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Special Bitter
The nicest special bitter I ever brewed, despite 24 hours of high temp at initial fermentation (around 28 Celcius)
| Brewer: | Darren | Email: | bookakurra@hotmail.com | |||||
| Beer: | Special Bitter | Style: | English Best (Special) Bitter | |||||
| Type: | All grain | Size: | 45 liters | |||||
| Color: |
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Bitterness: | 29 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.052 | FG: | 1.016 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 4.6% v/v (3.6% w/w) | |||||||
| Grain: | 8kg American 2-row 1kg British crystal 135-165L 100g British black patent |
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| Mash: | 70% efficiency | |||||||
| Single infustion mash at 68° Celcius for 90 minutes, raise to 75° for mashout. | ||||||||
| Boil: | 90 minutes | SG 1.046 | 50 liters | |||||
| 1kg Brown sugar | ||||||||
| Hops: | 50g Pride of Ringwood (8% AA, 60 min.) 40g Fuggles (4.75% AA, 15 min.) 40g Fuggles (aroma) |
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| Yeast: | PEET Classic English Ale. Great Australia Liquid yeast cultures from this guy! | |||||||
| Log: | 5 days in Primary then racked. Fined after another 10 days then racked again. Kegged 26 days after brewing. | |||||||
| Carbonation: | Force carbonated | |||||||
Recipe posted 07/19/00.
