Feral Hop Hog Clone - Mini Mash + Coopers Pale

The Hop Hog recipe has changed over the years as available hops change, it's also gone from being a IPA to now being called a pale ale. This recipe is probably more towards the IPA. Citra is often used in the mix but due to the lack of availability I've left it out of this recipe. The Mash and boil have been sized to be able to be done in the small stock pots available at Big W (7.6L).

INGREDIENTS

Mash Ingredients
1.50 kg Pale Malt, Traditional Ale (Joe White) (5.9 EBC) Grain 1 31.3 %
0.60 kg Caramalt (Joe White) (49.3 EBC) Grain 2 12.5 %
0.30 kg Munich, Dark (Joe White) (29.6 EBC) Grain 3 6.2 %

Boil Ingredients
20.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 4 16.8 IBUs
10.00 g Amarillo [8.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 5 2.6 IBUs
10.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 7 3.0 IBUs
5.00 g Simcoe [12.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 7 1.8 IBUs

Steeped Hops
10.00 g Amarillo [8.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min Hop 8 1.3 IBUs
10.00 g Simcoe [12 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min Hop 9 1.8 IBUs
10.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min Hop 10 1.5 IBUs

Fermentation Ingredients
0.50 kg Light Dry Extract (15.8 EBC) Dry Extract 11 10.4 %
1.70 kg Coopers Australian Pale Ale (6.7 EBC) Extract 12 35.4 %
0.20 kg Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (0.0 EBC) Sugar 13 4.2 %

Dry Hop
30.00 g Simcoe [12 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days Hop 14 0.0 IBUs
30.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days Hop 15 0.0 IBUs
30.00 g Amarillo [8.50 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Days Hop 16 0.0 IBUs

BREW STEPS

Mash
Mash In Add 6.26 l of water at 73.3 C and add grain to achieve Mash Temp of 66.0 C for 60 min

1.50 kg Pale Malt, Traditional Ale (Joe White)
0.60 kg Caramalt (Joe White) (49.3 EBC)
0.30 kg Munich, Dark (Joe White) (29.6 EBC)

◯ Fly sparge with 2.14 l water at 75.6 C
◯ Add water if needed to achieve boil volume of 6.00 l

After grain has been removed and sparged, bring it to the boil and follow the hopping schedule.

20.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min
10.00 g Amarillo [8.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min
10.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min
5.00 g Simcoe [12.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min

Flameout hops - steep for 10mins
10.00 g Amarillo [8.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min
10.00 g Simcoe [12 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min
10.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min

◯ Cool wort to fermentation temperature
◯ Transfer wort to fermenter

Add and mix in Fermentation Ingredients
0.50 kg Light Dry Extract (15.8 EBC)
1.70 kg Coopers Australian Pale Ale (6.7 EBC)
0.20 kg Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (0.0 EBC)

◯ Add water to achieve final volume of 21.00 l and temperature of about 18c

Pitch Safale US05 (2 packs if possible unless you know your pack is extremely fresh) and ferment at 18c for 5 -7 days till fermentation has just about finished then dry hop for 3-4 days. Dy hop can amounts be reduced slightly if it saves you buying two packets of a particular hop.

30.00 g Simcoe [12 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days
30.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days
30.00 g Amarillo [8.50 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days

Due to the large amount of hops in this recipe a cold crash is recommended after ferment is complete, its not necessary but will help prevent hop particles in bottle and kegs.

Bottle or keg as usual.

Cheers!

Gee this was a long time ago, going over it it looks fine, I might swap out Centennial with Citra now that its more available. Looks good! Cheers mate!

What was the concern? Cheers!

Yeah could be it thats a fairly big beer! the beer will be quite bitter at the start too especially if the chilling took a while or the boil went longer than expected. Cheers!