Long White Cloud

This was a clone of the truly excellent IPA from Tempest Brewery in Tweedbank. It was inspired by New Zealand and contains a plethora of hops from that country. I made a couple of changes, the first of which was to add my home grown hops to the start of the boil. Long White Cloud is dry hopped but I didn’t because the initial super hoppiness doesn’t last for long and the beer oxidizes more quickly.

Unfortunately this brew was characterized by a fluctuating fermentation temperature that pushed too high. It swung between 19C & 25C every 8 hours. I think I must have tweaked the Ferment PID constants in a bad way.

I had hoped that I might get lucky and avoid some the fusel alcohols that I have tasted before. Alas this was not the case. So there was nothing for it to try again with my next brew …

Recipe Details

Batch Size	Boil Time	IBU	SRM	Est. OG	Est. FG	ABV
23 L	90 min	142.0 IBUs	11.5 EBC	1.069	1.012	7.6 %
			Actuals	0	1.011	-74.5 %

Style Details

Name	Cat.	OG Range	FG Range	IBU	SRM	Carb	ABV
American IPA	21 A	1.056 - 1.07	1.008 - 1.014	40 - 70	11.8 - 27.6	2.4 - 2.9	5.5 - 7.5 %

Fermentables

Name	Amount	%
Pale Ale, Golden Promise®™ (Simpsons)	5 kg	66.67
Vienna Malt (Simpsons)	2.4 kg	32
Wheat, Malt (Simpsons)	100 g	1.33

Hops

Name	Amount	Time	Use	Form	Alpha %
Cascade	80 g	60 min	Boil	Leaf	5.5
Rakau (Alpharoma)	10 g	60 min	Boil	Pellet	8.7
Wakatu (Hallertau Aroma)	10 g	60 min	Boil	Pellet	7.9
Motueka	20 g	15 min	Boil	Pellet	6.2
Rakau (Alpharoma)	20 g	15 min	Boil	Pellet	8.7
Taiheke	20 g	15 min	Boil	Pellet	8.1
Wakatu (Hallertau Aroma)	20 g	15 min	Boil	Pellet	7.9
Nelson Sauvin	85 g	15 min	Aroma	Pellet	11.3
Rakau (Alpharoma)	50 g	15 min	Aroma	Pellet	8.7
Taiheke	30 g	15 min	Aroma	Pellet	8.1
Motueka	10 g	15 min	Aroma	Pellet	6.2
Wakatu (Hallertau Aroma)	10 g	15 min	Aroma	Pellet	7.9

Yeast

Name	Lab	Attenuation	Temperature
Safale American (US-05)	DCL/Fermentis	77%	15°C - 23.89°C

Mash

Step	Temperature	Time
Mash Step	50°C	15 min
Mash Step	65°C	75 min

Fermentation

Step	Time	Temperature
Primary	11 days	19.44°C
Aging	30 days	18.33°C