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Robin Aitken
Wellington homebrewer getting started on his own all-grain setup, with earlier experience from a 40L all-grain brewing class — the same starting point as Owen and Matt. Brews on a 35L BrewZilla Gen 4, ferments in a bucket against the steady 18°C his climate-controlled house holds (moving it to a warmer or cooler room as the strain requires), and bottle conditions in flip-top bottles. Not all of Robin's brews are recorded here — the stats and totals on this page reflect only the batches added to the site.
BrewZilla 35L Gen 4 · Grainfather 20L Water Kettle · Fermenting bucket with airlock · Bottle conditioning
Volume & Pace
6 Batches
134 L Total brewed
~22 L avg batch
~22 L avg batch
20.8/yr Cadence
2026 Active
Recipe Profile
6.0% Avg ABV
1.059 Avg OG
31 Avg IBU
4.2–7.5% ABV range
77% Avg attenuation
4 Styles brewed
Signature
Base malt Gladfield Shepherds Delight Malt
Hops Pacific Jade
Yeast LalBrew Pomona Hybrid IPA
Hop technique
Bittering 100%
Late boil 67%
Whirlpool 100%
Dry hop 83%
Ingredients 14 hop varieties · 3 yeast strains · 20 fermentables · 4 styles
Hops
1 Pacific Jade 4
2 Superdelic 3
3 Nectaron 3
4 Mosaic 3
5 Simcoe 3
Yeast
1 LalBrew Pomona Hybrid IPA 4
2 LalBrew Nottingham 1
3 LalBrew BRY-97 West Coast Ale 1
Fermentables
1 Gladfield Shepherds Delight Malt 4
2 Gladfield American Ale Malt 3
3 Gladfield RedBack Malt 3
4 Gladfield Munich Malt 3
5 Gladfield Ale Malt 3
Styles
1 21B Specialty IPA: Red IPA 3
2 21C Hazy IPA 1
3 15A Irish Red Ale 1
4 21A American IPA 1
Strongest 7.5% ABV West Coast IPA Lightest 4.2% ABV NZ Rich Red Ale Most recent 2026-09-06 Soft Red Brewer's pick Specialty IPA: Red IPA Red IPA
Brews 6 entries
Soft Red 21B
Specialty IPA: Red IPA Pacific Jade, Superdelic, Nectaron, Mosaic LalBrew Pomona
IBU36
2026-09-06
NZ Hoppy Red Ale 21B
Specialty IPA: Red IPA Pacific Jade, Superdelic, Nectaron, Riwaka LalBrew Pomona
ABV5.8% OG·FG1.059 → 1.015 IBU50
2026-08-14
Fusion Haze 21C
Hazy IPA Columbus, Tropical Fusion, Krush, Simcoe LalBrew Pomona
ABV6.3% OG·FG1.058 → 1.010 IBU18
2026-08-03
NZ Rich Red Ale 15A
Irish Red Ale Pacific Jade, Superdelic, Pacific Gem LalBrew Nottingham
ABV4.2% OG·FG1.052 → 1.020 IBU24
2026-07-15
West Coast IPA 21A
American IPA Chinook, Centennial, Simcoe, Mosaic LalBrew Pomona Hybrid IPA
ABV7.5% OG·FG1.067 → 1.010 IBU29
2026-06-25
Red IPA 21B
Specialty IPA: Red IPA Pacific Jade, Krush, Mosaic, Simcoe LalBrew BRY-97 West Coast Ale
ABV6.4% OG·FG1.060 → 1.011
2026-05-28