What i am trying tonight..esb/bitterish..

Just curious what everyone thinks..?? Didn't follow any real recipe but sort of made it up after reading a ton of others.. putting what i thought i would like best out of each one.. plus extra hops balanced? who needs that..

Its already in about 15min of the boil..

53% 4 0 Alexander's Pale Extract 32 4

17% 1 4 Alexander's Wheat Extract 32 3

17% 1 4 Light Dry Malt Extract 45 8

7% 0 8 Cara-Pils/Dextrine 33 2

3% 0 4 Victory Malt 34 25

3% 0 4 Crystal 20L 34 20

Batch size: 5.0 gallons edit
Original Gravity
1.051
(1.045 to 1.053)
Final Gravity
1.016
(1.014 to 1.017)
Color
6° SRM / 13° EBC
(Yellow to Gold)
Mash Efficiency ?
75% edit
hops
USE TIME OZ VARIETY FORM AA

boil 60 mins 0.75 Nugget pellet 12.8

boil 60 mins 0.25 Willamette pellet 4.7

boil 20 mins 1.0 Willamette pellet 4.7

boil 5 mins 1.0 Willamette pellet 4.7

boil 1 min 0.75 Willamette pellet 4.7

Boil: 6.0 avg gallons for 60 minutes edit
Bitterness
60 IBU / 11 HBU
ƒ: Tinseth edit
BU:GU
1.17
yeast

Wyeast London ESB Ale (1968)
ale yeast in liquid form with very high flocculation

Alcohol
4.7% ABV / 4% ABW

Its got some Nice bubbling going on so far in the Carboy!

I just did a batch quite similar to this minus the intense hop schedule. Just a lot of bitter and some finishing. Its in primary right now but smells awesome.

Intense hop schedule? THis one should only be about 60 ibu.. the one i am brewing right now shows about 206 ibu in a 10 gal batch..

hotrodtrash said:

I just did a batch quite similar to this minus the intense hop schedule. Just a lot of bitter and some finishing. Its in primary right now but smells awesome.

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yeah generally i'm a bigger fan of the maltier brews than the bitter ones. i still got 35 ibu's outta my "esb".

Right on! thats whats so awesome about Homebrewing .. you can make it how you like it! YEah baby!

Sounds great! maybe not quite in the ESB style guidelines as far as bitterness (probably more along the lines of a british ipa) but it seems like you're a raging hophead :cross: more power to you!

Looks like an ESB tripped out on hops.

A little outside of style, but probably tasty - I love hops.

Ok so its a ESB Altbier.. hehe! yeah you could say hophead.. Never had a beer too bitter... you should check out what i just finished brewing today..245 IBU
lol.. yeah like i can even taste that much...
did i mention i got my hops for a really fantastic rate? $.33 for nugget per Oz..
direct from the Willamette Valley grower..

78% 16 0 Alexander's Pale Extract 32 4
12% 2 8 Alexander's Wheat Extract 32 3
5% 1 0 Crystal 20L 34 20
5% 1 0 Cara-Pils/Dextrine 33 2
Batch size: 10.0 gallons
Original Gravity
1.065
(1.058 to 1.068)
Final Gravity
1.016
(1.014 to 1.017)
Color
7° SRM / 14° EBC
(Gold to Copper)
Mash Efficiency
75%
hops
USE TIME OZ VARIETY FORM AA
boil 70 mins 3.0 Nugget pellet 12.8
boil 50 mins 2.0 Nugget pellet 12.8
boil 40 mins 3.0 Nugget pellet 12.8
boil 30 mins 2.0 Nugget pellet 12.8
boil 15 mins 2.0 Nugget pellet 12.8
dry hop 12 days 4.0 Nugget pellet 12.8
Boil: 12.5 avg gallons for 70 minutes
Bitterness
242.5 IBU / 115 HBU
ƒ: Tinseth
BU:GU
3.74

Wyeast American Ale (1056)
6.5% ABV / 5% ABW

Ok just racked to secondary the ESB Alt Bier in the OP.. got the FG down to 1.012 where the beercalculator suggested 1.014-1.017 oh well.. I had a half pint of this very tasty brew and added 4oz Willamette for dry hopping in secondary .. Hope to pull it out by wed so i can force carb and have it for Christmas! really looking forward to this.. Drinking a Sierria Nevada northern Hemishphere fresh hop ale right now.. Really tasty too! http://www.beercankc.com/2010/12/2010-sierra-nevada-northern-hemisphere.html

BTW this intent was a quick turn around and it seems like it going good so far.. will it be the best esbAlt bier.. i guess not..but will be fun to do again once we have the beer flow going.. getting another carboy and brew pail this week and so is my brew neighbor so we will have 5 sets total.. to do some longer primarys..

let me say i am enjoying a full pint of this tonight and YUM! from boil to glass 11 days..

That's impressive. Tasty beer in eleven days? That's a win.

took one bottle i pulled off my keg using a modified conterpressure bottle filler to my lhbs B&B and for its "style" they thought i did a good job.. they didnt like i didnt get my hops from them but i got everything else..i sure liked $0.29 per oz of Willamette vs their price of $3.00 an Oz..