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ESB

Method: All Grain
Style: Strong Bitter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 20 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 27 liters
Post Boil Size: 23 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.045 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.058 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 60% (brew house)
Source: Colin Churchward
Calories: 271 calories (Per 500ml)
Carbs: 29.6 g (Per 500ml)

Created: Sunday January 24th 2021

Original Gravity:

1.058

Final Gravity:

1.016

ABV (standard):

5.5%

IBU (tinseth):

41.6

EBC (ebcmorey):

29.1

Mash pH

5.3

Cost £

10.29

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Fermentation History

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	Cost	PPG	EBC	Bill %
4.99 kg	Crisp Malting - Finest Maris Otter4.99 kg Finest Maris Otter	£ 1.06 / kg £ 5.29	38	6	86%
348 g	Crisp Malting - Crystal 60L348 g Crystal 60L	£ 1.46 / kg £ 0.51	33.1	250	6%
58 g	Crisp Malting - Chocolate Malt58 g Chocolate Malt	£ 1.46 / kg £ 0.08	32.66	949.99	1%
58 g	Crisp Malting - Torrefied Wheat58 g Torrefied Wheat	£ 0.95 / kg £ 0.06	36.8	3	1%
174 g	Corn Sugar - Dextrose174 g Corn Sugar - Dextrose - (late boil kettle addition)		42	0	3%
174 g	Tate and Lyle - Golden Syrup174 g Golden Syrup - (late boil kettle addition)		40	1.17	3%
5,802 g / £ 5.94

Hops

Amount	Variety	Cost	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
20 g	Target20 g Target Hops	£ 0.04 / g £ 0.75	Leaf/Whole	12.85	Boil	60 min	30.9	33.3%
15 g	East Kent Goldings15 g East Kent Goldings Hops	£ 0.03 / g £ 0.49	Pellet	5.5	Boil	10 min	3.96	25%
10 g	Target10 g Target Hops	£ 0.04 / g £ 0.38	Leaf/Whole	12.85	Boil	10 min	5.6	16.7%
15 g	Bullion15 g Bullion Hops	£ 0.05 / g £ 0.81	Leaf/Whole	3.9	Hop Stand at 95 °C	10 min	1.11	25%
60 g / £ 2.42

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Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
30 g	Target (Leaf/Whole) 30 g Target (Leaf/Whole) Hops	£ 0.04 / g £ 1.13	36.5	50%
15 g	East Kent Goldings (Pellet) 15 g East Kent Goldings (Pellet) Hops	£ 0.03 / g £ 0.49	3.96	25%
15 g	Bullion (Leaf/Whole) 15 g Bullion (Leaf/Whole) Hops	£ 0.05 / g £ 0.81	1.11	25%
60 g / £ 2.42

Mash Guidelines

Amount	Description	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
13.6 L	70.4C strike water	Strike	70.4 °C	63 °C	60 min
2.3 L		Top Off	78 °C	78 °C	--
15.9 L	76C sparge	Batch Sparge	78 °C	78 °C	10 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 2.5 L/kg Starting Grain Temp: 18 °C

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Cost	Type	Use	Time
2 tsp	Yeast Nutrient Part I	£ 0.15 / tsp £ 0.29	Other	Boil	10 min.
2 tsp	Yeast Nutrient Part 2	£ 0.04 / tsp £ 0.07	Other	Boil	10 min.
0.50 each	Protafloc	£ 0.29 / each £ 0.14	Fining	Boil	10 min.
1 tsp	Gelatin	£ 0.04 / g £ 0.16	Fining	Primary	2 days
2 g	Calcium Chloride (anhydrous)	£ 0.01 / g £ 0.03	Water Agt	Mash	--
20 g	Gypsum	£ 0.01 / g £ 0.19	Water Agt	Mash	--
15 g	Epsom Salt	£ 0.02 / g £ 0.23	Water Agt	Mash	--
0.50 ml	Lactic acid	£ 0.04 / ml £ 0.02	Water Agt	Mash	--
4 g	Table Salt	£ 0.01 / g £ 0.04	Water Agt	Mash	--
£ 1.17

Yeast

Wyeast - London ESB Ale 1968

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:	£ 0.76 / each £ 0.76
Attenuation (avg):	69%	Flocculation:	Very High
Optimum Temp:	18 - 22 °C	Starter:	Yes
Fermentation Temp:	21 °C	Pitch Rate:	0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 143 B cells required

£ 0.76 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator

Priming

Method: co2 Amount: 0.43 bar Temp: 12 °C CO₂ Level: 1.5 Volumes

Target Water Profile

Balanced Profile

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
177.9	46.1	69	149.9	548.4	15.4
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Notes

Extra Special Bitter (ESB)

The strongest of the bitters - Extra Special Bitter. This bitter is made from Maris Otter base malt with medium crystal, and a small amount of wheat and chocolate malts. It also has added brewing sugar and Golden Syrup to increase the alcohol content while retaining drinkability. The Fullers London ESB yeast (Wyeast 1968) has been used here to give a malty flavour and will leave some sweetness.
Target has been used to give a punchy bitterness. Then a combination of Target, Goldings and Bullion have been used for flavour/aroma. The bullion hops are added at the end of the boil to pull out the aroma from these hops to get a zesty, dark red fruit note to it.

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Cost for

Gallons

Cost by

Final Yield

	Cost £	Cost %
Fermentables	£
Steeping Grains (Extract Only)	£
Hops	£
Yeast	£
Other	£
Cost Per Barrel	£ 0.00
Cost Per Pint	£ 0.00
Total Cost	£ 0.00

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