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Nothing But the Best Bitter

199 calories 19.9 g 500 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Best Bitter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.08 gallons
Post Boil Size: 6 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.037 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.043 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: KeizerBrewr
Hop Utilization: 99%
Calories: 199 calories (Per 500ml)
Carbs: 19.9 g (Per 500ml)
Created: Monday January 23rd 2023
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1.59
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
8 lb Thomas Fawcett - Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt8 lb Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt 38 2.65 86.5%
7 oz Great Western - Crystal 75L7 oz Crystal 75L 29 75 4.7%
8 oz Thomas Fawcett - Amber Malt8 oz Amber Malt 32.2 38 5.4%
1 oz Thomas Fawcett - Pale Chocolate Malt1 oz Pale Chocolate Malt 32.2 230 0.7%
4 oz Weyermann - Acidulated4 oz Acidulated 27 3.4 2.7%
148 oz / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz BSG - Challenger1 oz Challenger Hops Pellet 7.5 Boil 60 min 28.88 47.6%
0.10 oz BSG - UK Target0.1 oz UK Target Hops Pellet 10.8 Aroma 15 min 2.06 4.8%
1 oz East Kent Golding1 oz East Kent Golding Hops $ 1.25 / oz
$ 1.25 		Pellet 4.5 Aroma 2 min 1.47 47.6%
2.10 oz / $ 1.25
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
0.50 each Whirlfloc Tablet $ 0.07 / each
$ 0.03 		Fining Boil 10 min.
6 ml White Labs - Clarity Ferm WLN4000 $ 0.05 / ml
$ 0.30 		Fining Primary 0 min.
2 tsp Burton Salts Water Agt Boil 1 min.
$ 0.33
 
Yeast
Wyeast - London ESB Ale 1968
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
$ 0.01 / each
$ 0.01
Attenuation (custom):
74%
Flocculation:
Very High
Optimum Temp:
64 - 72 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
68 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.75 (M cells / ml / ° P) 167 B cells required
$ 0.01 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: dextrose       Amount: 0.8 oz       Temp: 68 °F       CO2 Level: 1.1 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
NE Keizer, Marion County, Oregon 2021
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
22 17 22 15 6 131
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
13 qt Sacch Rest Infusion 162 °F 150 °F 60 min
6.1 qt Mash Out Temperature 212 °F 168 °F 5 min
2 qt Vorlauf Vorlauf 168 °F 168 °F 5 min
17.5 qt Fly Sparge Fly Sparge 200 °F 168 °F 45 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.4 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp: 65 °F
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.4 qt/lb 3.24 13  
Mash volume with grains 3.98 15.9  
Grain absorption losses -1.16 -4.6  
Remaining sparge water volume 5.25 21  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume 7.08 28.3  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.08 -0.3  
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 5.5 g | 22 qt) 6 24  
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size    
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 6 g | 24 qt) 5.5 22  
Total: 8.49 33.9
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"Nothing But the Best Bitter" Best Bitter beer recipe by KeizerBrewr. All Grain, ABV 4.35%, IBU 32.41, SRM 10.01, Fermentables: (Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt, Crystal 75L, Amber Malt, Pale Chocolate Malt, Acidulated) Hops: (Challenger, UK Target, East Kent Golding) Other: (Whirlfloc Tablet, Clarity Ferm WLN4000, Burton Salts)
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