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Essex Best Bitter V2

128 calories 13 g 330 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Best Bitter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 23 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 29 liters
Post Boil Size: 23.1 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.034 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.042 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Calories: 128 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 13 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Monday March 31st 2025
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n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
4 kg Crisp Malting - Finest Maris Otter4 kg Finest Maris Otter 36.8 2.4 93.5%
200 g Crisp Malting - Amber200 g Amber 33.1 27.5 4.7%
40 g Crisp Malting - Roasted Barley40 g Roasted Barley - (late boil kettle addition) 31.28 600 0.9%
40 g Torrified Barley40 g Torrified Barley 36 2 0.9%
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Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
20 g Challenger20 g Challenger Hops Pellet 5 Boil 60 min 12.78 30.8%
15 g East Kent Goldings15 g East Kent Goldings Hops Leaf/Whole 7.17 Aroma 20 min 7.57 23.1%
10 g First Gold10 g First Gold Hops Pellet 6.2 Aroma 20 min 4.8 15.4%
20 g First Gold20 g First Gold Hops Pellet 7.5 Hop Stand 10 min 3.26 30.8%
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Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
10 ml CRS/AMS (6.3% HCl, 8.6% H2SO4) Water Agt Mash 90 min.
Priming
CO2 Level: 1.02 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
80 5 25 75 80 100
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Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
16 L Strike 74 °C 67 °C 90 min
14 L Sparge 72 °C 72 °C --
Starting Mash Thickness: 3 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 18 °C
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3 L/kg 12.8
Mash volume with grains 15.7
Grain absorption losses -4.3
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 21.4 L) 21.3
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 29 L) 29
Boil off losses -5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.2
Post boil Volume 23.1
Hops absorption losses (whirlpool, hop stand) -0.1
Going into fermentor 23
Total: 34.2  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"Essex Best Bitter V2" Best Bitter beer recipe by Brewer #453676. All Grain, ABV 4.21%, IBU 28.4, SRM 9.22, Fermentables: (Finest Maris Otter, Amber, Roasted Barley, Torrified Barley) Hops: (Challenger, East Kent Goldings, First Gold) Other: (CRS/AMS (6.3% HCl, 8.6% H2SO4))
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