BribieG ducks out to car to get violin:
There are times at comps and minicomps when a beer is so spot on and hits the tastebuds so perfectly that everyone at the table says "man, I've got to brew this next" and your Aussie was one of them. The other one in my experience was Browndog's APA at the BABBs annual that flipped me over to attempting an APA - I ran one up before Christmas and the keg got drained by friends and family like a pack of hyenas. Second one about to go into CC on Monday.
PB - recipe please? Particularly hopping schedule and temperatures as the pear was spine tingling.
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I'm glad people enjoyed it. Such a simple recipe...and cheap too (if you don't count the six-pack

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Recipe: Toybox Sparkling Ale
Brewer: Dave
Style: Aussie Pale Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 22.00 L
Boil Size: 31.90 L
Estimated OG: 1.050 SG
Estimated Color: 8.3 EBC
Estimated IBU: 35.0 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 75 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.25 kg Pale Malt (Barrett Burston) Grain 90.43 %
0.40 kg Wheat Malt (Barrett Burston) Grain 8.51 %
0.05 kg Crystal Malt - 60L (Thomas Fawcett) Grain 1.06 %
25.00 gm Pride of Ringwood [10.00 %] (60 min) Hops 28.8 IBU
15.00 gm Pride of Ringwood [10.00 %] (10 min) Hops 6.3 IBU
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min)
1.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 10.0 min)
4.00 gm Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 min)
1 Starter Coopers Ale (from bottle) (Coopers #-) Yeast-Ale
Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body = 63.0 C and mash out.
Change bittering addition up or down to hit target 35 IBU. Eg. last year it was 30g of 8.3%AA.
Important to drink 3 stubbies of Coopers Sparkling or Pale Ale and grow up the dregs in a 600ml starter for 48-72hrs.
Pitched @ 18degrees - hold Ferment at 18-19 for 4 days, then let it get up to 20 for 2days, Took out of fridge on Day 6.
Kegged on day 7. It's a malt muncher

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Takes 2 weeks for this beer to meld - mainly for that late addition of hops to settle and make way for the esters to really shine.
Enjoy :beer:
PB