cooper xpa

Finnroo wrote:

Just thought it was worth a mention, cheers mate and brew on.

it gave me food for thought as the expression goes


but i must say i am glad i havent drained it to the gods as the it is mellowing out, yes the burnt taste is still there but i feel as the keg matures the beer is as well and the colour is changing with it....

i will be trying this brew again in a few weeks now that footy seasons over i'll have total concentration on brewing..

man love this brewing caper becuase ya can make mistakes but you can rectify on the next attempt

even the best beers can have their faults

well what do ya do before lunch have a couple of beers..

so i thought i would pour this xpa again

i tell you the longer it stretches out the beer is mellowing out bringinging new tastes

the burnt taste has almost gone but that might be my tastebuds as i had only just brushed my teeth

i can still taste the burntness in it, but is more tolerable

The beer colour is changing alot as well...

i will be rebrewing this one again hopefully in a couple off weeks time

That's great mate. Glad it is mellowing out a bit.

That was my issue with my pale. Hit it too early, now it taste really good after a bit more age on it.

i love the colour i like some of the tastes ( the burnt i dont as no one would)


i have gone from dissapointment to oh well i am enjoying it


there is no off tastes
but thats a pic from keggerater into light and i love the colour

Ok that keg is now gone to the gods

I am going to rebrew this one (hopefully with out any scorching or burnt tastes)

I have changed 1 of the malts from jw crystal to the crisp light crystal the reason i am doing this is becuase i want to purchase everything from the 1 supplier not like i did last time

i have pretty well kept the ingredient amounts the same as the last one that @gash designed

Coopers modified XPA
Australian-Style Pale Ale

5.0% / 11.7 °P

Recipe by
Michael Eade

All Grain


BrewZilla / RoboBrew 35L
75% efficiency

Batch Volume: 25 L
Boil Time: 60 min


Mash Water: 21.87 L

Sparge Water: 11.04 L
Total Water: 32.91 L

Boil Volume: 30.08 L

Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.042


Vitals
Original Gravity: 1.047

Final Gravity: 1.009

IBU (Tinseth): 23

Color: 12.4 EBC


Mash
Temperature — 65 °C — 60 min


Malts (5.04 kg)
4.8 kg (95.2%) — Gladfield Ale Malt — Grain — 6 EBC
240 g (4.8%) — Crisp Crystal Light — Grain — 88.5 EBC
Hops (102 g)
12 g (15 IBU) — Magnum 12% — Boil — 60 min

25 g (5 IBU) — 5% — Boil — 10 min

15 g (3 IBU) — Lemondrop 6% — Boil — 10 min

25 g — Lemondrop 6% — Dry Hop — day 4

25 g — Simcoe 13% — Dry Hop — day 4


Miscs
0.1 items — Whirlfloc — Boil — 10 min


Yeast
2 pkg — Fermentis US-05 Safale American
Fermentation
Primary — 20 °C — 14 days


Carbonation: 2.4 CO2-vol

Thoughts please as i want to order this tomoorow or Wednesday

hey all

well brewed this again but only made 1 change to the grain bill from crystal to light crystal

everything ran smooth threw the brew this time and had a small taste of the wortand it tasted yum didly yum

my starting gravity qwas 1.062 and is fermenting a way in the fermzilla happily

can't wait to get this on in the keg to try

hey all,

I'm a little concerned about my xpa clone

this was the 1st time using the tilt and i should have mucked around to understand it a bit more then messing with it during the fermentation

my beer started at 1.062 in the fermzilla on Sunday which was captured on my phone and i thought i am going to need my phone through the week for work as i drive interstate... So i fired up a tablet i had on monday around lunch time and started to read at 1.060

i get home from interstate tonight 20/10/2020) looked on my tablet that is reading the tilt its sitting on 1.000

anyway here is the report from the tilt so far


also a image of the chart




i had the fermzilla at 7.5 psi

Should i dry hop this tomorrow 21/10/2020?