Hello all,
First post here. I'm a relatively new brewer, and I have a question about a recipe I found online for a Bluebird Bitter clone, which is as follows:
5 gallons
Ingredients:
» 3.25 lbs. Maris Otter pale malt (4.5 for the export)
» .25 lb. 30°L crystal malt
» 2 lbs. extra-light DME
» 12 aaus Challenger hop pellets
» Dry English Ale yeast (White Labs) or similar
» 1/2 cup corn sugar and 1/4 light brown sugar (for priming)
Crush grains, steep in 3 gallons water at 152 155°F for 60 minutes. Remove grains, stir in DME and bring to a boil. Add 8 aaus Challenger pellets, boil 45 minutes. Add remaining 4 aaus of hops, boil 15 minutes, remove from heat. Chill, top up to 5 gallons with pre-boiled and chilled water. Pitch yeast at 75- 80°F. Ferment warm, 70° or so, for six to eight days. Rack to secondary, age ten to fourteen days. Prime with corn sugar and brown sugar, bottle and condition two weeks.
OG: 1037 (1045)
IBUs: 38
When I plug the recipe into the calculator at Brewer's Friend, I get a OG of around 1.024 rater than the anticipated 1.037.
Also, would a Pilsen DME work as a substitute for the extra-light?
Is there an easy way to convert aau's into ounces?
Thanks in advance for any advice. Cheers!
First post here. I'm a relatively new brewer, and I have a question about a recipe I found online for a Bluebird Bitter clone, which is as follows:
5 gallons
Ingredients:
» 3.25 lbs. Maris Otter pale malt (4.5 for the export)
» .25 lb. 30°L crystal malt
» 2 lbs. extra-light DME
» 12 aaus Challenger hop pellets
» Dry English Ale yeast (White Labs) or similar
» 1/2 cup corn sugar and 1/4 light brown sugar (for priming)
Crush grains, steep in 3 gallons water at 152 155°F for 60 minutes. Remove grains, stir in DME and bring to a boil. Add 8 aaus Challenger pellets, boil 45 minutes. Add remaining 4 aaus of hops, boil 15 minutes, remove from heat. Chill, top up to 5 gallons with pre-boiled and chilled water. Pitch yeast at 75- 80°F. Ferment warm, 70° or so, for six to eight days. Rack to secondary, age ten to fourteen days. Prime with corn sugar and brown sugar, bottle and condition two weeks.
OG: 1037 (1045)
IBUs: 38
When I plug the recipe into the calculator at Brewer's Friend, I get a OG of around 1.024 rater than the anticipated 1.037.
Also, would a Pilsen DME work as a substitute for the extra-light?
Is there an easy way to convert aau's into ounces?
Thanks in advance for any advice. Cheers!