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I was on the fence between an SNPA clone and really anything else. I wanted to try the new Cooper's English Bitter kit so whatever I made was going to be a bit more bitter than an SNPA anyways.
For a 6 gallon recipe
Wyeast 1098 English in 4qt starter
3.75# English Bitter hopped LME
3# Pilsen Light DME - I had on hand
1/2# 40L steeped before boil
1/4# Malto Dextrine
1# Amber - was used in starter which I am NOT decanting
1 oz Cascade @ 5 min - again something else on hand
1/2 oz Cascade dry hopped
It's kind of a blend of ESB & APA.
OG: 1.055
FG: 1.014 <--- this is where I think it may differ from the APA. Using American Ale yeast I have been getting over 80% attenuation. I hope the less attenuative 1098 English Ale yeast allows the beer to maintain a little more body than my pale ales.
IBU: ~45
Color: 10.9
It's a costly batch to make the first time due to the new yeast and the sizeable starter adding $11 alone to the batch. Of course malt is costly, so the pilot batch is going to run me around $46 or $.95/pint.
I will be able to get away though with a 20 minute boil which RULES.
I am not completely sold on having to dry hop. I have the cascades handy, but with the presence of aroma hops in the kit I may skip dry hopping all together and simply do an extended primary.
Then we have 2-3 weeks in primary. Maybe a day or two is secondary if I don't feel like yeast washing and bottling the same day. 3 weeks in the bottle and we're good to go.
For a 6 gallon recipe
Wyeast 1098 English in 4qt starter
3.75# English Bitter hopped LME
3# Pilsen Light DME - I had on hand
1/2# 40L steeped before boil
1/4# Malto Dextrine
1# Amber - was used in starter which I am NOT decanting
1 oz Cascade @ 5 min - again something else on hand
1/2 oz Cascade dry hopped
It's kind of a blend of ESB & APA.
OG: 1.055
FG: 1.014 <--- this is where I think it may differ from the APA. Using American Ale yeast I have been getting over 80% attenuation. I hope the less attenuative 1098 English Ale yeast allows the beer to maintain a little more body than my pale ales.
IBU: ~45
Color: 10.9
It's a costly batch to make the first time due to the new yeast and the sizeable starter adding $11 alone to the batch. Of course malt is costly, so the pilot batch is going to run me around $46 or $.95/pint.
I will be able to get away though with a 20 minute boil which RULES.
I am not completely sold on having to dry hop. I have the cascades handy, but with the presence of aroma hops in the kit I may skip dry hopping all together and simply do an extended primary.
Then we have 2-3 weeks in primary. Maybe a day or two is secondary if I don't feel like yeast washing and bottling the same day. 3 weeks in the bottle and we're good to go.