18B American Pale Ale
APA — Nelson Sauvin Hop Oil
ABV5.6% OG1.050 FG1.007Against the style · 18B American Pale Ale
- ABV 5.6%, style 4.5% to 6.2%
- OG 1.050, style 1.045 to 1.060
- FG 1.007, style 1.010 to 1.015
- EBC est. 18, style 10 to 20
Grain bill
| Gladfield Ale Malt | 4.7 kg | 72.3% |
| Gladfield Vienna Malt | 1.2 kg | 18.5% |
| Gladfield Supernova Malt | 0.6 kg | 9.2% |
Hop schedule
| Hop | 60 min | 10 min | WP | DH#1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nectaron 50 g | 10g | 40g | · | · |
| Nelson Sauvin Hop Oil 4.5 g | · | · | 2g | 2.5g |
Yeast
| LalBrew BRY-97 | 2 packets |
Water additions
| Calcium Sulphate | 1 tsp in mash |
| Calcium Chloride | half tsp in mash |
| Lactic acid (88%) | to 5.5 pH in mash and sparge |
Tasting notes
About This Beer
Same grain bill and hot-side hop schedule as Owen’s August 2025 APA: Ale Malt, Vienna and Supernova, with Nectaron bittering at 60 and 10 minutes. The experiment is entirely on the cool side.
Instead of pellet Kohatu and Strata in the whirlpool and dry hop, this batch runs Nelson Sauvin hop oil, 2 ml in the whirlpool and 2.5 ml dry hopped on day 5.
Hop oils are a concentrated extract: they carry the aromatic compounds without the vegetal matter, and add no isomerised bitterness. Using 2 to 2.5 ml in place of 100 g or more of pellets, on a base recipe that is otherwise unchanged, makes this a direct comparison of delivery method.
Matt was trialling the same Amplifier oil range around this time, on October Hazy three weeks earlier.