Brew 20 - Summer Sunshine (Bru-1 IPA)
Brew 20 - Summer Sunshine (Bru-1 IPA) Brew Day: 12/04/2021 Bottle Day: 26/04/2021 Another brew and another new hop variety. I was having a bit of a scout on Get 'Er Brewed's website and there seem to be a lot of new hop varieties available. I wonder if this is due to the fact that industrial breweries are making less beer, leaving more for us mini brewers to access? I looked at Medusa, Talus, Sultana but settled on a variety called Bru-1. This variety imparts a pineapple flavour - something a little different so settling on a basic pale ale recipe to find out what this hop can do. A slight change to my usual malt bill, I'm using Vienna Malt alongside old faithfuls Maris Otter and CaraMalt. I'm also going with a liquid yeast again - Wyeast 1056 American Ale. Brew day arrives and mash goes on as follows: 23 litres strike water at 73 deg C Preheated mash tun with boiling water 1/2 Campden Tab + 2tsp Burton Crystals 60min mash @ 64-66 deg C Recirculated t...