The last batch (a double) of Aussie Pale Ale was good but I thought could do with some improvement. I have done some research and will make the following changes to my recipe:
1) Use one addition as a first wort hop.
2) Use a small amount of carared – about 200g
Recipe as follows:
- 4.0 kg Joe White Pilsner Malt
- 0.5kg Joe White Wheat Mallt
- 0.2kg Weyermann Carared
- 30g POR Hops – first wort hop
- 1 Whirfloc tablet @ 10 min
- Recultured Coopers Sparkling Yeast
Hit my numbers perfectly on this one. 1.043 pre boil and 1.052 post boil gravities. Beautiful clear wort was transferred to a no chill cube, which was lucky as the yeast took a couple of days to fire up!
29 September 2009 – dumped the cube (careful to leave cold break behind) into the fermentor and added the active Coopers starter (about 1L)…so far so good!
4 October 2009 - As per usual, once the Coopers yeast gets going, it doesn’t take long to ferment out. Krausen has almost dies off completely but will leave in the fermenter for another week to clean itself up.
18 October 2009 – Yep, this is spot on. By far the best Coopers clone I’ve brewed thus far. transferred to keg yesterday and forced carbed to almost 3 volumes, I believe the first wort hop has made all the difference to this beer. A good bitterness level but without the harshness you can sometimes get from POR. Yum, I’m going to get another one (or two)!!!
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Matt T // 1 October, 2009 at 9:45 am |
Sounds like a cracker, mate!