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Essex Best Bitter

125 calories 12.8 g 330 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Ordinary Bitter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 27 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 30 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.037 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.041 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Calories: 125 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 12.8 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Monday March 31st 2025
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
5 kg Crisp Malting - Finest Maris Otter5 kg Finest Maris Otter 36.8 2.4 96.6%
125 g Crisp Malting - Amber125 g Amber 33.1 27.5 2.4%
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Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
30 g Challenger30 g Challenger Hops Pellet 8.5 Boil 60 min 26.95 46.2%
20 g East Kent Goldings20 g East Kent Goldings Hops Pellet 5 Aroma 10 min 3.83 30.8%
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Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
55 ml CRS/AMS (6.3% HCl, 8.6% H2SO4) Water Agt Mash 90 min.
Priming
CO2 Level: 1.02 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
80 5 25 75 80 100
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Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
16 L Strike 74 °C 67 °C 90 min
14 L Sparge 72 °C 72 °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 15.5
Mash volume with grains 18.9
Grain absorption losses -5.2
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 23.6 L) 20.6
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 33 L) 30
Boil off losses -5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.3
Post boil Volume 27
Going into fermentor 27
Total: 36.1  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"Essex Best Bitter" Ordinary Bitter beer recipe by Brewer #453676. All Grain, ABV 4.09%, IBU 30.78, SRM 9.14, Fermentables: (Finest Maris Otter, Amber, Roasted Barley) Hops: (Challenger, East Kent Goldings, First Gold) Other: (CRS/AMS (6.3% HCl, 8.6% H2SO4))
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