Brewers Choice Queensland Ale
Brewers Choice Queensland Ale Mini-Mash
Ingrediants:
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Castlemaine Draught Kit 1.7kg
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1.5kg Australian Pilsner Malt Grain
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0.5kg Light Munich Malt Grain
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0.2kg Wheat Malt Grain
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0.05kg Medium Crystal Malt Grain
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10g Cluster hop pellets ( flavour)
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10g Cluster hop pellets (aroma)
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1 x Whirlfloc Tablet
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1 x Safale US56 Yeast
How to do it:
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The night before, refrigerate 5-10l of water in closed containers
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Pre-heat the mash tun with 2.5l of boiling water for 5-10 minutes
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Drain the mash tun, add the grain and mash in 6l of strike water to achieve a mash temperature of 66 degrees
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Mash grain for 60 minutes
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Add 2.5l of near boiling water to mash tun for mash-out. Mix well and leave for 10 minutes
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Drain and recirculate 2l of sweet wort
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Drain contents of the mash tun into the brew kettle.
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Add 6l of sparge water at 75-80 degrees to the mash tun and mix well.
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Drain and recirculate 2 l of sweet wort.
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Drain the contents of the mash tun into the brew kettle
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Bring the wort to boil
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Once the wort has been boiling for a few minutes, add the flavour hops (10g of cluster hops) and the whirlfloc tablet and boil for 15 minutes.
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Remove the heat and add the Castlemaine Beer Kit and the last 10g of Cluster hops (aroma). Stir the mixture very well.
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Transfer the contents of the brew kettle to the fermentor and top up to 22 litres using cold water or ice.
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Pitch the yeast once the temperature has dropped to 25 degrees or less.
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Ferment at 16-18 degrees for the best result.
