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Bulldog

175 calories 17.3 g 330 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Extra Special/Strong Bitter (ESB)
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 26 liters (ending kettle volume)
Pre Boil Size: 24 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.061 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (ending kettle)
Calories: 175 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 17.3 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Sunday May 31st 2020
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
600 g Cane Sugar600 g Cane Sugar - (late boil kettle addition) £ 0.60 / kg
£ 0.36 		46 0 4.6%
800 g Crisp Malting - Caramalt 15L800 g Caramalt 15L £ 1.84 / kg
£ 1.47 		32.7 17.5 12.2%
480 g Rolled Oats480 g Rolled Oats £ 1.60 / kg
£ 0.77 		33 2.2 7.3%
5 kg Weyermann - GB - Weyermann - Maris Otter Pale5 kg GB - Weyermann - Maris Otter Pale £ 1.40 / kg
£ 7.00 		38 7 76%
6,880 g / £ 9.60
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
36 g Northdown (10.2 AA) / 346 Grams36 g Northdown (10.2 AA) / 346 Grams Hops £ 0.04 / g
£ 1.33 		Pellet 10.2 Boil 80 min 34.17 26.5%
65 g Celeia65 g Celeia Hops £ 0.04 / g
£ 2.37 		Pellet 2.5 Boil 15 min 7.11 47.8%
35 g Celia35 g Celia Hops £ 0.04 / g
£ 1.28 		Pellet 2.5 Dry Hop at 25 °C 7 days 1.68 25.7%
136 g / £ 4.98
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 tsp Calcium Chloride (dihydrate) Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
0.25 tsp Epsom Salt Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
1.50 tsp Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
 
Yeast
White Labs - Edinburgh Scottish Ale Yeast WLP028
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
£ 7.99 / each
£ 7.99
Attenuation (avg):
72.5%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
18 - 21 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 128 B cells required
£ 7.99 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: co2       CO2 Level: 2.44 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Light colored and hoppy
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
75 5 10 50 150 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
20 L Infusion 66 °C 66 °C 80 min
20 L Infusion 68 °C 68 °C 15 min
Mash out Infusion 77 °C -- 5 min
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3.7 L/kg 22.9
Mash volume with grains 27.1
Grain absorption losses -6.3
Remaining sparge water volume 8.3
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 34.7 L) 24
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.4
Boil off losses -8.6
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.5
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 15.3 L) 26
Estimated amount in fermentor 26
Total: 31.2  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Bulldog was originally the general brand brewed by H & G Simonds produced for Robert Porter who not only sold Bull Dog Pale Ale but also other brands such as Bull Dog Sparkling Light Beer and even a Bull Dog Guinness

Bulldog Belgium Ale was brewed for John Martin a Belgium Brewer who had a beer import business in Antwerp. He left Belgium in 1940 after the Germans invaded Belgium and worked
for Robert Porter export bottlers.

When he returned to Belgium after the war, he decided to import a strong pale ale from England, choosing Simonds of Reading with whom he had had connections during the war.

Head brewer Eric Downes created the Bulldog beer. It was very pale in colour, using lightly cured malt and Styrian hops.
The exports started in 1949 and won two gold medals at the Brewers Exhibition in 1950.

The beer was also sold in England as Simonds Bulldog (the trademark of Porters, who at first bottled the export beer). It started at around 7%, but was later reduced to 6.3% and
then to 5% with Martins starting to brew the beer in Belgium. (with thanks to Brian Glover)

The first record of Bull Dog Pale Ale in the Simonds Brewing Archive is listed in 1949

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