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HOME BREW RECIPE:
Title: Herbal Joe's Best Bitter
Author: Ben Miller
Brew Method: All Grain
Style Name: Ordinary Bitter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 3 gallons
Boil Gravity: 1.091
Efficiency: 73% (brew house)
Hop Utilization Multiplier: 1
STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.050
Final Gravity: 1.015
ABV (standard): 4.52%
IBU (tinseth): 27.82
SRM (morey): 11.63
Mash pH: 0
FERMENTABLES:
7.5 lb - Finest Pale Ale Golden Promise (73.2%)
1 lb - Caramunich Type 1 (9.8%)
1 lb - Malted Rye (9.8%)
8 oz - Special Roast (4.9%)
4 oz - CaraAroma (2.4%)
HOPS:
1.5 oz - Fuggles, Type: Pellet, AA: 4.5, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 16.06
1 oz - Fuggles, Type: Pellet, AA: 4.5, Use: Boil for 20 min, IBU: 6.49
1 oz - Fuggles, Type: Pellet, AA: 4.5, Use: Boil for 10 min, IBU: 3.88
3 oz - Fuggles, Type: Pellet, AA: 4.5, Use: Boil for 1 min, IBU: 1.39
OTHER INGREDIENTS:
1 tsp - Gypsum, Time: 0 min, Type: Water Agt, Use: Mash
1 tbsp - Phosphoric acid, Time: 0 min, Type: Water Agt, Use: Sparge
YEAST:
Imperial Yeast - A09 Pub
Starter: No
Form: Liquid
Attenuation (avg): 69%
Flocculation: Very High
Optimum Temp: 64 - 70 F
Pitch Rate: 0.35 (M cells / ml / deg P)
PRIMING:
Method: co2
CO2 Level: 1.02 Volumes
TARGET WATER PROFILE:
Profile Name: Balanced Profile
Ca2: 0
Mg2: 0
Na: 0
Cl: 0
SO4: 0
HCO3: 0
Water Notes:
NOTES:
Mash at 158 for 30 minutes. Recirculate mash for 10 minutes then sparge.
Boil for 90 mins, with first hops in at 60. Cool to 67 then aerate for 2 minutes. Let fermentation temp rise to 72 after 5 days.
Cold crash and carbonate to 2.2.
Can add 2-3 oz of Fuggles at Day 5 and leave in for 2-4 days.
Gold Medal in 2022 NHA for Pale British Beer, 9B.
First brewed 9/18/22. Pre boils gravity was 1048 and post boil 1055! So 80% efficiency. Boiled 90 mins and had 5.1 gallons remaining so added .4 gallons distilled water to get to 5.5 gallons.
Used hop spider which retained some liquid with 6.5 oz of hops! That brought gravity down to 1050.
After 24 hours gravity was 1028 with temp at a constant 67f.
** Award Winning Recipe **
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Date: 2022-12-06 06:08 UTC
Recipe Last Updated: 2022-09-24 19:27 UTC