dark bramling bitter III

A recipe I've been tweaking for a while now.

Brewed as a 10 imperial gallon brew.

A nice English bitter, good for drinking most evenings.

Brewer:	glyn nelson		Email:	-
URL:	http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/glyn.nelson/
Beer:	dark bramling bitter III		Style:	English Ordinary Bitter
Type:	All grain		Size:	10 Imp. gal.
Color:	22 HCU (~13 SRM)		Bitterness:	45 IBU
OG:	1.037		FG:	1.008
Alcohol:	3.8% v/v (2.9% w/w)
Water:	none, I have quite hard tap water with very little temporary hardness.
Grain:	7kg British pale 1kg British crystal 95-115L
Mash:	68% efficiency
	28 imperial pints of mash liquor. Could be a bit thinner to increase yield I think. Mashed 68 ° C for 1 hour 15 min, stirring every 20 mins. Sparged with 8 imperial gallons water at 60 ° C
Boil:	70 minutes	SG 1.031	12 Imp. gal.
	Added 1 tablespoon Irish moss in last 10 mins with final hops.
Hops:	3 oz. Kent Goldings (4.6% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Bramling cross (5.8% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Kent Goldings (4.6% AA, 15 min.) 1.5 oz. Bramling cross (5.8% AA, 15 min.)
Yeast:	Sachet of dried Safale S04 strain, woken in 1 pint of wort before pitching
Log:	Ferments in ~3 days at 17-20 ° C. Left to settle for abnother 2-3 days before running off into barrel
Carbonation:	Add 2 ounces sucrose to barrel to prime, then stored for 2-3 months before drinking.
Tasting:	Try more mash liquor. I think it is quite well balanced- could be a bit hoppier for the summer.

Recipe posted 05/28/10.