
Pocket Rocket
Blonde Ale • All Grain • 20 L
Micro IPA w/Mosaic + El Dorado
August 31, 2018 pm 02:48pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 20 L)
- 3.0 kg
Pale Ale; Crisp
Pale Ale; Crisp
A principal ingredient of cask ales using heritage barleys.
- 0.250 kg
Cara-Pils® Malt; Briess
Cara-Pils® Malt; Briess
Characteristics & Applications: • The endosperm is completely glassy and will appear to be darker than standard Brewers Malt. • Carapils® is a very unique dextrine-style malt that adds body, foam retention, and beer stability without influencing color or flavor. • Use to upgrade all types of beer, including light colored beers. • The non-fermentables in Carapils® are very advantageous in balancing body and flavor of dark colored beers. • May be used with or without other specialty malts. • Low usage of 1-5% will help achieve desired results. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- 0.100 kg
Lactose
Lactose
Adds sweetness and body. Use in sweet or milk stouts.
- 0.2 kg
Oats Raw
Oats Raw
Adds body, mouth feel and head retention to the beer Creates chill haze in lighter beers, so is primarily used in dark ones.
- 3 g
Nugget - 14.6 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Nugget
This is very bitter and often used in medium to dark ales and lagers. Aroma is quite heavy and herbal.
- 50 g
Mosaic® - 12.4 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min
Mosaic®
Mosaic™ (HBC 369) is an aroma hop variety developed by Hop Breeding Company, LLC that was released in 2012. It offers a unique and complex blend of floral, tropical, fruity, and earthy characteristics that translate very favorably into several styles of beer. Mosaic™ is the daughter of Simcoe® (YCR 14) and a Nugget derived male.—usahops.org
- 50 g
El Dorado® - 13.7 AA% pellets; boiled 0 min
El Dorado®
El Dorado® is a special dual purpose variety with exceptional aroma qualities and high alpha acids. It was developed by CLS Farms, LLC in 2008 and released in 2010. El Dorado® consistently elicits responses of fruity notes, specifically tropical fruit flavors. Other fruit notes offered have been pear, watermelon and stone fruit.—usahops.org
- 50 g
Mosaic® - 12.4 AA% pellets; boiled 0 min
Mosaic®
Mosaic™ (HBC 369) is an aroma hop variety developed by Hop Breeding Company, LLC that was released in 2012. It offers a unique and complex blend of floral, tropical, fruity, and earthy characteristics that translate very favorably into several styles of beer. Mosaic™ is the daughter of Simcoe® (YCR 14) and a Nugget derived male.—usahops.org
- 50 g
El Dorado® - 13.7 AA% pellets; boiled 0 min
El Dorado®
El Dorado® is a special dual purpose variety with exceptional aroma qualities and high alpha acids. It was developed by CLS Farms, LLC in 2008 and released in 2010. El Dorado® consistently elicits responses of fruity notes, specifically tropical fruit flavors. Other fruit notes offered have been pear, watermelon and stone fruit.—usahops.org
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Wyeast 1028 London Ale™
Wyeast 1028 London Ale™
Rich with a dry finish, minerally profile, bold and crisp, with some fruitiness.
Notes
4g Gypsum + 10g Calcium Chloride added to Ashbeck Target profile: Ca+2 156 Mg+2 3 SO4-2 98 Na+ 10 Cl- 204 HCO3- 10 1ml of lactic acid for Mash PH = 5.5 20L strike water at 72C Mash at 67C for 1 hr 5L dunk sparge at 72C *1 minute:* 50g Mosoaic *Flameout (90C Hot Stand):* 50g El Dorado *75C Hot Stand:* 50g Mosaic 50g El Dorado *Dry Hop 1 (during fermentation, Days 11-15):* 50g El Dorado 50g Mosaic Brewed July 14. Final yield: 18L @ OG 1.033 Pitched at 19. Rose to 22 over the next 8 hours, then put into temp controlled 18.5 Cold crashed to 3C on July 30 (?) for 6 days Bottled Aug 6 after 48 hours to rise back to room temp 13L @ FG 1.009 Bottle conditioned 72 hours at room temp, then temp controlled at 19C
Style (BJCP)
Category: 18 - Pale American Ale
Subcategory: A - Blonde Ale
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.039 | 1.038 - 1.054 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.009 | 1.008 - 1.013 | ![]() |
Color: | 2.8 SRM | 3 - 6 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 3.9% ABV | 3.8% - 5.5% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 13.4 IBU | 15 - 28 | ![]() |