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Northants County

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

Shepherd Neame Spitfire Clone v2

by stubzimages

OG: 1.050 FG: 1.012 ABV: 5.1% IBU: 33

Rugkjeks

by Jan Erik Johansen

OG: 1.055 FG: 1.013 ABV: 5.5% IBU: 38

Experimental Strong Bitter

by toadvine

OG: 1.056 FG: 1.016 ABV: 5.3% IBU: 37

Original Gravity:

1.055

Final Gravity:

1.008

ABV (standard):

6.1%

IBU (tinseth):

40.8

SRM (morey):

12.1

Mash pH

5.8

Cost £

20.68

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Brew Log History

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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

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Hops Summary

Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
15 g	Northdown (Pellet) 15 g Northdown (Pellet) Hops	£ 0.05 / g £ 0.75	14.71	19.7%
20 g	Challenger (Pellet) 20 g Challenger (Pellet) Hops	£ 0.05 / g £ 1.00	19.39	26.3%
26 g	East Kent Goldings (Pellet) 26 g East Kent Goldings (Pellet) Hops	£ 0.06 / g £ 1.56	2.69	34.2%
15 g	Bramling Cross (Pellet) 15 g Bramling Cross (Pellet) Hops	£ 0.05 / g £ 0.75	4.03	19.7%
76 g / £ 4.06

Mash Guidelines

Amount	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

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

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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
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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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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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