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Best Bitter

132 calories 14.5 g 330 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Ordinary Bitter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 1000 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 870 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.050 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Calories: 132 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 14.5 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Tuesday January 15th 2019
1.043
1.012
4.1%
29.0
12.9
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
165 kg United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale165 kg Maris Otter Pale 38 3.75 89.7%
4 kg United Kingdom - Chocolate4 kg Chocolate 34 425 2.2%
3 kg United Kingdom - Crystal 50L3 kg Crystal 50L 34 50 1.6%
12 kg United Kingdom - Amber12 kg Amber 32 27 6.5%
184 kg / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
2 kg East Kent Goldings2 kg East Kent Goldings Hops Leaf/Whole 5.3 Boil at 70 °C 60 min 24.54 50%
1 kg East Kent Goldings1 kg East Kent Goldings Hops Leaf/Whole 5.3 Aroma 10 min 4.45 25%
1 kg East Kent Goldings1 kg East Kent Goldings Hops Leaf/Whole 5 Aroma 0 min 25%
4 kg / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
Gervin Ale (by Muntons) GV-12
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
77%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
14 - 21 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
18 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 3751 B cells required
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Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
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
510 L Strike -- 70 °C 60 min
390 L Fly Sparge -- 70 °C 30 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3.1 L/kg
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (45.4 L) exceeded. Volume required: 1025.7 L. Suggest reducing initial water volume to 45.4 L and adding 980.3 L sparge/top-off.  
WARNING: Mash tun capacity exceeded. Volume required: 691.84 L 570.4
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3.1 L/kg 570.4
Mash volume with grains 691.8
Grain absorption losses -184
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 640.2 L) 484.5
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 1025.7 L) 870
Boil off losses -5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -20
Post boil Volume 1000
Going into fermentor 1000
Total: 1054.9  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"Best Bitter" Ordinary Bitter beer recipe by CraigVroom. All Grain, ABV 4.06%, IBU 28.99, SRM 12.94, Fermentables: (Maris Otter Pale, Chocolate, Crystal 50L, Amber) Hops: (East Kent Goldings)
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  • Last Updated: 2019-05-06 09:45 UTC