XPA

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. [Read More]

Lemon Myrtle XPA Brew Method: All Grain Style Name: American Pale Ale Boil Time: 60 min Batch Size: 21 liters (fermentor volume) Boil Size: 27 liters Boil Gravity: 1.037 Efficiency: 70% (brew house) STATS: Original Gravity: 1.048 Final Gravity: 1.009 ABV (standard): 5.16% IBU (tinseth): 36.6 SRM (morey): 5.1 Mash pH: 0 FERMENTABLES: 3.8 kg – Pale Malt (80.9%) 0.5 kg – Wheat Malt (10.6%) 0.2 kg – Biscuit Malt (4. [Read More]