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NPA - Namibia Pale Ale

129 calories 14.4 g 330 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: English IPA
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 23 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 32 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.030 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 68% (brew house)
Source: Jim Neal
Calories: 129 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 14.4 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Tuesday January 20th 2015
1.042
1.012
4.0%
115.1
5.2
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
4.50 kg United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale4.5 kg Maris Otter Pale 38 3.75 100%
4.50 kg / 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
7 g Chinook7 g Chinook Hops Leaf/Whole 14.8 Boil 60 min 12.4 3.9%
7 g Amarillo7 g Amarillo Hops Leaf/Whole 10.4 Boil 60 min 8.71 3.9%
7 g Citra7 g Citra Hops Leaf/Whole 11 Boil 60 min 9.22 3.9%
5 g Chinook5 g Chinook Hops Leaf/Whole 14.8 Boil 30 min 6.81 2.8%
5 g Amarillo5 g Amarillo Hops Leaf/Whole 10.4 Boil 30 min 4.78 2.8%
5 g Citra5 g Citra Hops Leaf/Whole 11 Boil 30 min 5.06 2.8%
5 g Cascade5 g Cascade Hops Leaf/Whole 9.1 Boil 30 min 4.19 2.8%
5 g Chinook5 g Chinook Hops Leaf/Whole 14.8 Boil 25 min 6.16 2.8%
5 g Amarillo5 g Amarillo Hops Leaf/Whole 10.4 Boil 25 min 4.33 2.8%
5 g Citra5 g Citra Hops Leaf/Whole 11 Boil 25 min 4.58 2.8%
5 g Cascade5 g Cascade Hops Leaf/Whole 9.1 Boil 25 min 3.79 2.8%
5 g Chinook5 g Chinook Hops Leaf/Whole 14.8 Boil 20 min 5.36 2.8%
5 g Amarillo5 g Amarillo Hops Leaf/Whole 10.4 Boil 20 min 3.77 2.8%
5 g Citra5 g Citra Hops Leaf/Whole 11 Boil 20 min 3.99 2.8%
5 g Cascade5 g Cascade Hops Leaf/Whole 9.1 Boil 20 min 3.3 2.8%
5 g Chinook5 g Chinook Hops Leaf/Whole 14.8 Boil 15 min 4.4 2.8%
5 g Amarillo5 g Amarillo Hops Leaf/Whole 10.4 Boil 15 min 3.09 2.8%
5 g Citra5 g Citra Hops Leaf/Whole 11 Boil 15 min 3.27 2.8%
5 g Cascade5 g Cascade Hops Leaf/Whole 9.1 Boil 15 min 2.7 2.8%
5 g Chinook5 g Chinook Hops Leaf/Whole 14.8 Boil 10 min 3.21 2.8%
5 g Amarillo5 g Amarillo Hops Leaf/Whole 10.4 Boil 10 min 2.26 2.8%
5 g Citra5 g Citra Hops Leaf/Whole 11 Boil 10 min 2.39 2.8%
5 g Cascade5 g Cascade Hops Leaf/Whole 9.1 Boil 10 min 1.97 2.8%
5 g Chinook5 g Chinook Hops Leaf/Whole 14.8 Boil 5 min 1.77 2.8%
5 g Amarillo5 g Amarillo Hops Leaf/Whole 10.4 Boil 5 min 1.24 2.8%
5 g Citra5 g Citra Hops Leaf/Whole 11 Boil 5 min 1.31 2.8%
5 g Cascade5 g Cascade Hops Leaf/Whole 9.1 Boil 5 min 1.09 2.8%
10 g Chinook10 g Chinook Hops Leaf/Whole 14.8 Boil 0 min 5.5%
10 g Amarillo10 g Amarillo Hops Leaf/Whole 10.4 Boil 0 min 5.5%
10 g Citra10 g Citra Hops Leaf/Whole 11 Boil 0 min 5.5%
10 g Cascade10 g Cascade Hops Leaf/Whole 9.1 Boil 0 min 5.5%
181 g / 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
2.50 g Protofloc Fining Boil 15 min.
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
72%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
15 - 24 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
18 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 84 B cells required
0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: Corn Sugar       Amount: 60g      
 
Target Water Profile
Kettering, Northamptonshire, UK
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
104 2 42 0 115 316
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
13 L Infusion -- 67 °C 70 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 2.88 L/kg
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 2.9 L/kg 13
Mash volume with grains 15.9
Grain absorption losses -4.5
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 22 L) 24.4
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 29.6 L) 32
Boil off losses -5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.9
Post boil Volume 23
Going into fermentor 23
Total: 37.4  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

On a sea voyage, Namibia is roughly half way to India.

The previous IPA to this one that I brewed was in the realms of a true old-style strength, 6.2% at racking so probably a little stronger by the time it reached the glass.

Namibia Pale Ale was an attempt to maintain the beautiful hop character but tone down the alcohol level so you could have more than one without falling off your chair. However something went wrong with the mashing/sparging process, probably too high a temperature, and the ABV at racking was only about 3.6%

That's probably only half the strength of the traditional true IPA, therefore it's about half way there, the same as Namibia :)

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