Mower | Cream Ale | BeerCo All Grain Recipe Kit

Suns Out! Time to Mow the Lawns, tidy the yard, trim the hedges or just get work done around the place.  Sun is about to go down after a busy day in the yard or out and about enjoying your weekend.  Well, kick back, relax, take a load off and reward yourself - you have #earnedit - pour yourself a Mower | Cream Ale nice and light and refreshing.  Perfect to slack the thirst of any man or woman in need of hydration after a day of #GettingS$%tDone

Cheers! #Mower #CreamAle #Beer #enjoyresponsibly

Vital Stats:

Batch & Boil

• Batch Size: 21 Litres / 5.25 US Gallons
• Boil Time: 60 mins

Properties

• OG 1.049
• FG 1.008
• IBU 20
• ABV 5.3%
• Colour 6.6 EBC

Malt:

Amt     Name                                         Colour       % Grist

2.75 Kg  Malteurop Pilsen Malt                         3.8  EBC          61%

0.90 Kg  Gladfield Malted Maize                       1.0  EBC          20%

0.50 Kg  Gladfield Gladiator Malt                      2.9  EBC          11%

0.35 Kg  Gladfield Toffee Malt                        13.6  EBC           8%

4.50 Kg  TOTAL                                                 6.6  EBC        100%

Hops:

Boil:

• 30 gm Spalt Spalter GR Hops  - Alpha: 3.3% - 60 minutes from end of boil
• 30 gm Spalt Spalter GR Hops  - Alpha: 3.3% - 15 minutes from end of boil
• 40 gm Spalt Spalter GR Hops  - Alpha: 3.3% -  5 minutes from end of boil

Yeast

Liquid | Bluestone Yeast

• BSY-A008 Cologne Bluestone Yeast

Dry | Lallemand Brewing

• Fermentis K-97 Ale Yeast - 2 x 11g Sachets

Water Adjustments (Optional):

• Adjust your local water to a soft lager or Cream Ale Style - a good reference material here for Melbourne Brewers
• 5g or 1 tsp of Calcium Sulphate (Gypsum) into mash water.
• 5g or 1 tsp of Calcium Chloride into mash water.
• (Note: Minerals are not included in the Kit, you can add them at cart before checkout)

Method:

1. Single Infusion | Medium Body | Mash In - Do your normal mash regime (approx. 13.5 Litres of Mash Water to 4.5 Kg of Grain or the 3:1 water:grain rule), mashing in at around 66-67C for at least 60 mins
2. Mash off - Infuse mash with near boiling water while stirring or with recirculating mash system raise temp to mash out at 76C for 10 minutes.
3. Fly Sparge slowly - once again the brewer should do normal their normal fly sparge regime in terms of adding 76C water to hit pre-boil volumes of approx. 23L and post boil into fermenter of approx. 21 litres  should suffice.
4. Boil - vigorous boil for 60 mins, with your first kettle hop addition at 60 minutes from end of boil and next two hop additions at 15 and 5 mins from end of boil. 
5. Yeast Nutrient and Wort Clarification: 10 minutes from end of boil: Optional here to add yeast nutrient and a tab of Deltafloc or a tsp of Irish Moss (not included in kit)
6. Yeast: If over three months old make a Yeast Starter 3 days prior to brewing.
7. Cool wort and transfer to the primary fermenter oxygenating wort and pitching BSY-A008 Cologne Bluestone Yeast or Fermentis K-97 Ale Yeast - 2 x 11g Sachets and ferment at 19-20°C until final gravity is reached, and keg or bottle with 2.3 volumes (4.6 g/L) CO2.
8. Drink Fresh or Lager (store cold) for a few more weeks. Prost!

Food pairing and Glass Match (Lager Glass or Tulip)

• Burgers
• Brats
• Pulled Pork or BBQ

BeerCo Recipe Kit Contents:

• Malt - 4.5 Kg (Milled or Unmilled - You Choose)
• Hops - 100g Spalt Spalter GR Hop Pellets 
• Yeast - Liquid: 1 x Liquid BSY-A008 Cologne Bluestone Yeast or Dry: 2 x Fermentis K-97 Ale Yeast 11g Sachets
• Brewing Aids - not included.  Water adjustments optional.