Bitter Brit Ordinary Bitter
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Bitter Brit
BJCP Style and Style Guidelines
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08-A English Pale Ale, Standard/Ordinary Bitter
Min OG: 1.032 Max OG: 1.040
Min IBU: 25 Max IBU: 35
Min Clr: 4 Max Clr: 14 Color in SRM, Lovibond
Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 5.50 Wort Size (Gal): 5.50
Total Grain (Lbs): 7.13
Anticipated OG: 1.035 Plato: 8.66
Anticipated SRM: 10.1
Anticipated IBU: 30.1
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Pre-Boil Amounts
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Evaporation Rate: 15.00 Percent Per Hour
Pre-Boil Wort Size: 6.47 Gal
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.029 SG 7.40 Plato
Grain/Extract/Sugar
% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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77.2 5.50 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) America 1.036 2
7.0 0.50 lbs. Crystal 20L America 1.035 20
14.0 1.00 lbs. Victory Malt America 1.034 25
1.8 0.13 lbs. Chocolate Malt America 1.029 350
Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.
Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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0.75 oz. Fuggle Whole 5.00 13.7 First WH
0.75 oz. Goldings - E.K. Whole 4.75 13.1 First WH
0.50 oz. Fuggle Whole 5.00 1.7 5 min.
0.50 oz. Goldings - E.K. Whole 4.75 1.6 5 min.
Yeast
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WYeast 1968 London Extra Special Bitter
Mash Schedule
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Mash Type: Single Step
Grain Lbs: 7.13
Water Qts: 7.13 - Before Additional Infusions
Water Gal: 1.78 - Before Additional Infusions
Qts Water Per Lbs Grain: 1.00 - Before Additional Infusions
Saccharification Rest Temp : 152 Time: 60
Mash-out Rest Temp : 212 Time: 10
Sparge Temp : 170 Time: 10
Total Mash Volume Gal: 2.35 - Dough-In Infusion Only
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Time to brew this up again, thinking I may use some Phoenix hops instead of fuggles for the FWH, move it to 60 min instead of FWH, and keep the EKG addition as FWH. This should bump perceived bitterness while still keeping the smoothness of the FWH addition.Jesus didn't wear pants
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The combination of fuggles and EKG is one of my favorite hop profiles. Your original recipe is very similar to a few versions I have done ..... but with MO... and without the victory.... yummyNever attribute to malice, that which can adequately be explained by stupidity.
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ceannt said:
The combination of fuggles and EKG is one of my favorite hop profiles. Your original recipe is very similar to a few versions I have done ..... but with MO... and without the victory.... yummy
I make my own home toasted victory, it is a fresher brighter profile than I have gotten from MO alone, I started home toasting 2-row to get a flavor close to MO with what I had, and found I liked it better than what I was trying to emulate.Jesus didn't wear pants -
azscoob said:ceannt said:
The combination of fuggles and EKG is one of my favorite hop profiles. Your original recipe is very similar to a few versions I have done ..... but with MO... and without the victory.... yummy
I make my own home toasted victory, it is a fresher brighter profile than I have gotten from MO alone, I started home toasting 2-row to get a flavor close to MO with what I had, and found I liked it better than what I was trying to emulate.
Sounds like you have recreated the old Amber Malt ......(bears no resemblance to anything commercially available today) ..... awesome!Never attribute to malice, that which can adequately be explained by stupidity. -
chandlerbang said:
Yup, spread out a couple pounds on a cookie sheet or two, put in oven with heat at 350 for like 15 minutes, pull it out and put it in a paper bag for a week to 10 days, then mill and use as usualJesus didn't wear pants -
azscoob said:chandlerbang said:
Yup, spread out a couple pounds on a cookie sheet or two, put in oven with heat at 350 for like 15 minutes, pull it out and put it in a paper bag for a week to 10 days, then mill and use as usual
Why the paper bag?
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Lakewood said:azscoob said:chandlerbang said:
Yup, spread out a couple pounds on a cookie sheet or two, put in oven with heat at 350 for like 15 minutes, pull it out and put it in a paper bag for a week to 10 days, then mill and use as usual
Why the paper bag?
To let the grain mellow a bit from toasting, if used too soon it seems to have a bitterness and burnt husk flavor to it, I transfer it to vacuum sealed bags after it has sat in paper, it keeps fresh and the bitterness is gone, never tried going straight to vacuum bagging, maybe on my next batch..Jesus didn't wear pants -
Everything I have ever read about home roasting grains stresses how important it is to allow the grain to "mellow" for a couple of weeks prior to brewing. The paper bag idea lets the grain cool all the way through, and lets air in to facilitate the mellowing process.Never attribute to malice, that which can adequately be explained by stupidity.
