G Dog American Pale Ale
Dermott Dowling
Spring is here time to fire up the PicoBrew Zymatic and test some Crosby Idaho Experimental #4 Hops in honour of the mighty Gus who muled home the world's ultimate brewing machine from Seattle, WA to Melbourne, AU it was only appropriate we named this mighty brew after the G Dog!
Beautiful day for pico brewing outside!
Vital Stats
- Style: 10A American Pale Ale
- OG / FG / IBU 1.050 / 1.012 / 43
- SRM 8
- ABV 4.9%
- Water: 13.25 L
- Batch Size: 9.46L (just double the recipe amounts below to brew up a 19L / US 5 gallon batch size)
Gladfield Malt Bill
- 80% American Ale 2.5 Kg
- 15% Medium Crystal 0.5 Kg
- 5% Gladiator 0.15 Kg
Crosby Hops
- Nugget 13.9% A/A @ 60 mins
- Idaho Experimental #4 7.4% A/A @ 15 mins
- Idaho Experimental #4 7.4% A/A @ 10 mins
- Idaho Experimental #4 7.4% A/A @ 5 mins
Adjuncts
- Irish Moss
- Calcium Sulphate
- Calcium Chloride
Mash
- Single Step Infusion @66C for 90 mins
Boil
- 60 mins
Yeast
- Danstar BRY-97 US West Coast Ale Yeast / You could sub in Fermentis Safale US-05 for similar results
Fermentation
- 7 days rising from 18C to 20C
Double Dry Hopping
- First dry hop 2g / L of Idaho Experimental #4 for 72 hours
- Second dry hop 2.5g / L of Idaho Experimental #4 for 72 hours
Conditioning
- Chill to 2C for 48 hours to drop yeast and hops out before bottling.
