In my pursuit of brewing lighter coloured beers, the lightest I have brewed is a shade of yellow that was slightly darker than Kingfisher Premium. And I wanted to go even lighter.
The last weekend, on Saturday, I
brewed a very simple pale ale but with one intention: to get a really light
coloured beer. From what I see in the fermenter, I think I achieved it but I
will have to wait for 2 weeks to confirm it.
Notes:
- This will be another split batch: one to try and make a clone of DogFish Head's Midas Touch, from their Ancient Ales series, and dry hop the other batch with Opal and Goldings for about 5 days.
- For the Midas Touch clone, I intend on adding half a kilo of red grape must to the beer after primary fermentation.
The recipe isn’t complex: I used just
pilsner, wheat and some flaked rice. The wort was the lightest I have ever seen
and because I also want this to be easy drinking, I lowered the bitterness to
under 20. 18 IBUs to be exact.
Specifics
Batch size (litres): 8 litres
Type: All Grain
Type: All Grain
IBU: 18
SRM: 3-4
OG: 1.053
Grains and Sugars
1.5 kg Pilsner
150 grams Wheat
200 grams Flaked Rice
150 grams Wheat
200 grams Flaked Rice
Hops
5 grams Northern Brewer @ 45 min.
Yeast
Fermentis S-04 Ale Yeast
Schedules
Mash at 66°C for 60 minutes
Sparged at 80°C for 15 minutes
Boiled for 45 minutes.
Notes:
- This will be another split batch: one to try and make a clone of DogFish Head's Midas Touch, from their Ancient Ales series, and dry hop the other batch with Opal and Goldings for about 5 days.
- For the Midas Touch clone, I intend on adding half a kilo of red grape must to the beer after primary fermentation.
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