IONIAN ALE

A superb real ale, which has a full body and a mouth-filling presence of malt and hops.

Original gravity: 1043
Mash liquor : 12 litres
Final gravity : 1010
Mash temperature : 660C
Alcohol content: 4.30%
Mash time : 90 minutes
Bittering units : 33
Boil time : 90 minutes
Final volume : 23 litres

In the tun

Pale malt 3970 g
Crystal malt 320 g
Wheat malt 295 g
Amber malt 320 g

In the boiler

Challenger hops (6.2% alpha acid) 67 g (start of boil)
Fuggles hops 13 g (last 15 minutes)
Irish Moss 5 g (last 15 minutes)

MALT EXTRACT VERSION: Partial mash required

Replace the pale malt with 2900g of diastatic malt extract

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