Galaxy Australian Pale Ale Recipe.

Galaxy Australian Pale Ale

Recipe Specs

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Batch Size (L):            25.0

Total Grain (kg):          5.074

Total Hops (g):            80.00

Original Gravity (OG): 1050
Final Gravity (FG):      1.013
Alcohol by Volume :    4.91 %

Colour (SRM):            3.8  
Bitterness (IBU):          37.0  

Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 80

Boil Time (Minutes):      60

Grain Bill

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4.313 kg Joe White Traditional ale malt (85%)

0.507 kg Munich I (9.99%)

0.254 kg Carapils (Dextrine) (5.01%)

Hop Bill

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10.0 g Galaxy Leaf (14.9% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)

10.0 g Galaxy Leaf (14.9% Alpha) @ 30 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)

10.0 g Galaxy Leaf (14.9% Alpha) @ 20 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)

10.0 g Galaxy Leaf (14.9% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)

40.0 g Galaxy Leaf (14.9% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Boil) (1.6 g/L)

Misc Bill

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Single step Infusion at 67°C for 60 Minutes.

Fermented at 18°C with WLP009 - Australian Ale

Recipe Generated with BrewMate



Top cropping yeast for the first time

Have just top cropped an Ale.BUT i have all the gear to culture so it was easy for me.
Last night canned some left over kettle runnings that i filtered then let it settle,diluted then reboiled.Then autoclaved in pressure cooker for 15min.Put 50ml of wort in preserving jar to put the top cropped yeast in till i transfer to a flask.100ml wort in 250 ml flask with foil on top and 700ml wort in a litre flask also foiled.


This morning sterised a 30ml ladle and funnel in pressure cooker san starred everything set up jar,flask etc.opened jar with lid resting on top,same for fermenter and pressure cooker.
Took deep breath scooped yeast from the middle of the foamy head and straight into jar with wort.Closed everything up and started to breath again.Re san starred after cleaning small spill
and transfered caught yeast and wort via funnel into waiting flask.Straight on to stir plate will give it 12 hours and step it up to the bigger flask if i think it is ready.


From what i have read you could also do this for SOME Lager/Pilsener strains if they produce a nice creamy Kraeusen on day 2 or 3.


Flame suit on as this is the first time top cropping,have tried to keep everything as aseptic as possible turned the heating off so less dust blowing around,autoclaved and flamed everything,san starred whole area including hands and forearms and tried not to touch or breath on anything that will come into contact will the yeast.

Yeast culturing

Busy setting up for Friday and Saturday,The Kolsch yeast is ready to crash chill and the London Ale III is now on the stir plate doing its thing.Will be a long day tomorrow 6.30am start getting the kids to where they need to be then a peak hour drive to work for a 10am lecture then school for myself at 5pm till 8pm.Hour drive home to bottle and keg my Steam Ale #1 at 9pm,set up for my Thursday class then another 4 day weekend.

EZ Water Calculator

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You will need to get a local water report to use this water treatment calculator.

Link to Brewmate free recipe software.

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Have been using this tool to do the last Six brews that have gone through my new Braumeister 20lt system that i imported direct from Germany.


Been hitting target gravity(OG) every time and final gravity(FG) with recipes produced using RandyRobs  brewmate,thanks for this great tool that cost me nix.

Busy Sunday setting up for the brewing week

The old Brewery when it was known as the "Fountain Brewery"which helped to win me many awards.

                                      R.I.P 14.4.2005

Need to start culturing yeast for 2 brews at weeks end.Am going to do a Kolsch on Friday and a Bass IPA clone on Saturday as part of a brewday with some friends.

So need to get the pressure cooker out to sterlise my flasks and other yeast starter equipment,as well as making a culture cabinet with temperature control seeing as the cold of winter has now hit us.

Going to use a brew pad inside of a 55lt Esky with a probe thermostat and my stir plate so as to get my starters big enough to crash chill to let the yeast flocculate out of suspension before brew days.

Will also Rack a Steam beer on to Polyclar so this can be Kegged/bottled Wednesday night and free up one of the three fermenters used in the brewery.Did the same process last night with another Steam beer which has  been Dry Hopped with 17grams of NZ Cascade flowers.The best of the two brews will end up being bottled for a AHB July case swap.

                                                                                                                                                                               Recipes have been generated using some freeware that i have downloaded and will post links.I used the 

EZ Water calculator for my mash ph and water treatment and Brewmate to get the recipes to style....well nearly.