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Harvey's Best Clone

132 calories 14.5 g 330 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Best Bitter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 23 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 31 liters
Post Boil Size: 26.5 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.032 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.038 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Source: Mark Bassett
Calories: 132 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 14.5 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Thursday October 11th 2018
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
3.60 kg Crisp Malting - United Kingdom - Finest Maris Otter3.6 kg United Kingdom - Finest Maris Otter 38 1.69 84.9%
0.30 kg United Kingdom - Crystal 60L0.3 kg Crystal 60L 34 60 7.1%
0.23 kg Flaked Corn0.23 kg Flaked Corn 40 0.5 5.4%
0.11 kg United Kingdom - Extra Dark Crystal 160L0.11 kg Extra Dark Crystal 160L 33 160 2.6%
4.24 kg / £ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
25 g Progress25 g Progress Hops Leaf/Whole 6.25 Boil 60 min 18.38 33.3%
20 g Bramling Cross20 g Bramling Cross Hops Leaf/Whole 6 Boil 30 min 10.85 26.7%
15 g Fuggles15 g Fuggles Hops Leaf/Whole 4.5 Boil 0 min 20%
15 g East Kent Goldings15 g East Kent Goldings Hops Leaf/Whole 5 Boil 0 min 20%
75 g / £ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
35 ml CRS/AMS (6.3% HCl, 8.6% H2SO4) Water Agt Mash 1 hr.
 
Yeast
White Labs - British Ale Yeast WLP005
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
70.5%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
18 - 21 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
19 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 86 B cells required
£ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 2 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Light colored and malty
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
60 5 10 95 55 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
11.15 L Strike 67 °C 67 °C 60 min
24.96 L Sparge 76 °C 76 °C 15 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 2.63 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 18 °C
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 2.6 L/kg 11.2
Mash volume with grains 13.9
Grain absorption losses -4.2
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 23.1 L) 25
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 29.1 L) 31
Boil off losses -5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.4
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 23 L) 26.5
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size  
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 26.5 L) 23
Total: 36.1  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

After two further attempts using pellet hops, i am going to try whole leaf as pellets seem to much, too bitter and hoppy, hoping leaf will be mellower.

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  • Last Updated: 2019-11-01 10:12 UTC