Amarillo Bitter

Mashed with my recirculating mash system. www.zamonski.com/herms. if you'd like me to build you a similar system, email me at zamonski@woh.rr.com

Brewer:	Mark Zamonski		Email:	zamonski@woh.rr.com
URL:	http://www.zamonski.com/herms
Beer:	Amarillo Bitter		Style:	English Ordinary Bitter
Type:	All grain		Size:	10 gallons
Color:	13 HCU (~9 SRM)		Bitterness:	33 IBU
OG:	1.044		FG:	1.012
Alcohol:	4.2% v/v (3.3% w/w)
Water:	3 tsp. burtons water salts for each 5 gallons h2o added to mash and sparge water. Used RO water.
Grain:	14 lb. American 6-row 1 lb. Belgian biscuit 2 lb. American crystal 40L
Mash:	75% efficiency
	I have a HERMS type recirculating mash system which produced an efficiency well over 80% in this case, since my actual collection was about 10.5 gallons. In addition to the recirculating system, I did 2- 4gallon batch sparges to rinse the grain. On a side note, the recirculating mash, batch sparging, and counterflow wort chilling allowed me to do the entire brew in 3 1/2 hours (from mash-in to pitching yeast).
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.037	12 gallons
Hops:	1 oz. Amarillo (9.6% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Amarillo (9.6% AA, 30 min.) 1 oz. Fuggles (4.75% AA, 30 min.)
Yeast:	safale us-56 dry ale yeaat
Log:	5 OCT 2006 fermenting at 68 degF another 1/4 oz amarillo after the boil for aroma
Carbonation:	75/25 nitrogen/co2 at 48 psi
Tasting:	OG was 1.049. My efficiency was probably over 80%. A little strong for this style... Oops.

Recipe posted 10/05/06.