OK, not quite “Now Brewing”, but I do have an excuse for not blogging. Here she is with me, Sam and Charlotte at the Bristol Beer Factory stout day.
This is a brew that we did a couple of weeks ago and bottled on Friday. We decided to do a SMASH (single malt and single hop) to try out some Nelson Sauvin, which we’d never brewed with before. We settled on “Hip Hop” as a name to use for this and future SMASH experiments, so this one is qualified with the name of the hop.
The recipe is a simple one with just Maris Otter malt, and three additions of the Nelson Sauvin.
| Recipe Overview |
| Wort Volume Before Boil: | 25.00 l | Wort Volume After Boil: | 19.00 l |
| Volume Transferred: | 19.00 l | Water Added To Fermenter: | 2.00 l |
| Volume At Pitching: | 21.00 l | Volume Of Finished Beer: | 21.00 l |
| Expected Pre-Boil Gravity: | 1.045 SG | Expected OG: | 1.053 SG |
| Expected FG: | 1.009 SG | Apparent Attenuation: | 81.9 % |
| Expected ABV: | 5.8 % | Expected ABW: | 4.6 % |
| Expected IBU (using Tinseth): | 57.2 IBU | Expected Color (using Morey): | 9.3 EBC |
| Fermentables |
| Ingredient | Amount | % | MCU | When |
| UK Pale Ale Malt | 4.500 kg | 100.0 % | 5.4 | In Mash/Steeped |
| Hops |
| Variety | Alpha | Amount | IBU | Form | When |
| NZ Nelson Sauvin | 12.6 % | 20 g | 31.1 | Loose Whole Hops | 90 Min From End |
| NZ Nelson Sauvin | 12.5 % | 50 g | 26.1 | Loose Whole Hops | 10 Min From End |
| NZ Nelson Sauvin | 12.5 % | 30 g | 0.0 | Loose Whole Hops | In Fermenter |
The result is really tasty. It’s a great showcase for the hops, a dangerously drinkable for a 5.9% beer. I’m looking forward to trying some other fancy hops in this way.
Sparging my wort 