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252 calories 20.3 g .5 L
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Strong Bitter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 25 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 30.59 liters
Post Boil Size: 25 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.037 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.055 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 66% (brew house)
Calories: 252 calories (Per .5L)
Carbs: 20.3 g (Per .5L)
Created: Monday February 13th 2023
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
5 kg Bairds - Maris Otter Finest Ale Malt 5 kg Maris Otter Finest Ale Malt £ 1.05 / kg
£ 5.25 		37.7 2.5 80.6%
0.50 kg Bestmalz - BEST Caramel Munich II0.5 kg BEST Caramel Munich II £ 1.27 / kg
£ 0.64 		34.5 45.5 8.1%
0.70 kg BB - Dark Brown Muscovado Sugar0.7 kg Dark Brown Muscovado Sugar - (late boil kettle addition) £ 2.55 / kg
£ 1.79 		40 40 11.3%
6.20 kg / £ 7.67
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
15 g Northdown15 g Northdown Hops £ 0.05 / g
£ 0.75 		Pellet 8.6 Boil 60 min 14.71 19.7%
20 g Challenger20 g Challenger Hops £ 0.05 / g
£ 1.00 		Pellet 8.5 Boil 60 min 19.39 26.3%
13 g East Kent Goldings13 g East Kent Goldings Hops £ 0.06 / g
£ 0.78 		Pellet 5 Boil 10 min 2.69 17.1%
15 g Bramling Cross15 g Bramling Cross Hops £ 0.05 / g
£ 0.75 		Pellet 6.5 Boil 10 min 4.03 19.7%
13 g East Kent Goldings13 g East Kent Goldings Hops £ 0.06 / g
£ 0.78 		Pellet 5 Boil 0 min 17.1%
76 g / £ 4.06
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
1 each Campden Tablets Water Agt Mash 0 min.
 
Yeast
White Labs - English Ale Yeast WLP002
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
£ 8.95 / each
£ 8.95
Attenuation (custom):
84%
Flocculation:
Very High
Optimum Temp:
18 - 20 °C
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
21 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 170 B cells required
£ 8.95 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: co2       Amount: 0.82 bar       Temp: 20 °C       CO2 Level: 1.5 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Kettering Rd
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
99 8 38 133.5 207.2 0.3
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
20 L Strike 69 °C 67 °C 90 min
18 L Sparge 76 °C 76 °C 15 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3.65 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 10 °C
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3.7 L/kg 20.1
Mash volume with grains 23.7
Grain absorption losses -5.5
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 16.9 L) 16.9
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 30.6 L) 30.6
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.5
Boil off losses -5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.4
Post boil Volume 25
Going into fermentor 25
Total: 37  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Start fermentation at 18C (3 days) then ramp up to 21C, 2 weeks total. Bottle carb 1.5 volumes CO2.

Sugar used was Waitrose muscovado

Need more sparge water next time as fell 5l short of 30l target!

The keg of this was amazing!!! Keg finished after 3 months and it was even better down to the last pint!

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