Bitter - Best Bitter

An Authentic Homebrew Recipe - by TomChapman

RECIPE INFO

Bitter experiment
Author: TomChapman - View
Brew Sessions: 0
Source: Homebrew Recipe
Recipe Type: All Grain
Efficiency: 50%
Calories: 153
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Batch Size: 0
Boil Size: 0
Total Grains: 0
Total Hops: 0
IBU/OG: 0.56
OG: 1.047
- - -
FG: 1.01
- - -
IBUs: 26.55 (tinseth)
- - - IBUs
Color: 12.3° SRM / 24.23° EBC
- - - SRM
Alcohol: 4.85%
-% - -% ABV

FERMENTABLES

fermentable / amount / ppg / l / usage
Maris Otter Pale - UK, 0 (88.9%), 38 ppg, 3 L, Mash
Dark Crystal 80L - UK, 0 (5.6%), 33 ppg, 80 L, Mash
Amber - UK, 0 (5.6%), 32 ppg, 27 L, Mash

HOPS

hop / amount / usage / time / AA / IBUs
Fuggles, 0 (Pellet), Boil, 60 Minutes, 4.8, 22.14
Fuggles, 0 (Pellet), Boil, 5 Minutes, 4.8, 4.41
Fuggles, 0 (Pellet), Boil, 0 Minutes, 4.8, 0

YEAST

yeast / attenuation
Mangrove Jack British Ale Yeast M07, 78%

NOTES

1. Heat 9L of water to 70°c, add all grains. Allow temperature to drop to 65°c, transfer to mash tun.
2. Heat 8L of water to 77°c, transfer to hot liqour tank.
3. After 1 hour, transfer wort from mash tun to kettle. Sparge using water from hot liqour tank.
4. Heat up the wort in the kettle. Upon reaching boiling point, time 1 hour adding hops at correct intervals.
5. Cool the wort, pitch yeast, transfer to carboy.
6. On completion of fermentation, bottle beer.

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