#5 - What's All This Then ?!?
This is my attempt at a good English Bitter - based on
an Old Speckled Hen clone recipe.
I used all Plug Hops - no pellets.
Brewer: | the Red Stoners (Toad) | Email: | - | |||||
Beer: | #5 - What's All This Then ?!? | Style: | English Ordinary Bitter | |||||
Type: | Partial mash | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
Color: |
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Bitterness: | 39 IBU | |||||
OG: | 1.044 | FG: | 1.012 | |||||
Alcohol: | 4.1% v/v (3.2% w/w) | |||||||
Water: | Add one tsp gypsum to mash water | |||||||
Grain: | 3 lb. British pale 4 oz. Wheat malt 12 oz. British crystal 50-60L |
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Mash: | 40% efficiency | |||||||
mash all grains in 1.5 gallons 150° F for 90 minutes transfer grains to 1.5 gallons 170° water to sparge (rinse) Combine all mash liquor into boil pot. Add DME and cane sugar slowly, and bring to a boil |
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Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.054 | 4 gallons | |||||
3 lb. Light dry malt extract 8 oz. Cane sugar |
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Irish moss for last 15 minutes | ||||||||
Hops: | 1 oz. Brewers Gold (8.5% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Brewers Gold (8.5% AA, 15 min.) .5 oz. Kent Goldings (5% AA, 15 min.) 1 oz. Kent Goldings (aroma) |
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Yeast: | Wyeast 1098 (Whitbread Ale) Apparent attenuation 73-75% Optimum fermentation temp 62-73° Medium flocculation |
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Carbonation: | prime with 3/4 cup corn sugar |
Recipe posted 07/03/06.