EXTRACT VERSION
I've paged through all 32 pages looking for an extract version. Surprisingly no one's mentioned an extract version so here's what I've come up with myself:
Common Room ESB
Special/Best/Premium Bitter
Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 23.0
Total Grain (kg): 4.150
Total Hops (g): 100.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.053 (°P): 13.1
Final Gravity (FG): 1.013 (°P): 3.3
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.21 %
Colour (SRM): 11.0 (EBC): 21.7
Bitterness (IBU): 34.5 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 70
Boil Time (Minutes): 60
Grain Bill
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3.500 kg Liquid Malt Extract - Light (84.34%)
0.350 kg Crystal 60 (8.43%)
0.200 kg Carapils (Dextrine) (4.82%)
0.100 kg Crystal 120 (2.41%)
Hop Bill
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30.0 g East Kent Golding Pellet (4.5% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (First Wort) (1.3 g/L)
20.0 g Fuggles Pellet (4.2% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.9 g/L)
10.0 g East Kent Golding Pellet (4.5% Alpha) @ 20 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)
15.0 g Fuggles Pellet (4.2% Alpha) @ 20 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)
10.0 g East Kent Golding Pellet (4.5% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)
15.0 g Fuggles Pellet (4.2% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)
Fermented at 20°C with Safale S-04
Recipe Generated with BrewMate
I changed the hops schedule a little because I can order the hops in 50g amounts, so it's more economical for me to order 50g of each Fuggles and EKG. (Decreased EKG FWH and added some Fuggles at 60mins). Do you think this will still give a good hops profile or would it give me any lesser of a result?
I also figured a little carapils would be a good addition since it's an extract batch.
First Wort Hopping: I've done this in a partial mash brew before. But what about first wort hopping an extract batch - does it work? I could throw in the hops after I remove the steeped grains. Perhaps even thow in some malt extract at this stage (instead of waiting until close to the boil as I normally do) to simulate a first wort?