Yeast & Adjuncts
Chico (or LAX from WHC Labs)
Whirlfloc – as per suggested rate
Yeast nutrient – as per suggested rate
Hops
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| Hops | Type | Addition | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bullet™ | T90 pellets | Kettle - 30 mins | To achieve 50 IBU |
| Motueka™ | Amplifire™ pellets | Whirlpool | 1g/L |
| Riwaka™ | Amplifire™ pellets | Whirlpool | 1g/L |
| Nelson Sauvin™ | T90 pellets | Whirlpool | 1g/L |
| Nelson Sauvin™ | Amplifire™ pellets | Dry hop 1 | 1g/L |
| NZ Cascade™ | Amplifire™ pellets | Dry hop 1 | 1g/L |
| Riwaka™ | Amplifire™ pellets | Dry hop 1 | 2g/L |
| Motueka™ | Amplifire™ fresh hop oil | Dry hop 2 | 5mL/hL |
Method
1
Perform a single infusion mash at 69°C for 60 min
2
Vorlauf until the wort has cleared and is free of grain particles
3
Run-off into the kettle and sparge with 80°C water
4
Bring the wort to a boil. Add hops according to schedule above
5
With 15 min left for the boil add Whirlfloc and yeast nutrient
6
After 60 min flameout transfer wort into whirlpool. If possible cool wort to <85°C. Add hops according to schedule above
Note: All whirlpool additions are calculated based on a 15 minute whirlpool starting at <85°C
7
Quickly cool the wort to 18°C aerate with 10 ppm O2 and transfer into a sanitised fermenter
8
Pitch the yeast and add either an airlock or blowoff tube to the fermenter
9
Monitor fermentation allow to free rise to 23°C when gravity <5Plato
10
Dry hop 1 after 4 days
11
Dry hop 2 during VDK (vicinal diketones) rest
12
After 2-3 days and the beer has passed forced diacetyl test cool the fermenter to 0°C
13
Transfer to Brite Beer Tank and carbonate to 2.7 vols