Batch #5 (Eff.: 68%, Att.: 82%, ABV: 7.5%) - 10/10/21
Pine-Lime Experimental Version, added lime juice to the first few and decided it didn't work! Lucky I tested before adding it, sticking with the pineapple version.
Mash vol.: 31L, Pre-boil vol.: 27 L, Batch vol.: 21 L
OG: 1068 (Refract.), 1062 (Tilt)
- Weyerman Carapils (0.4 kg) used this batch
- Swapped Riwaka for Motueka this brew for more lime flavour.
- First use of M66 Hop Head yeast
12/10/21 - SG:1017 - Very fast
19/10/21 - SG:1006, cold crashed to 10 C.
20/10/21 - Dry hopped and 432g Dole Pineapple Slices in juice added.
21/10/21 - Cold crashed to 1 C.
24/10/21 - Kegged and carbed.
29/10/21 - Tasting great, glad I didn't stick with the lime splice idea.
Batch #4 (Eff.: 58 %, Att.: 72 %, ABV: 5.5 %) - 27/09/20
- Mash vol.: 31L, Pre-boil vol.: 26 L, Batch vol.: 22.5 L
- OG: 1058 (Refract.), 1056 (Tilt)
- Cara Pils 0.4 kg (Best Malz) used this batch.
- Switched from US-05 to M44 West Coast yeast
- Citra and Mosaic swapped to CRYO versions, kept the same amount of grams.
30/9/20 - SG:1018
5/10/20 - SG:1016
7/10/20 - FG:1016, dry hopped, pineappled (432g Dole Pineapple Slices in juice) and cold crashed
Batch #3 (Eff.: 55%, Att.: 77%, ABV: 6.12%) - 8/12/19
- Pre-boil volume - 27 L (First use of mash paddle as a measuring stick for volume.
- Mash vol.:31 L, Pre-boil vol.: 27 L, Batch vol.: 23 L
- American Ale malt down to 5.9 kg from 6 kg to bring ABV down a little.
- Dry pitched x2 packs of US05 onto 22 C aerated wort.
20/12/19 - SG: 1017, Ferm temp upped by 0.5 C to 21 C, dry hopped.
22/12/19 - FG: 1013, added Dole Pineapple Slices in juice, 822 g can to fermenter and cold crashed.
25/12/19 - Kegged and carbed, 3 min at 30 psi.
28/12/19 - Tastes good, pineapple finish and aroma, people like it and the kegs draining quick, might switch pineapple (brand next time or try fresh).
17/01/20 - Left for 3 weeks while on holidays in the keg and it didn't hold up well, hop flavour really died back and left with a very mild pineapple finish, not great now.
Batch #2 (56% Eff: 56%, Att.: 77%, ABV: 6.3%) - 25/10/18
- Same grist, hop schedule and water profile as #1
- Mash time cut down to 45 min from 60.
- Boil time cut down to 45 min from 60.
4/11/18 - Transferred to a purged keg and dry hopped, kept at room temp to finish fermenting before adding pineapple and transferring to a new keg. Temp got up to 31 C outside.
8/11/18 - Transferred to a purged keg, on top of 440 g Golden Circle Pineapple Thins in juice and cold crashed. SG: 1014. Tasted fruity with a bitter lingering sweetness on the back.
Batch #1 (49% Eff.) - 8/7/18 - Pineapple pale ale - Grain milled coarse for Mark's grain father but done on my BIAB system, expected efficiency hit.
- Basing water profile (Cl- 200, SO4- 110) on Brulosophy suggestion.
- Pineapple (to taste) added at cold crash to avoid yeast eating the sugar from the juice and flavour dropping off or changing.
16/7/18 - SG: 1016, dry hopped (upped the amount to 20g each from 15g)
19/7/18 - SG: 1014, cold crashed.
22/7/18 - Added 1 can (432g) of Dole Pineapple Slices in juice.
23/7/18 - Mild pineapple aroma and a hint of flavour, tasting pretty good.
26/7/18 - Kegged and carbed (30psi for 2min 20sec)
29/7/18 - People really like the subtle pineapple sweetness and flavour, next time use a slightly bigger tin of pineapple.
5/8/18 - Tasted great, still had a bit of pineapple to it, great balance. Could maybe dry hop keg with a small tin of pineapple.