Nelson Sauvin Pale Ale - Tasting + Recipe

Nelson Sauvin Pale Ale

Recipe specifics:

Style: American Pale Ale
Batch size: 8.0 l

OG: 1.051
FG: 1.010
Bitterness (IBU): 32.7
Color (SRM): 5.9
ABV: 5.3%

Grain/Sugars:

92.5% American Ale malt
5.0% Light Crystal malt
(50EBC/20L)
2.5% Acidulated malt
(I'm using all Gladfield malt)

Hops:

25.00 g Nelson Sauvin (AA 12.5%, Pellet) 0 min, 32.7 IBU (left 10 minutes post boil)

50.00 g Nelson Sauvin (AA 12.5%, Pellet) 0 min, 0.0 IBU (15 minutes 80C hop stand)

25.00 g Nelson Sauvin (AA 12.5%, Pellet) dry hop (day 3 dry hop)

Note: Hop quantities are for a finished 8 litre batch, so adjust accordingly for your batch size.

Yeast/Misc:

Calcium Sulphate, 0.3 unit(s), Additive Added during mash
US-05, 1.0 unit(s), Yeast
Whirfloc, 0.3 unit(s), Fining , boil 10 min

18C fermentation. Once you are a few points from final gravity, start increasing temperature gradually up to 21C and then holding there for 2-3 days for a diaceytl rest

Transfer to keg or bottles, carbonate, chill and enjoy! Cheers 🍻

[roygoddard]

Nice looking beer Dean, I'm about to brew a pale ale this weekend. Cheers.

[Dts]

I could just enjoy a glass of that Dino. I loved the colour and appearance. It sounded a nice mix of flavours and i love the Nelson hop although I haven’t used it on its own but have combined it with other hops.
Pleased the weather picked up there. We going the other way now so I will probably brew some more winter type beers.
Cheers mate👍

[xjamis]

Yep sometimes the simple recipes are the best. Your brewing processes of late hopping and half batches are quite unique to you, I can see the logic, getting more flavour from the hops and recipe/experiment turnover, you have got me thinking! cheers

[finnroohomebrewing]

I'm just fermenting an xpa at the moment. Interesting comments on adding light crystal, that's my go to as well . I think sometimes, especially in our early brewing days we tended to throw in a lot of different malt and hops and crowd the subtle flavours each brings to the table. And as you rightly say, it changes in the keg.
Arr, the Wonderful world of beer LoL 😅.
Cheers mate 😎👍

[Skid-Baxter]

Nice one. Made me thirsty! I brewed a Nelson pale ale not too long ago. Simple recipe like yours. Mine had a touch of Victory malt for some flavor depth. The hops shined & played against the malts nicely. Tasting video coming. Fantastic hop on its own. I look forward to seeing how Nelson plays with other hops too. Cheers mate!🍺🍻

[BrewabitRick]

Nice looking and sounding beer indeed cheers 🍻👍

[kermets]

Great looking love the colour which ive found hard to adjust for....
So at 5% light crystal you can still pick up the malt Brett

[StoneyardVineyards]

Great looking beer, I need to brew something like that . Cheers

[aorakiboydog]

Looks like a success, simple is sometimes better, that Nelson Sauvin is up there with the big guns.

[hefsbeerreviews]

Great result, mate. I’ll have to try steeping some light crystal and adding it to one of my kit brews. We had a dry, mild winter and it looks like we could be in for a hot dry summer. Cheers!