The final Brewathon brew! The NEIPAish thing…

So, during the brewathon, I again had ideas. I really need to stop doing that, I almost never seem to end with a logical brew… This one however I am very happy with as a first attempt. The next iteration will be bigger and better than ever, see ChemCast 6 for details on the plan for that one…

So, the theory with one was to get the fruity hoppy bomb of a cloudy beer that everyone seems to be getting but to do it Chem Style, nothing super spectacular just a hoppy fruity beer with a fruit juicy look.

Title: NEIPAISH
Author: Chem

Brew Method: All Grain
Style Name: American Pale Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 23 liters (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 30 liters
Boil Gravity: 1.038
Efficiency: 80% (brew house)

STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.049
Final Gravity: 1.011
ABV (standard): 4.99%
IBU (tinseth): 35.15
SRM (morey): 7.42

FERMENTABLES:
2 kg – United Kingdom – Maris Otter Pale (43%)
0.3 kg – German – CaraMunich II (6.5%)
0.6 kg – German – Munich Light (12.9%)
0.75 kg – Flaked Oats (16.1%)
1 kg – United Kingdom – Wheat (21.5%)

HOPS:
5 g – Southern Cross, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 12, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 6.71
20 g – Cascade, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 8.2, Use: Whirlpool for 0 min at 100 °C, IBU: 7.13
20 g – Citra, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 13.5, Use: Whirlpool for 0 min at 100 °C, IBU: 11.74
20 g – Green Bullet, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 11, Use: Whirlpool for 0 min at 100 °C, IBU: 9.57
20 g – Cascade, Type: Pellet, AA: 8.2, Use: Dry Hop for 5 days
20 g – Citra, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 13.5, Use: Dry Hop for 5 days
20 g – Green Bullet, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 11, Use: Dry Hop for 5 days
20 g – Cascade, Type: Pellet, AA: 8.2, Use: Dry Hop for 7 days
20 g – Citra, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 13.5, Use: Dry Hop for 7 days
20 g – Green Bullet, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 11, Use: Dry Hop for 7 days

MASH GUIDELINES:
1) Sparge, Temp: 66 C, Time: 60 min, Amount: 17 L, Sparge with 17L @ 68
Starting Mash Thickness: 3.5 L/kg

OTHER INGREDIENTS:
0.5 each – Protofloc, Time: 15 min, Type: Fining, Use: Boil

YEAST:
Fermentis / Safale – English Ale Yeast S-04
Starter: No
Form: Dry
Attenuation (avg): 75%
Flocculation: High
Optimum Temp: 12.22 – 25 C
Fermentation Temp: 17 C
Pitch Rate: 0.35 (M cells / ml / deg P)

NOTES:
First dry hop after 3 days during active ferment, just lob in to the fermenter, no bag

Second Dry hop after 7 days during clean up phase., again lob into fermenter, no bag

NFI How this will turn out, but fuck it, might as well give it a shot.

Now, this one did turn out very well. I have to admit this is one of my better beers. Bags of body to the beer, lovely nose but honestly could have done with being a little bit hoppier for me (I dont think the second dry hop went in or worked) There are clearly a shitload of hops in this one, as shown by the lack of head retention due to the massive hop oil slick that sits on the top of your pint lol. A great first attempt appears to be the general consensus on this one from my dad and from other people who’ve tried it. I’ll definitely be making it again just with a few tweaks, and honestly I’ll probably be swapping the green bullet for galaxy, just to increase the fruityness. A great beer for BBQ weather, an given the fact I reckon we’re on for a mentally hot summer, theres gonna be more than a few of those happening this year, so its good I have a full 23L batch to go at 🙂