Summer Sesh Ale

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  • CitrusCitrus
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  • CrispCrisp
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Welcome to your ultimate summer session! This bright pale ale pours a soft gold beneath a white fluffy head. Bursting with the aromas and flavours of an Aussie summer, you’ll find plenty of juicy passionfruit, sweet peach, zesty grapefruit and tangy pineapple. It’s a big fruit salad of a beer. Light, with a refreshing bitterness, this season-inspired ale is the perfect buddy on a trip to the beach, lounging in the sun, having a yarn, watching the barbie, or just lying under the stars on a balmy summer’s night.

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Recipe Contains

1 × Mr Beer Golden Ale (1.3kg)
1 × American Ale Yeast (15g)
1 × Mr Beer Carbonation Drops (72g)

You'll Need

1 × 100g Carapils Malt
1 × 25g Nectaron Hops

Beer Style: Ale

Colour (EBC): 9
Volume: 10L
Difficulty: Advanced

ABV 4.9%

Alcohol by Volume

26 IBU

International Bitterness Units

EBC 9

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Ingredients

1 x 1.3kg Mr Beer Golden Ale
1 x 100g Carapils Malt
1 x 25g Nectaron Hops
1 x 11g Coopers American Ale Yeast
1 x 72g Mr Beer Carbonation Drops

Mix

Place the Carapils Malt in a plastic zip-lock sandwich bag and crack it using a rolling pin.
In a good size pot (around 5 Litres) bring 1 litre of water to approximately 60-70°C, add the crushed
Carapils Malt (we recommend wrapping in a mesh cleaning cloth, pulled straight from the wrapper)
and let steep for about 30 minutes.
Remove the Carapils Malt by gathering up the corners of the mesh cloth and lift, allowing the liquid
to drain from the malt back into the pot.
Add pot to the stove and bring to the boil for 5 minutes.
Set pot in an ice bath to cool for 15 minutes.
Strain the wort into your Fermenting Vessel (FV) and add the Mr Beer Golden Ale, stir to dissolve.
Fill the FV with cold water to the 5 litre mark.
Check the temperature and top up to the 10 litre mark with hot or cold water to get as close to 18°C
as possible.
Sprinkle the Coopers American Ale Yeast and fit the lid.

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Summer Sesh Ale

Welcome to your ultimate summer session! This bright pale ale pours a soft gold beneath a white fluffy head. Bursting with the aromas and flavours of an Aussie summer, you’ll find plenty of juicy passionfruit, sweet peach, zesty grapefruit and tangy pineapple. It’s a big fruit salad of a beer. Light, with a refreshing bitterness, this season-inspired ale is the perfect buddy on a trip to the beach, lounging in the sun, having a yarn, watching the barbie, or just lying under the stars on a balmy summer’s night.

Summer Sesh Ale
Beer Style Ale
Flavour Profile Hoppy, Citrus, Fruity, Crisp
Alcohol Content 4.9%
Colour (EBC) 9
Bitterness (IBU) 26
Volume 10L
Difficulty Advanced

Ingredients

1 x 1.3kg Mr Beer Golden Ale
1 x 100g Carapils Malt
1 x 25g Nectaron Hops
1 x 11g Coopers American Ale Yeast
1 x 72g Mr Beer Carbonation Drops

1. Mix

Place the Carapils Malt in a plastic zip-lock sandwich bag and crack it using a rolling pin.
In a good size pot (around 5 Litres) bring 1 litre of water to approximately 60-70°C, add the crushed
Carapils Malt (we recommend wrapping in a mesh cleaning cloth, pulled straight from the wrapper)
and let steep for about 30 minutes.
Remove the Carapils Malt by gathering up the corners of the mesh cloth and lift, allowing the liquid
to drain from the malt back into the pot.
Add pot to the stove and bring to the boil for 5 minutes.
Set pot in an ice bath to cool for 15 minutes.
Strain the wort into your Fermenting Vessel (FV) and add the Mr Beer Golden Ale, stir to dissolve.
Fill the FV with cold water to the 5 litre mark.
Check the temperature and top up to the 10 litre mark with hot or cold water to get as close to 18°C
as possible.
Sprinkle the Coopers American Ale Yeast and fit the lid.

2. Brew

Place the FV in a location out of direct sunlight and try to ferment between 17C-22C.
Fermentation should take 5 to 10 days.
Once fermentation slows down, approximately day 5, add the 25g of Nectaron Hops (we recommend
wrapping them in a mesh cleaning cloth, pulled straight from the wrapper).
Leave for 3 days and then check Specific Gravity (SG).
Check the SG again the following day and so on.

3. Bottle

The brew is ready once the SG has stabilised over a couple of days, expect about 1008 to 1013.
Gently fill clean PET bottles to about 3cm from the top.
Add 2 carbonation drops per bottle and secure the caps.
Store the bottles upright in a location out of direct sunlight at or above 18C.

4. Enjoy

After at least two weeks, check for sufficient carbonation by squeezing the bottles.
Bottles kept unrefrigerated should improve with age.
When ready to drink, chill the bottles upright.
The chilled beer may be poured into clean glassware, leaving the sediment behind.
Expect the alcohol content to be approximately 4.9% ABV.

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