Frog Slobber

This is meant to be a clone of Young's Special Bitter. I was shooting for an OG around 1047, but seem to have overshot it a bit. Oh well.

Brewer:	Dr. Rhomboid Goatcabin		Email:	-
Beer:	Frog Slobber		Style:	English Best (Special) Bitter
Type:	All grain		Size:	5 gallons
Color:	12 HCU (~8 SRM)		Bitterness:	41 IBU
OG:	1.051		FG:	1.011
Alcohol:	5.2% v/v (4.1% w/w)
Water:	Nothing special
Grain:	7.5 lb. British pale 10.625 oz. American crystal 60L 6.875 oz. Flaked barley
Mash:	80% efficiency
	8:30 AM, dumped 11 Qts of water (at 175°) over grains in a cooler. It settled to about 154°. Left it and took the kiddies to their soccer games. Got home at 11:30, was fully converted.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.047	5.5 gallons
	No junk in the boil.
Hops:	1.25 oz. Fuggles (4.1% AA, 60 min.) .875 oz. Kent Goldings (6.2% AA, 60 min.) .375 oz. Kent Goldings (6.2% AA, 15 min.)
Yeast:	White 002 British Ale
Log:	After boil and chilling, pitched yeast into 5 Gal of wort at 1052 gravity (perhaps the really long mash yielded a higher than expected gravity)

Recipe posted 06/07/08.