Sunday, June 14, 2009

FINALLY, a new Redbox brew

Well on the brewing front have been very slack and need to thank Pinko and Jen for keeping at me to put on a new brew especially after the puchase of 10kg of malt. So on Sunday, Pinko and Roberts dropped by to give encouragement and a hand in starting of a new brew. Thanks to Pinko for loan of the pot and grain bag.

The aim was loosely based around a pale ale recipe and after filling the house with great smell of malt and hops looking forward to the finished product. The recipe for this brew was fairly basic, will comment on the taste when trialled in about 4-5weeks. The specific gravity started at around 1.042, so should finish with a beer with around 4.4-4.5% alcohol.

June Pale ale

3kg malt
180g Cascade hops (60 added at start, 60 at 30mins and 60 for final few minutes)
150-200g cracked grain
S-05 Safale yeast (american style ale yeast)