AG#14 Daximus Galaximus Pale Ale

[The Goatreich]

Brewed om Saturday for the first time in ages! I repeated the same recipe as I did last brew as it came out really well. Renamed it after my assistant brewer.

AG#14 Daximus Galaximus Pale Ale
Brew length: 19l
Style: American Pale Ale
Estimated OG: 1.045
Estimated IBU: 60
Estimated EBC: 9.5

Maris Otter - 3.6kg
Gypsum - 3.82g
Mash at 76C for 75 minutes

Gypsum - 7.25g - boil for 60 minutes
Epsom salt - 4.43g - boil for 60 minutes
Nugget - 15g - 60 minutes
0.5 protofloc tablet - 15 minutes
25g galaxy - 15 minutes
15g challenger - 15 minutes
25g galaxy - 5 minutes
25g galaxy - 0 minutes (steep for 20 minutes)
25g galaxy - dry hop after 7 days
US-05 yeast

Getting the HLT up to temp early this morning:


The grist:


Doughing in:


Mash tun all wrapped up:

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The beautful hops:


The boil and first hop entry (with evidence of my first ever boil over):


Flavour hop addition:


The 5 minute hop addition:

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Flame out and aroma hop addition is in to steep for 20 minutes:


A quick walk of the brewer's assistant, Dax, while the wort cools. He's unfortunately on his last legs we think, so this may be his last brew day:


Transferring the wort into the fermentation bucket:


1.044 - not far off considering I was 2l under volume:

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17l collected - oh well:


All tucked up for the next 7 days before dry hopping:

[The Cobra]

Looks and sounds great! I need to move into AG brewing. I'm currently kit brewing

[The Goatreich]

It takes a long time, this brew day took around 9 hours including the cleanup, but I am a little out of practice. 7-8 hours is pretty normal though. However, the difference in beer from kits to AG is amazing. You can literally make any beer style you fancy.