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Hooper's Best Bitter (Wedding Special)

202 calories 18 g .5 L
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Best Bitter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 20 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 22.91 liters
Post Boil Size: 20.15 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.038 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.044 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 80% (brew house)
Source: Mike Hooper
Hop Utilization: 99%
Calories: 202 calories (Per .5L)
Carbs: 18 g (Per .5L)
Created: Wednesday April 6th 2022
1.044
1.008
4.7%
29.1
17.0
5.5
7.50
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
2.50 kg Simpsons - Extra Pale Ale Malt2.5 kg Extra Pale Ale Malt 35.82 2.2 67.6%
0.80 kg Simpsons - Munich Malt0.8 kg Munich Malt 36.8 8 21.6%
0.30 kg Simpsons - Red Rye Crystal0.3 kg Red Rye Crystal 29.9 89.4 8.1%
0.10 kg Simpsons - Chocolate Malt0.1 kg Chocolate Malt 31.7 444 2.7%
3.70 kg / £ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
26 g Fuggles26 g Fuggles Hops £ 0.00 / g
£ 0.00 		Pellet 4.2 Boil 60 min 15.21 31.7%
26 g East Kent Goldings26 g East Kent Goldings Hops Pellet 5 Boil 30 min 13.92 31.7%
30 g Styrian Goldings30 g Styrian Goldings Hops Pellet 2.5 Whirlpool at 70 °C 15 min 36.6%
82 g / £ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
0.50 g Irish Moss £ 0.00 / each
£ 0.00 		Fining Boil 15 min.
4 g Harris Vega Starbrite Finings Fining Secondary 7 days
2.50 g Gypsum Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
2 g Table Salt Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
4 g Citric acid Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
0.50 each Campden Tablets Water Agt Mash 70 min.
 
Yeast
Lallemand - LALBREW® NOTTINGHAM HIGH PERFORMANCE ALE YEAST
Amount:
2 Each
Cost:
£ 3.75 / each
£ 7.50
Attenuation (avg):
80%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
10 - 22 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
12 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.75 (M cells / ml / ° P) 164 B cells required
£ 7.50 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: BrownSugar       Amount: 8.2 g       Temp: 15 °C       CO2 Level: 1.1 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile II
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
150 10 80 150 160 220
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
13.5 L Infusion 73 °C 67 °C 60 min
13.6 L Sparge 70 °C 70 °C --
Starting Mash Thickness: 3.65 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 18 °C
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3.7 L/kg 13.5
Mash volume with grains 15.9
Grain absorption losses -3.7
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 17.2 L) 14
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 26.1 L) 22.9
Boil off losses -5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.3
Post boil Volume 20.2
Hops absorption losses (whirlpool, hop stand) -0.2
Going into fermentor 20
Total: 27.5  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Using 17 grams of Andrews liver salts
Plus an additional 4 grams of food grade 100% citric acid (which brings mash pH down to 5.56)
The only citric acid available on the calculator is 5%

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