Best Effort
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Beer: | Best Effort | Style: | English Old/Strong Ale | |||||
Type: | All grain | Size: | 25 liters | |||||
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Bitterness: | 39 IBU | |||||
OG: | 1.048 | FG: | 1.012 | |||||
Alcohol: | 4.6% v/v (3.6% w/w) | |||||||
Water: | London tap water. | |||||||
Grain: | 4.5kg British pale 0.5kg Belgian CaraMunch 0.5kg British crystal 70-80L |
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Mash: | 68% efficiency | |||||||
Strike with 16 litres at 78c to give 66C mash temp. Leave for 90 mins before sparging twice, each with 9 litres at 78C. |
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Boil: | 75 minutes | SG 1.043 | 28 liters | |||||
100g Brown sugar | ||||||||
1 tsp Irish Moss for last 15 mins. At end of boil cooled wort to 40C in 15mins. |
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Hops: | 55g Bramling Cross (5.8% AA, 75 min.) 35g Styrian Goldings (3.8% AA, 15 min.) 10g Styrian Goldings (aroma) |
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Yeast: | Gervin English Ale Yeast, started in sugar solution and added to wort after cooling. |
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Carbonation: | 2.2 volumes | Corn Sugar: 135g for 25 liters @ 20°C |
Recipe posted 11/12/07.