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Ron Mexico Pale Ale | 5 Gallon Beer Recipe Kit | All-Grain

Ron Mexico Pale Ale | 5 Gallon Beer Recipe Kit | All-Grain

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Description

  • When we first got our hands on experimental hop HBC 438 (nicknamed Ron Mexico and now known as Sabro™) we couldn't wait to design a recipe around it
  • Includes Magnum and Sabro™ hops
  • Estimated ABV: 4.6%
  • Estimated IBUs: 53-57
  • Makes 5 gallons of finished beer

The next hot hop? This delicious Pale Ale is based on new experimental hop, HBC438, that has the unofficial name of  Ron Mexico due to its native US neomexicanus  hop heritage. This hop has enticing aromas of stone and tropical fruit, orange, mint, and herbal characteristics.  Vinnie from Russian River Brewing (of Pliny fame) used this hop in an experimental beer brewed for the National Homebrewers Conference and also recently raved about this hop in a talk we attended.

The story of this hop is really unique. Traditionally hop breeders finish the testing of experimental hops internally and then release to the commercial market. Now they are turning the tables and trying something new!  HBC 438 is being released EXCLUSIVELY to the Homebrewing community first. Then in the future, as more is grown, they will release it to commercial brewers. So the tables are flipped - Pro brewers will be reading your reviews and seeing what you thought of the hottest new hop. 

What is also cool is that all proceeds from the sales of these hops go to ALS.net and help fund the ALS Therapy Development Institute, the world's largest non-profit biotech focused entirely on ALS Research. 

Our take on a Ron Mexico pale includes some acid malt and carapils for body, crystal 60 for color and richness, and Rahr Two-Row for a great malty base.

  • Makes 5 gallons
  • Estimated Original Gravity: 1.045-1.049
  • SRM (Color Range): 6-8
  • IBUs: 53-57
  • Estimated Alcohol Percentage: 4.5-4.7%

Our recipe kits DO NOT include grain bags, yeast or priming sugar. To find our yeast recommendations, choose your preferred kit option above and then select the drop-down menu under “Yeast Options”.  For more info, click on the recommended yeast(s) below in the “You Might Also Need” section below. All grains will come milled, unless you select unmilled base malts.
 
 

 

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Trying something new
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Rated 5 out of 5
Once it mellowed, super tasty beer! Will buy again.
Brewed this with a single pack of Bry-97. It was our first time using this yeast and it was a pretty slow kick off, almost three days. We mashed a bit on the warmer side too, staying around 160 for 65 minutes. Once fermentation began, we fermented on the low end of the temp range and it was slow and steady. No real blow off.

The yeast took so long to start and finish that it threw off our schedule so we had to dry hop for a shorter duration than the recipe called for. We did half in bottles and half in a 2.5gal keg. We fined with gelatin into the fermenter about 24hrs before kegging. Didn't have time to cold crash first as we had to fly out for a cruise.

We left the keg to carb in the fridge for two weeks while we were out of town and came back to a delicious beer. It was just a touch bitter in the after taste, but after another week it really mellowed out. The beer is a beautiful west coast IPA dark gold, crystal clear and seriously crushable. Final ABV was 5.2.

The flavor is lightly fruity. Think of Sierra Nevada Pale but with slightly fruitier notes and lower IBUs.
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Added Jan 26, 2024
January 26, 2024
Rated 5 out of 5
Was looking for the HBC-438 hop when I saw this on sale for less than $30. With that, I got 7 precious ounces of HBC-438, and that alone was worth the money.
I tweaked this recipe, dropped some of the 438 hops for some galaxy. (Saved the remaining hops for other brews.) I also added 2lb of Munich malt to give it some malt backbone. Fermented with Gigayeast Vermont Ale, and dry hopped after primary was done to keep the beer brite. The end result is AWESOME! Straw colored, hop forward but balanced, great “juicy” hop character, with heavy amounts of tropical fruit aromas and flavor. There is a strong pineapple juice character this hop brings, especially when combined with Galaxy that I just love. I may order another kit just to get some more of these hops before they can’t be found anymore.
December 31, 2018
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over 5 years ago
Response from MoreFlavor
Thank you so much for your feedback. We really appreciate the honesty and value great feedback like this as it helps us improve our products. Cheers!
December 31, 2018
Zach R Staff