Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: 1275 or 1469 Yeast Starter: yes Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter: no Batch Size (Gallons): 6 Original Gravity: 1.036 Final Gravity: 1.009 IBU: 31 Boiling Time (Minutes): 75 Color: 8 SRM Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 14 days @ 65 Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): N/A Tasting Notes: I'm challenging the belief that all bitters must have caramel notes to be 'to style'.
Ingredients:
7 lb Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt
8 oz Oat Malt
2 oz Pale Chocolate Malt
2.0 oz Willamette (5.0%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min
1.0 oz Willamette (5.0%) - added during boil, boiled 0.0 min
00:03:00 Dough-In - Liquor: 2.38 gal; Strike: 165.36 °F; Target: 152 °F
01:03:00 Saccharification Rest - Rest: 60 min; Final: 150.0 °F
01:33:00 Lautering - First Runnings: 0.0 gal sparge @ 150 °F, 10 min; Sparge #1: 3.09 gal sparge @ 175 °F, 10 min; Sparge #2: 3.09 gal sparge @ 175 °F, 10 min; Total Runoff: 7.87 gal
I'm challenging the belief that all bitters must have a caramel component to be true to style; this is more akin to golden or summer bitters though I bumped the color a hair with the inclusion of 2 oz pale chocolate. I'll leave the yeast up to you, but I love 1469 and 1275 for most all my English ales.
I don't have oat malt, but I may steal everything else from the recipe! It looks great!
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You call me a dog well that's fair enough 'Cause it ain't no use to pretend You're wrong
But when it's my time to throw The next stone I'll call you beautiful if I call at all
Find some oat malt. Trust me, you'll dig the nuttiness.
I believe you! I added .5 pounds of golden naked oats to Jamil's Red Rocket clone, and I loved it. But, I can either brew this week, or order something.........hmmmmm. Tough choice!
__________________ Broken Leg Brewery
Giving beer a leg to stand on since 2006
You call me a dog well that's fair enough 'Cause it ain't no use to pretend You're wrong
But when it's my time to throw The next stone I'll call you beautiful if I call at all
This recipe looks great. I am hosting a "session ale Throwdown" brew-off in the spring, and I was looking for a nice bitter that was just a bit different. I think I will brew this one.
I've had this on tap for a couple weeks now and am enjoying it very much. The oat malt definitely adds something unique that I haven't experienced before. Personally, I would like a little somethign extra in there. I'm toying with the idea of adding a touch more choc. malt next time, maybe just 2-4 oz of the standard variety. I also think to myself every so often that it could use some caramel notes. But over all this is a really great session beer! And I bought 3 lb of oat malt so I'll definitely be making it again.
Cheers!
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