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Robin Aitken

Wellington, NZ Brewing since 2026

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

8 Batches

178 L Total brewed
~22 L avg batch

19.1/yr Cadence

2026 Active

Recipe Profile

5.9% Avg ABV

1.058 Avg OG

28 Avg IBU

4.2–7.5% ABV range

78% Avg attenuation

4 Styles brewed

Signature

Base malt Gladfield Ale MaltGladfield Shepherds Delight Malt

Hops Pacific Jade

Yeast LalBrew Pomona Hybrid IPA

Hop technique

Bittering

100%

Late boil

63%

Whirlpool

100%

Dry hop

75%

Ingredients 16 hop varieties · 3 yeast strains · 20 fermentables · 4 styles

Hops

1 Pacific Jade 5

2 Simcoe 4

3 Mosaic 4

4 Nectaron 4

5 Superdelic 4

Yeast

1 LalBrew Pomona Hybrid IPA 5

2 LalBrew Nottingham 2

3 LalBrew BRY-97 West Coast Ale 1

Fermentables

1 Gladfield Ale Malt 5

2 Gladfield Shepherds Delight Malt 5

3 Gladfield RedBack Malt 4

4 Gladfield Munich Malt 4

5 Gladfield Medium Crystal Malt 3

Styles

1 21B Specialty IPA: Red IPA 3

2 21C Hazy IPA 2

3 15A Irish Red Ale 2

4 21A American IPA 1

Strongest 7.5% ABV West Coast IPA Lightest 4.2% ABV NZ Rich Red Ale Most recent 2026-10-01 Fusion Haze II Brewer's pick Specialty IPA: Red IPA Red IPA

Fusion Haze II 21C

Brewed2026-10-01 ABV6.3% OG1.058

Columbus, Riwaka, Motueka, Nelson Sauvin LalBrew Pomona

ABV6.3% OG·FG1.058 → 1.010 IBU18

NZ Rich Red Ale 15A

Brewed2026-09-18 ABV5.3% OG1.052

Pacific Jade, Superdelic, Pacific Gem LalBrew Nottingham

ABV5.3% OG·FG1.052 → 1.012 IBU24

Specialty IPA: Red IPA

Brewed2026-09-06 ABV5.5% OG1.056

Pacific Jade, Superdelic, Nectaron, Mosaic LalBrew Pomona

ABV5.5% OG·FG1.056 → 1.014 IBU36

NZ Hoppy Red Ale 21B

Specialty IPA: Red IPA

Brewed2026-08-14 ABV5.8% OG1.059

Pacific Jade, Superdelic, Nectaron, Riwaka LalBrew Pomona

ABV5.8% OG·FG1.059 → 1.015 IBU50

Fusion Haze 21C

Brewed2026-08-03 ABV6.3% OG1.058

Columbus, Tropical Fusion, Krush, Simcoe LalBrew Pomona

ABV6.3% OG·FG1.058 → 1.010 IBU18

NZ Rich Red Ale 15A

Brewed2026-07-15 ABV4.2% OG1.052

Pacific Jade, Superdelic, Pacific Gem LalBrew Nottingham

ABV4.2% OG·FG1.052 → 1.020 IBU24

West Coast IPA 21A

Brewed2026-06-25 ABV7.5% OG1.067

Chinook, Centennial, Simcoe, Mosaic LalBrew Pomona Hybrid IPA

ABV7.5% OG·FG1.067 → 1.010 IBU29

Specialty IPA: Red IPA

Brewed2026-05-28 ABV6.4% OG1.060

Pacific Jade, Krush, Mosaic, Simcoe LalBrew BRY-97 West Coast Ale

ABV6.4% OG·FG1.060 → 1.011