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Hooper's Best Bitter (Wedding Special)

Method: All Grain
Style: Best Bitter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 20 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 22.91 liters
Post Boil Size: 20.15 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.038 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.044 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 80% (brew house)
Source: Mike Hooper
Hop Utilization: 99%
Calories: 202 calories (Per .5L)
Carbs: 18 g (Per .5L)

Created: Wednesday April 6th 2022

Original Gravity:

1.044

Final Gravity:

1.008

ABV (alternate):

4.7%

IBU (tinseth):

29.1

SRM (morey):

17.0

Mash pH

5.5

Cost £

7.50

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
2.50 kg	Simpsons - Extra Pale Ale Malt2.5 kg Extra Pale Ale Malt	35.82	2.2	67.6%
0.80 kg	Simpsons - Munich Malt0.8 kg Munich Malt	36.8	8	21.6%
0.30 kg	Simpsons - Red Rye Crystal0.3 kg Red Rye Crystal	29.9	89.4	8.1%
0.10 kg	Simpsons - Chocolate Malt0.1 kg Chocolate Malt	31.7	444	2.7%
3.70 kg / £ 0.00

Hops

Amount	Variety	Cost	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
26 g	Fuggles26 g Fuggles Hops	£ 0.00 / g £ 0.00	Pellet	4.2	Boil	60 min	15.21	31.7%
26 g	East Kent Goldings26 g East Kent Goldings Hops		Pellet	5	Boil	30 min	13.92	31.7%
30 g	Styrian Goldings30 g Styrian Goldings Hops		Pellet	2.5	Whirlpool at 70 °C	15 min		36.6%
82 g / £ 0.00

Show Summary View

Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
26 g	Fuggles (Pellet) 26 g Fuggles (Pellet) Hops	£ 0.00 / g £ 0.00	15.21	31.7%
26 g	East Kent Goldings (Pellet) 26 g East Kent Goldings (Pellet) Hops		13.92	31.7%
30 g	Styrian Goldings (Pellet) 30 g Styrian Goldings (Pellet) Hops			36.6%
82 g / £ 0.00

Mash Guidelines

Amount	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
13.5 L	Infusion	73 °C	67 °C	60 min
13.6 L	Sparge	70 °C	70 °C	--
Starting Mash Thickness: 3.65 L/kg Starting Grain Temp: 18 °C

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Cost	Type	Use	Time
0.50 g	Irish Moss	£ 0.00 / each £ 0.00	Fining	Boil	15 min.
4 g	Harris Vega Starbrite Finings		Fining	Secondary	7 days
2.50 g	Gypsum		Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
2 g	Table Salt		Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
4 g	Citric acid		Water Agt	Mash	1 hr.
0.50 each	Campden Tablets		Water Agt	Mash	70 min.

Yeast

Lallemand - LALBREW® NOTTINGHAM HIGH PERFORMANCE ALE YEAST

Amount:	2 Each	Cost:	£ 3.75 / each £ 7.50
Attenuation (avg):	80%	Flocculation:	High
Optimum Temp:	10 - 22 °C	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	12 °C	Pitch Rate:	0.75 (M cells / ml / ° P) 164 B cells required

£ 7.50 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator

Priming

Method: BrownSugar Amount: 8.2 g Temp: 15 °C CO₂ Level: 1.1 Volumes

Target Water Profile

Balanced Profile II

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
150	10	80	150	160	220
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator

Notes

Using 17 grams of Andrews liver salts
Plus an additional 4 grams of food grade 100% citric acid (which brings mash pH down to 5.56)
The only citric acid available on the calculator is 5%

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Cost for

Gallons

Cost by

Final Yield

	Cost £	Cost %
Fermentables	£
Steeping Grains (Extract Only)	£
Hops	£
Yeast	£
Other	£
Cost Per Barrel	£ 0.00
Cost Per Pint	£ 0.00
Total Cost	£ 0.00

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