Best Bitter

[Pappers_]

Enjoying our Best Bitter - I really like this beer. Its got prominent malt, a sturdy hop bitterness, very drinkable at 4.4% abv. Best Bitter is an English style that falls somewhere between Ordinary Bitter and Extra Special Bitter. More info at http://www.singingboysbrewing.com/Best-Bitter.html

Original Gravity: 1.042
Final Gravity: 1.008
Alcohol by Vol: 4.4 %
Bitterness: 32.5 IBUs
Calories: 137.2 kcal/12oz
Color: 9.0 SRM
Mashed at 152F, Single Infusion, Batch Sparge

6 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt
2 lbs Munich Malt - 10L
8.0 oz Crystal Malt - 20L
8.0 oz Crystal Malt - 60L
4.0 oz Spec.Roast (50 SRM)
1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [6.00 %] - First Wort 60 min
0.50 oz Goldings, East Kent [6.00 %] - Boil 20 min
0.50 oz Goldings, East Kent [6.00 %] - Boil 10 min
1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [6.00 %] - Boil 1 min
Irish Moss
British Ale Yeast (White Labs WLP005)

 

[Tinhorn]

Cool site !

 

[Yooper]

Oh, does that look great! I can almost taste it now.

 

[Bob]

OM NOM NOM.

:fro:

 

[tennesseean_87]

Now I want to brew some Best Bitter! The pipe-line is a bit full right now, so maybe later in the winter to keep something lighter and hoppy around to change pace from Old Ale, Stout, Dubbel, and other winter favorites.

 

[Pappers_]

Going to brew this again, but I'm out of EKGs, but have two other English varieties - Challenger and Fuggles. So, keeping the same grain bill, the new hop bill will be:

1 oz Challenger (6.9% aa) First Wort Hop 60 mins
0.5 oz Fuggles (4.5% aa) 20 mins
0.5 oz Fuggles 10 mins
1 oz Challenger 1 mins

It works out to the same 32 IBUs as the recipe above.

 

[Yooper]

Going to brew this again, but I'm out of EKGs, but have two other English varieties - Challenger and Fuggles. So, keeping the same grain bill, the new hop bill will be:

1 oz Challenger (6.9% aa) First Wort Hop 60 mins
0.5 oz Fuggles (4.5% aa) 20 mins
0.5 oz Fuggles 10 mins
1 oz Challenger 1 mins

It works out to the same 32 IBUs as the recipe above.

Let us know how you like that compared to the EKG version. I like EKG, and I love willamette but I'm just not that crazy about fuggles so I'd be very interested in hearing your report on how it turns out!

 

[kingboomer]

Looks tasty. I'm assuming this is for a 5 gallon batch?


-Kingboomer

 

[Pappers_]

Let us know how you like that compared to the EKG version. I like EKG, and I love willamette but I'm just not that crazy about fuggles so I'd be very interested in hearing your report on how it turns out!

I like Challenger but have only used Fuggles in stouts, I think. I might switch out the order of the final two additions - Challenger at 10 and Fuggles at 1. So many choices.

 

[Pappers_]

Looks tasty. I'm assuming this is for a 5 gallon batch?


-Kingboomer

yes, well 5.5 gallons