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Sam Smith Old Brewery Bitter Clone

158 calories 16.4 g 12 oz
Beer Stats
Method: BIAB
Style: Strong Bitter
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6 gallons
Post Boil Size: 5.3 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.039 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.050 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Source: Brewing British Style Beers Book
Hop Utilization: 96%
Calories: 158 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 16.4 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Monday July 6th 2020
1.048
1.012
4.7%
47.9
7.6
n/a
4.99
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
7 lb United Kingdom - Pale 2-Row7 lb Pale 2-Row 38 2.5 77.2%
12 oz Torrified Barley12 oz Torrified Barley 36 2 8.3%
10 oz Simpsons - Light Crystal10 oz Light Crystal 34 39 6.9%
8 oz Corn Sugar - Dextrose8 oz Corn Sugar - Dextrose - (late boil kettle addition) 42 0.5 5.5%
3 oz Molasses3 oz Molasses - (late boil kettle addition) 36 80 2.1%
145 oz / 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
2 oz Fuggle2 oz Fuggle Hops Pellet 5.6 Boil 60 min 40.91 80%
0.50 oz East Kent Goldings0.5 oz East Kent Goldings Hops Pellet 5 Boil 30 min 7.02 20%
2.50 oz / 0.00
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
12 qt Mash In Temperature 140 °F 151 °F 90 min
12 qt Mash Out Batch Sparge 151 °F 170 °F 60 min
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
2 oz Brown Sugar Flavor Secondary 7 days
1 each Whirlfloc Fining Boil 15 min.
1 oz Yeast Nutrient Fining Boil 15 min.
 
Yeast
Lallemand - LALBREW® WINDSOR BRITISH-STYLE BEER YEAST
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
4.99 / oz
4.99
Attenuation (avg):
70%
Flocculation:
Low
Optimum Temp:
59 - 72 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 87 B cells required
4.99 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: BrownSugar       Amount: 2 oz       Temp: 68 °F       CO2 Level: 1.02 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Burton on Trent (historic)
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
270 41 113 85 720 270
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Notes

Note to all - this is an attempt at a CASKED type ale. It might work as bottled beer, it might not. It is EXPERIMENTAL.

This is an English Strong Bitter (old style cask ale taste profile) a Golden Strong Bitter with a Cask Malt flavor. Originally made by Sam Smith Brewery, one of my favorite UK Breweries.

Mash in with all grains at 140 initially, raising the temperature while stirring to 151 to hold for 90 minutes. Batch sparge with an additional 12 quarts of water to collect 6 gallons of sweet wort.

Bring the wort to a boil and add the hops. (Yes, this is in the recipe, but I initially tried the calculator at 30 minutes and I had a more sedate 43 IBUs. Thought about splitting it at 45 minutes...but it does have raw brown sugar introduced 7 days before bottling or kegging - this should provide a kind of "casked" taste as the yeast should re-ferment. Yeah - this can be a disaster...wondering if I might make a tiny little batch and see what happens if I secondary it in a minikeg - no gas, pinch of yeast - like you would for a REAL cask. I think I would need a spunding valve to offgas the excess CO2.)

The recipe calls to add the molasses and sugar, dissolved in a little wort, added "during the boil". I wouldn't add it until 15 minutes prior to the end, so it has less of a chance to scorch and burn. At the same time, add the whirlfloc tablet and yeast nutrient.

The modifications so far.
Recipe was for 20 quarts - I needed 5.5 in the fermentor so I can guarantee 5 gallons in the keg. So I raised the fermentables to:

7 lbs of 2 row from 5 lbs
12 ozs of Torrified Barley from 8 oz
10 ozs of light crystal from 6 oz

Used Windsor instead of "Brewer's Yeast" - suited the final gravity

Messed around with the hop schedule - if you put them all in for 90 minutes, you get 60+ IBUs which is way out of character for a strong bitter - 50 IBUs is about tops. So I changed the Fuggles to 2 oz from 2.5 after I made the fuggles go in at 60 minutes and the Goldings at 30. That gets you to 48 IBUs.

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