Easy Drop Session IPA

A session IPA is a beer that has both a large amount of flavour and aroma, seems high in alcohol, but has a low ABV. Brewing a beer that is both large and small is tricky to say the least. The malt bill and mash is key, included is a range of dextrinous malts and oats and a mash schedule that, apart from the beta glucan rest, targets alpha amylase. The hops are mainly loaded towards the copper and limiting the dry hop amount to help retain body while giving a flavourful and aromatic beer

EXPECTED BREW FIGURES

OG: 1.045

FG: 1.014

ABV: 4%

Volume: 23 litres

INGREDIENTS

3kg Maris Otter Pale Ale

430g Munich Malt

430g Carapils

90g Crystal

220g Flaked Oats

330g Caramalt

Mangrove Jack’s M79 Burton Union

6g Pacific Jade

80g Amarillo

50g Citra

80g Motueka

METHOD

Fill the boiler with 15.9 litres of water and set a temperature for 45°C

Add your grains and stir

Mash for 30 minutes at 45°C

After 30 minutes, raise the temperature to 71°C

Mash at 71°C for 45 minutes

Mash out by raising temperature to 75°C for 10 minutes

Once 10 minutes is up switch the pump off

Rinse your grain with 15.8 litres of water at 75°C

Boil for 90 minutes

Add 6g Pacific Jade at 60 minutes

When the boil is over, switch off the boiler and add 80g Amarillo, 50g Citra and 80g Motueka and leave to stand for 20 minutes

Once transferred to your fermenter and wort has been cooled to 21 - 22°C, pitch your yeast into your fermenter

Once fermentation is complete, bottle or keg as usual.