Verdant Lightbulb – Extra Pale Ale

Description

Lightbulb is a modern pale ale full of bright hop flavours and mind sweetness that rounds out the whole beer and makes it more substantial. At only 4.5% this beer would give most 7% IPAs a run for their money.

---

Ingredients Included

SIMPSONS MALTS PROPINO EXTRA PALE MALT (2700 grams)
Weyermann® Vienna Malt (800 grams)
Flaked Oats Including Husk (1500 grams)
Weyermann® Carapils® (180 grams)
Crisp CaraGold Malt (180 grams)
Magnum Pellets (6 grams)
Simcoe Pellets (100 grams)
Centennial Pellets (60 grams)
SafAle™ S-04 11.5g (1 packs)
SafAle™ US-05 11.5g (1 packs)

---

Method

Beer Style (main): American Ales
Beer Style (sub): Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale
Batch Size: 20L
Original Gravity: 1.045
Final Gravity: 1.011
ABV %: 4.5
IBU:

THE MASH
Temperature °C: 67
Length (mins): 60
Out temp °C: N/A
Out time (mins): N/A

THE BOIL
Boil time (mins): 60

Additions and timing:

60 min Magnum 6g
0 min Simcoe 20g
0 min Centennial 20g

Secondary additions and timing:

dry hop Simcoe 80g
dry hop Centennial 40g

Yeast: Use half pack of S-04 and US05
Fermentation temperature/steps: Ferment at 18, then diacetyl rest at 22c

Comments:

Lightbulb is a modern pale ale full of bright hop flavours and mind sweetness that rounds out the whole beer and makes it more substantial. At only 4.5% this beer would give most 7% IPAs a run for their money.

This recipe was published in Hop & Barley and shared with us by Greg Mellor