I recently made the jump to all grain, but decided I need to take a slight step back and try to understand my flavor cominations better. I really like English Ordinary Bitters (and British beer in general) and thought I would start there. I've got (2) 3 gallon carboys, so I was thinking about making 2 different SMaSH batches using Maris Otter as the base and varying the hops. I've got Challenge and Fuggles on hand so was going to do one of each. Recipie below
66% Efficeincy
4.5# Maris Otter
Mash with 1.25qt/lb at 154F H20 for 60 min
Sparge to collect 3.5 gallons
Hop Additions
1/2oz Challenger 6.7%AA 60min
1/4oz Challenger 6.7%AA 30min
1/8oz Challenger 6.7%AA 15 min
1/8oz Challenger 6.7%AA flameout
This gets me to and estimated OG of 1.041 and IBUs at 35 This is at the top end of the style.
If I do a second SMaSH (Same volume and grain bill) with Fuggles at 4.3%AA according to the same schedule I get about 22IBU (3 points below style range.
My question, for research and learning purposes, is should I up the Fuggles ammount to match the IBU's on the Challenger SMaSH, or keep the same ammounts and learn about the diferent bittering qualities; i.e. What should be the control, IBU or Hop ammount?
66% Efficeincy
4.5# Maris Otter
Mash with 1.25qt/lb at 154F H20 for 60 min
Sparge to collect 3.5 gallons
Hop Additions
1/2oz Challenger 6.7%AA 60min
1/4oz Challenger 6.7%AA 30min
1/8oz Challenger 6.7%AA 15 min
1/8oz Challenger 6.7%AA flameout
This gets me to and estimated OG of 1.041 and IBUs at 35 This is at the top end of the style.
If I do a second SMaSH (Same volume and grain bill) with Fuggles at 4.3%AA according to the same schedule I get about 22IBU (3 points below style range.
My question, for research and learning purposes, is should I up the Fuggles ammount to match the IBU's on the Challenger SMaSH, or keep the same ammounts and learn about the diferent bittering qualities; i.e. What should be the control, IBU or Hop ammount?