Strong Bitter Brenner Brother's Brewery 42 (English Pale Ale)

[paulb39]

Recipe Type

All Grain

Yeast

Nottingham/WLP002/WLP005/WLP007/Wyeast 1469

Yeast Starter

Yes

Batch Size (Gallons)

5.5

Original Gravity

1.059

Final Gravity

1.014

Boiling Time (Minutes)

60

IBU

42.1

Color

7.6

Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)

3 Weeks @ 68°

Tasting Notes

Great every day pale ale

I have been brewing for 3 years and learned everything I know from here and /r/homebrewing and wanted to give back to this great community by posting the beer I make the most of.

This was the first beer I made as a kit from northern brewer, and since then I been modifying it till it was perfect.

It's a simple English pale ale, malty and slightly sweet, with just enough hop bitterness to balance it. Peaks at around 3 months after brew day.

I have not found one person who hasn't liked this beer, even BMC drinkers.

For yeast- all are good choices, my favorite is WLP007, tho I go back and forth between that and Nottingham because to me WLP007 kills a lot of the hop character.

Brewhouse Efficiency: 83%

Grainbill:
97.6% - 10 lb Golden Promise
2.4% - 0.25 lb English Extra Dark Crystal (160L)

Hops:
1 oz US Fuggles - 60 min
0.25 oz UK Kent Goldings - 60 min
1 oz UK Kent Goldings - 45 min
1 oz Styrian Goldings - 5 min
1.75 oz UK Kent Goldings - 0 min

Mash @ 152° for 60 minutes. Follow hop schedule.

Picture:
http://imgur.com/uvYL9g1

 

[paulb39]

Made 10 gallons, added a handful of carapils to this batch to give a little bit more body. Damn fine good beer.

 

[paulb39]

New favorite yeast for this is White Labs best of both worlds, which is a blend of WLP001 and WLP002.

 

[paulb39]

Starting working on my water profiles. This is what I am using for this beer:

Ca2+ Mg2+ Na+ Cl- SO42- HCO3-
75 9 25 75 100 100

 

[kevin58]

It looks like you re-discovered Fuller's ESB.