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Tropical Ale for Zapp’s Beerfest

March 17th, 2014

The original brewdate for this beer was Friday the 28th.   The beer hit it’s gravity and worked out very well.   Dry hopped and transferred the 10 gallons in to kegs for carbonation.  I’ll re-transfer them to prevent the cloudiness problems I’ve had in the past bringing beers to festivals and stirring up the yeast. The dry hopping also includes adding mango and pineapple to make the beer super tropical. This is the same beer we made for Iron Brewer.

Recipe Details

Batch Size Boil Time IBU SRM Est. OG Est. FG ABV
5.5 gal 60 min 63.1 IBUs 5.4 SRM 1.057 1.011 6.0 %

Style Details

Name Cat. OG Range FG Range IBU SRM Carb ABV
American Pale Ale 10 A 1.045 - 1.06 1.01 - 1.015 30 - 45 5 - 14 2.3 - 2.8 4.5 - 6.2 %

Fermentables

Name Amount %
Pale Malt (2 Row) US 10 lbs 86.96
Munich Malt - 10L 8 oz 4.35
Victory Malt 8 oz 4.35
Vienna Malt 8 oz 4.35

Hops

Name Amount Time Use Form Alpha %
Columbus (Tomahawk) 1 oz 60 min Boil Pellet 14
Centennial 1 oz 10 min Boil Pellet 10
Citra 1 oz 5 min Boil Pellet 12
Simcoe 1 oz 0 min Boil Pellet 13
Citra 1 oz 0 min Dry Hop Pellet 12

Miscs

Name Amount Time Use Type
Calcium Chloride 5.50 g 60 min Mash Water Agent
Epsom Salt (MgSO4) 5.00 g 60 min Mash Water Agent
Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) 5.00 g 60 min Mash Water Agent

Yeast

Name Lab Attenuation Temperature
California Ale (WLP001) White Labs 77% 68°F - 73°F

Mash

Step Temperature Time
Mash In 150°F 75 min

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