English Pub Bitter, 2008
Sunday, September 7th, 2008I wanted to try making something similar to the run of the mill beer in England. I found out from this batch, most of the flavor differences are due to the hops and yeast. Everyone who tried this beer really liked it.
| Target Volume (Gallons) | 5 | |||
| Total Cost | $33.18 | |||
| Yield (ounces) | 630 | |||
| Cost per 12 oz bottle | $0.63 | |||
| Boil Time | 60 | min | ||
| GRAINS | Pounds | Points/Gal | Total Points | Cost |
| Light LME | 7 | 37 | 259 | $16.54 |
| Steep – 30 min at 150 F | ||||
| British Pale | 0.5 | 28 | 14 | $0.84 |
| HOPS | Ounces | Alpha Acids | Boil Time (min) | Cost |
| Northern Brewer | 2 | 8.30% | 60 | $4.25 |
| Yamhill Goldings | 1 | 4.00% | 10 | $2.00 |
| YEAST | White Labs British Ale | Cost | ||
| Attenuation Low | 63% | $6.95 | ||
| Attenuation High | 70% | |||
| Optimum Temp | 65-68F | |||
| Flocculation | High | |||
| Starter | No | Shake up this kind of yeast next time. | ||
| STATS | ||||
| Expected Original Gravity | 1.055 | |||
| Expected Final Gravity | 1.016 – 1.02 | |||
| IBUs | 47.63 | |||
| Apparent Attenuation | 64.58% | AA = 1 – FG / OG | ||
| Alcohol By Volume – Theoretical | 4.94% | |||
| Alcohol By Volume – Potential | 4.07% | |||
| BREWING: | ||||
| ½ tbs Irish Moss at start of boil | $0.10 | |||
| Burton Salts | $0.25 | |||
| Water Source Wort | Pure water filter – 3 gallon boil | |||
| Water Source Dilution | Pure water filter | |||
| DATES | Date | SG | Cum. Days | Notes |
| Brewed | 05/22/08 | 1.048 | 0 | |
| Racked | 05/28/08 | 1.020 | 6 | Fizzy on the tongue, very hoppy, a bit syrupy still |
| Bottled (SG pre bottling) | 06/07/08 | 1.017 | 16 | |
| OK TO DRINK BY (60 days): | 07/21/08 | |||
| BOTTLING | ||||
| Priming Method | 6.5 oz Corn Syrup | $0.50 | ||
| Caps, cleaners, etc | $1.75 | |||
| Container | Capacity | Qty | Total Volume | |
| Lagunitas | 22 | 6 | 132 | |
| Half Liter (Deutsch) | 17 | 10 | 170 | |
| Bottle | 12 | 22.5 | 270 | |
| Jug | 64 | 1 | 64 | |
| Total Bottled: | 636 | |||
| TASTING | ||||
| 06/19/08 | 28 | Almost no head/carbonation, caramely flavor, not up front bitter, and nice sour finish. | ||
| 07/02/08 | 41 | The goldings hops characteristic flavor is nice, I would call it a little earthy and sour, mixes well with the malt and bitterness | ||
| 07/30/08 | 69 | This beer is getting good, should have waited and not drank so much… Had 2 near bottle bombs, some have more sugars than others? | ||
| 08/12/08 | 82 | The bitterness is coming through more, not as sweet, friends liked it! | ||
