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RECIPE: BELGIAN PALE ALE HOW TO FIND A HOMEBREW CLUB Joining your local homebrew club is the very best way to further your knowledge. Here’s a list of the various clubs around SA. Get in touch with your local club, follow them on social media or sign up for their newsletter. Durban Homebrewers durbanhomebrewers.com East Coast Brewers (KZN) facebook.com/groups/eastcoastbrewers Eden Brewers (Garden Route) facebook.com/edenbrewers Free State Fermenters (Bloemfontein) facebook.com/ groups/305132382867636 Hartbeespoort Brewers facebook.com/groups/hartbeespoortbrewers Helderberg Brewers helderberghomebrewclub.co.za SouthYeasters (Cape Town) southyeasters.co.za Wijnland Homebrewers Club facebook.com/wijnlandhomebrewers Wort Hogs (Gauteng/North West) worthogbrewers.co.za Yeastern Cape Brew Club facebook.com/yeasterncape This is my all-time favourite beer recipe. It was a homebrewer collaboration between myself and Francois Janse van Vuuren, the current chairperson of Wijnland Homebrewer’s Club. Nuts and bolts Batch size: 38 litres Target OG: 1.043 Target FG: 1.009 Target ABV: 4.5% Target IBUs: 35 Mash ingredients 4kg Belgian Pilsner malt 3kg American wheat malt 1kg Munich light Boil ingredients 30g East Kent Goldings (5% AA) @ 30 min 30g Mandarina Bavaria (9% AA) @ 30 min 25g East Kent Goldings (5% AA) @ 15 min 25g Mandarina Bavaria (9% AA) @ 15 min 45g East Kent Goldings (5% AA) @ 0 min 45g Mandarina Bavaria (9% AA) @ 0 min Brewer tips Single-step infusion at 65°C for 60 Minutes. Boil for 60 minutes. Ferment at 18°C with Belgian ale yeast