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Black Dolly - Black Sheep Best Bitter Clone

215 calories 23.8 g 500 ml
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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: 25.78 liters
Post Boil Size: 21.65 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.037 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.046 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: Colin Churchward
Calories: 215 calories (Per 500ml)
Carbs: 23.8 g (Per 500ml)
Created: Tuesday April 18th 2023
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG EBC Bill %
3.51 kg Simpsons - Finest Pale Ale Golden Promise3.507 kg Finest Pale Ale Golden Promise £ 1.64 / kg
£ 5.75 		37 4.99 83.5%
0.34 kg Crisp Malting - Torrefied Wheat0.336 kg Torrefied Wheat £ 3.10 / kg
£ 1.04 		36.8 3 8%
0.17 kg Crisp Malting - Crystal Extra Light EBC1000.168 kg Crystal Extra Light EBC100 £ 1.84 / kg
£ 0.31 		33.1 99.99 4%
0.06 kg Crisp Malting - Black0.063 kg Black £ 1.46 / kg
£ 0.09 		34.5 1199.99 1.5%
0.13 kg Tate and Lyle - Golden Syrup0.126 kg Golden Syrup - (late boil kettle addition) 40 1.17 3%
4.20 kg / £ 7.19
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
22 g Charles Faram - Challenger22 g Challenger Hops £ 0.03 / g
£ 0.66 		Pellet 7 Boil 60 min 22.01 30.6%
20 g East Kent Goldings20 g East Kent Goldings Hops £ 0.03 / g
£ 0.60 		Pellet 4.2 Boil 15 min 5.96 27.8%
15 g Fuggles15 g Fuggles Hops £ 0.04 / g
£ 0.60 		Pellet 4.5 Hop Stand at 100 °C 0 min 1.32 20.8%
15 g East Kent Goldings15 g East Kent Goldings Hops £ 0.03 / g
£ 0.45 		Pellet 4.2 Hop Stand at 100 °C 0 min 1.23 20.8%
72 g / £ 2.31
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
4 g Irish Moss £ 0.05 / g
£ 0.20 		Fining Mash 0 min.
3 tsp Yeast Nutrient Part 2 £ 0.04 / tsp
£ 0.12 		Other Mash 0 min.
1 tsp Yeast Nutrient Part I £ 0.15 / tsp
£ 0.15 		Other Mash 0 min.
5 g Calcium Chloride (anhydrous) £ 0.01 / g
£ 0.05 		Water Agt Mash 0 min.
12 ml CRS/AMS (6.3% HCl, 8.6% H2SO4) Water Agt Mash 0 min.
0.50 each Campden Tablets Water Agt Mash 0 min.
£ 0.52
 
Yeast
Wyeast - West Yorkshire 1469
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
69%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
18 - 22 °C
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
21 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 80 B cells required
£ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: co2       Amount: 0.52 bar       Temp: 12 °C       CO2 Level: 1.6 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Brita filtered tap water
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
19.722 L Mash-in 70.1C Strike 70.1 °C 66 °C 60 min
Mash-out Temperature 75 °C 75 °C 10 min
10.212 L Sparge Sparge 78 °C 78 °C --
Starting Mash Thickness: 3 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 18 °C
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3 L/kg 12.2
Mash volume with grains 14.9
Grain absorption losses -4.1
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 18.7 L) 18.5
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 26 L) 25.8
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.1
Boil off losses -5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.2
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 20.2 L) 21.7
Hops absorption losses (whirlpool, hop stand) -0.2
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size  
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 21.5 L) 20
Total: 30.8  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"Black Dolly - Black Sheep Best Bitter Clone" Best Bitter beer recipe by Colin Churchward. All Grain, ABV 4.26%, IBU 30.51, SRM 21.63, Fermentables: (Finest Pale Ale Golden Promise, Torrefied Wheat, Crystal Extra Light EBC100, Black, Golden Syrup) Hops: (Challenger, East Kent Goldings, Fuggles) Other: (Irish Moss, Yeast Nutrient Part 2, Yeast Nutrient Part I, Calcium Chloride (anhydrous), CRS/AMS (6.3% HCl, 8.6% H2SO4), Campden Tablets)
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