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Northants County

Method: All Grain
Style: Strong Bitter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 38 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 41 liters
Post Boil Size: 38 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.041 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.053 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Calories: 172 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 13.4 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Thursday February 9th 2023

Original Gravity:

1.053

Final Gravity:

1.007

ABV (standard):

6.1%

IBU (tinseth):

40.4

SRM (morey):

11.5

Mash pH

5.4

Cost £

25.99

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	Cost	PPG	°L	Bill %
7 kg	Bairds - Maris Otter Finest Ale Malt 7 kg Maris Otter Finest Ale Malt	£ 1.05 / kg £ 7.35	37.7	2.5	80.5%
0.70 kg	Bestmalz - BEST Caramel Munich II0.7 kg BEST Caramel Munich II	£ 1.27 / kg £ 0.89	34.5	45.5	8%
1 kg	BB - Dark Brown Muscovado Sugar1 kg Dark Brown Muscovado Sugar - (late boil kettle addition)	£ 2.55 / kg £ 2.55	40	40	11.5%
8.70 kg / £ 10.79

Hops

Amount	Variety	Cost	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
25 g	Northdown25 g Northdown Hops	£ 0.05 / g £ 1.25	Pellet	8.6	Boil	60 min	15.56	21.4%
30 g	Challenger30 g Challenger Hops	£ 0.05 / g £ 1.50	Pellet	8.5	Boil	60 min	18.46	25.6%
20 g	East Kent Goldings20 g East Kent Goldings Hops	£ 0.06 / g £ 1.20	Pellet	5	Boil	10 min	2.62	17.1%
22 g	Bramling Cross22 g Bramling Cross Hops	£ 0.05 / g £ 1.10	Pellet	6.5	Boil	10 min	3.75	18.8%
20 g	East Kent Goldings20 g East Kent Goldings Hops	£ 0.06 / g £ 1.20	Pellet	5	Boil	0 min		17.1%
117 g / £ 6.25

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Hops Summary

Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
25 g	Northdown (Pellet) 25 g Northdown (Pellet) Hops	£ 0.05 / g £ 1.25	15.56	21.4%
30 g	Challenger (Pellet) 30 g Challenger (Pellet) Hops	£ 0.05 / g £ 1.50	18.46	25.6%
40 g	East Kent Goldings (Pellet) 40 g East Kent Goldings (Pellet) Hops	£ 0.06 / g £ 2.40	2.62	34.2%
22 g	Bramling Cross (Pellet) 22 g Bramling Cross (Pellet) Hops	£ 0.05 / g £ 1.10	3.75	18.8%
117 g / £ 6.25

Mash Guidelines

Amount	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
30 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

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Cost	Type	Use	Time
1 each	Campden Tablets		Water Agt	Mash	--
43 ml	CRS/AMS (6.3% HCl, 8.6% H2SO4)		Water Agt	Mash	--

Yeast

White Labs - English Ale Yeast WLP002

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:	£ 8.95 / each £ 8.95
Attenuation (custom):	85%	Flocculation:	Very High
Optimum Temp:	18 - 20 °C	Starter:	Yes
Fermentation Temp:	21 °C	Pitch Rate:	0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 249 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

Notes

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

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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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