This beer was designed to clone Balter’s XPA and be close as possible to the original. The head brewers released the hops they used, but not the grains or yeast. The clone grist consisted primarily of American Pale malt with some wheat and carapils for body/head retention and some cara malt for malty flavour. The water profile was higher in calcium and suflate to accentuate the hops, of which were primarily citrus/fruity. Mash was mid 60’s to increase fermentable sugar content and produce a semi-dry beer using US-05.
Balter XPA Clone
Brew Method: All Grain
Style Name: American Pale Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 19 liters (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 23 liters
Boil Gravity: 1.041
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.050
Final Gravity: 1.010
ABV (standard): 5.25%
IBU (tinseth): 33.48
SRM (morey): 5.1
Mash pH: 5.4
FERMENTABLES:
3.8 kg – American Ale Malt (76%)
0.8 kg – Wheat Malt (16%)
0.2 kg – Cara Malt (4%)
0.2 kg – Carapils (4%)
HOPS:
15 g – Citra, Type: Pellet, AA: 11, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 21.55
12 g – Centennial, Type: Pellet, AA: 10, Use: Boil for 10 min, IBU: 5.68
12 g – Citra, Type: Pellet, AA: 11, Use: Boil for 10 min, IBU: 6.25
12 g – Centennial, Type: Pellet, AA: 10, Use: Boil for 0 min
12 g – Amarillo, Type: Pellet, AA: 8.6, Use: Boil for 0 min
10 g – Citra, Type: Pellet, AA: 11, Use: Dry Hop for 3 days
10 g – Centennial, Type: Pellet, AA: 10, Use: Dry Hop for 3 days
17 g – Amarillo, Type: Pellet, AA: 8.6, Use: Dry Hop for 3 days
MASH GUIDELINES:
- Temperature, Temp: 65 C, Time: 60 min, Mash in
- Sparge, Temp: 74 C, Time: 60 min, Sparge
Starting Mash Thickness: 4 L/kg
YEAST:
Fermentis / Safale – American Ale Yeast US-05
Starter: No
Form: Dry
Attenuation (avg): 81%
Flocculation: Medium
Optimum Temp: 12.22 – 25 C
Fermentation Temp: 18 C
TARGET WATER PROFILE:
Profile Name: Balanced Profile
Ca2: 105
Mg2: 15
Na: 44
Cl: 105
SO4: 174
HCO3: 0
Water Notes:
Brisbane water
NOTES:
OG 1.050
FG 1.010
ABV 5.25%
Brewed on 21/7/2020
-kegged on 2/08/2020, first closed transfer. Went well with just the gravity feed. Lost a couple of litres when the beer post got clogged, will invest in a filter/cold crashing for future closed transfers.
