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Robin Aitken
Wellington homebrewer getting started on his own all-grain setup, with earlier experience from a 40L all-grain brewing class — the same starting point as Owen and Matt. Brews on a 35L BrewZilla Gen 4, ferments in a bucket with no temperature control yet (managed by relocating the fermenter), and bottle conditions in flip-top bottles. Not all of Robin's brews are recorded here — the stats and totals on this page reflect only the batches added to the site.
BrewZilla 35L Gen 4 · Grainfather 20L Water Kettle · Fermenting bucket with airlock · Bottle conditioning
Volume & Pace
3 Batches
66 L Total brewed
~22 L avg batch
~22 L avg batch
20.6/yr Cadence
2026 Active
Recipe Profile
7.0% Avg ABV
1.058 Avg OG
27 Avg IBU
6.4–7.5% ABV range
83% Avg attenuation
3 Styles brewed
Signature
Base malt Gladfield Ale MaltGladfield Shepherds Delight MaltGladfield Munich Malt
Hops Pacific JadeSimcoeMosaic
Hop technique
Bittering 100%
Late boil 100%
Whirlpool 100%
Dry hop 67%
Ingredients 8 hop varieties · 3 yeast strains · 13 fermentables · 3 styles
Hops
1 Pacific Jade 2
2 Simcoe 2
3 Mosaic 2
4 Superdelic 1
5 Pacific Gem 1
Yeast
1 LalBrew Nottingham 1
2 LalBrew Pomona Hybrid IPA 1
3 LalBrew BRY-97 West Coast Ale 1
Fermentables
1 Gladfield Ale Malt 2
2 Gladfield Shepherds Delight Malt 2
3 Gladfield Munich Malt 2
4 Gladfield RedBack Malt 1
5 Gladfield Medium Crystal Malt 1
Styles
1 15A Irish Red Ale 1
2 21A West Coast IPA 1
3 21B Specialty IPA: Red IPA 1
Strongest 7.5% ABV West Coast IPA Lightest 6.4% ABV Red IPA Most recent 2026-07-15 NZ Rich Red Ale Brewer's pick Specialty IPA: Red IPA Red IPA
Brews 3 entries
NZ Rich Red Ale 15A
Irish Red Ale Pacific Jade, Superdelic, Pacific Gem LalBrew Nottingham
IBU24
2026-07-15
West Coast IPA 21A
West Coast IPA Chinook, Centennial, Simcoe, Mosaic LalBrew Pomona Hybrid IPA
ABV7.5% OG·FG1.067 → 1.010 IBU29
2026-06-25
Red IPA 21B
Specialty IPA: Red IPA Pacific Jade, Krush, Mosaic, Simcoe LalBrew BRY-97 West Coast Ale
ABV6.4% OG·FG1.060 → 1.011
2026-05-28