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Best Bitter

112 calories 10.8 g 330 ml
Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Ordinary Bitter
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 23 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 30 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.028 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.037 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 62% (brew house)
Rating:
4.00 (1 Review)

No Chill: 10 minute extended hop boil time
Calories: 112 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 10.8 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Saturday August 4th 2018
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
885 g American - Victory885 g Victory 34 28 20%
3,450 g United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale3450 g Maris Otter Pale 38 3.75 77.8%
100 g United Kingdom - Extra Dark Crystal 160L100 g Extra Dark Crystal 160L 33 160 2.3%
4,435 g / 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
15 g Chinook15 g Chinook Hops Pellet 12.8 Boil 60 min 26.58 21.1%
28 g Fuggles28 g Fuggles Hops Pellet 3.2 Boil 10 min 7.27 39.4%
28 g Fuggles28 g Fuggles Hops Pellet 3.2 Hopback 0 min 39.4%
71 g / 0.00
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
13.8 L Strike 73 °C 67 °C 60 min
6 L Vorlauf 100 °C 77 °C --
17 L Batch Sparge 77 °C 67 °C 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 20 °C
 
Yeast
Wyeast - Thames Valley Ale 1275
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
77%
Flocculation:
Med-Low
Optimum Temp:
17 - 22 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
19 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 107 B cells required
0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: sucrose       Amount: 58.7 g       Temp: 20 °C       CO2 Level: 1.5 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
270 41 113 85 720 270
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
"Best Bitter" Ordinary Bitter beer recipe by SAR. All Grain, ABV 3.78%, IBU 33.85, SRM 11.44, Fermentables: (Victory, Maris Otter Pale, Extra Dark Crystal 160L) Hops: (Chinook, Fuggles)
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SAR 08/23/2020 at 05:10pm
4 of 5

similar enough to the Brakspear ordinary I remember from the 1990's


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