Ingredients:
Black Rock Unhopped Light 1.7kg
1800 g Gladfield Vienna Malt
1300 g Gladfield Aurora malt
500g Gladfield Redback Malt
320g Gladfield Shepherds Delight Malt
30g Simcoe, 45g Amarillo, 15g Citra hop
80g Fresh ginger root
11.5 g Fermentis Yeast: SafAle™ US-05

This recipe requires a partial mash step, see “Partial mashing your brew” in the “How to Brew” tab at www.blackrock.co.nz for tutorials if you are new to this procedure.

Method:
1/ Mash all Gladfield malts in 18 L of quality brewing liquor at 64 °C for 40 minutes.

2/ Add 1.7 kgs of wort concentrate and adjust volume to 23 L.

3/ Boil 45 minutes with 10g of Amarillo hop.

4/ Whirlpool 15g Simcoe, 20g Amarillo & 70g of sliced ginger root.

5/ Immersion chill brew to 20 °C.

6/ Clean & sanitise fermenter and associated equipment.

7/ Fill fermenter and pitch yeast at a start temperature of 20 +/- 3 °C.

8/ Day 7 dry hop 15g Simcoe, 15g Amarillo, 15g Citra & 10g sliced root ginger.

9/ Allow 3 days of infusion, then crash cool fermenter to 1-3 °C for 48-72 hours and keg or bottle using standard practices.

Specification:
Alcohol: 6.1% ABV
Bitterness: 42 IBU
Colour: 33 SRM