SUPPORTERS

We need another $10,000 dollars to fund the editiing of the final episodes of the Mash Up series. Therefore we need to sell approx. 10,000 more bottles. Below people have taken photos of the bottles of Mash Up they have drunk to show there support. We are naming these great people here and thank them for their support. 

You to can submit you photos here 

Brent Marquis (Beerginner)
Simon Hurley
Brett Curry 
Glenn Wignall 

Mash Up - NZ Pale Ale - 6.0% abv - 50 IBU

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Mash Up - 20 litre

Based on 80% Brewhouse Efficiency and 20 litres final volume.

Approximately 10% evaporation in the boil. Kettle up volume of 22 litres.

OG - 1.058
FG - 1.012
AbV - 6.0%

Salt addition - 3 g CaCl2 to mashing water.
Liquor:Grist ratio - 2.6:1 (13 litres)
Grain bill - 3.35 kg Thomas Fawcett Maris Otter Pale Ale malt and 1.65 kg Gladfield Ale malt (in lieu of Gladfield Ale malt, Vienna or Munich will give a similar character, though will make the finished wort slightly darker).
Mash temperature - 67°C. If milled grains at 20°C, then strike temperature will be around 76°C.

Boil time - 75 minutes (though can be reduced to 60 minutes depending on the evaporation rate of your system).

Hop additions - Based on 35% utilisation for 1st addition (bittering), 23% utilisation for second addition (flavour) and 5% utilisation for flame out/whirlpool addition (aroma) and a 75 minute boil.

Bittering (75 min boil) - Southern Cross 14.8% - 5 g
Flavour (20 min boil) - Southern Cross 14.8% - 4 g
                             - NZ Cascade 9.1% - 9 g
                            - Riwaka 5.6% - 15 g
Aroma (0 min boil) - Southern Cross 14.8% - 10 g
                           - NZ Cascade 9.1% - 20 g
                           - Riwaka 5.6% - 7 g

Add copper finings (for example, 1 g Koppafloc) 10 minutes before boil end.

Yeast
- Wyeast 1272 - American Ale Yeast II

Dry hopping regime - Dry hop at approximate PG of 1.015 - 1.020 with:
                             - 30 g Southern Cross
                             - 20 g NZ Cascade
                             - 15 g Riwaka