Jan-Harm’s Hot Mash Pale Ale 0.5% abv

Jan-Harm's Hot Mash Pale Ale 0.5% abv

Jan-Harm’s Hot Mash Pale Ale 0.5% abv

Recipe by Jan-Harm Vorster
Batch Size

20

Litres
ABV

0.5

%
FG

1.016

SG

I brewed it with a Hoppy Blonde in mind but it is surprisingly more bitter than what I expected from a 0.4 and 0.7 IBU/SG beer. I suspect that although I used a hop spider I still get more bitterness from no-chill (Ill need to do a BIAB vs. chilled wort brew some time after I dailed this in properly) IBU/SG seems to be crucial in these low OG beers. imo 0.5 might be the sweet spot for this particular recipe
Click Here to see my NEM version of this recipe.

Ingredients

  • Malts

  • Chateau Pale Ale 86.3%

  • Carapils 8.4%

  • Munich Malt 4.4%

  • Carafa Special 0.8%

  • Hops

  • 15min: 8.8g Cascade (9.6), 8.8g Centennial (8.3), 4.4g Saaz (3)

  • 10 min: Whirlpool at 80C: 4.4g Cascade (9.6) 4.4g Centennial (8.3) 2.2g Saaz (3)

  • Yeast

  • Fermented with US-O5 @ 20C.

Method

  • Malts: Hot mashed @ 80 C for 60 min, pH 5.6, Boil for 30 min, temp drop to 80 C for a 10 min whirlpool addition, no-chill all hops remaining in the kettle – Stats: OG: 1.020 FG: 1.016 = 0.5 % abv. IBU: 8.2 EBC: 11.2