English Ale Beer Recipe | All Grain Ordinary Bitter by Sz Ákos | Brewer's Friend
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English Ale

168 calories 16.9 g 12 oz
Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Ordinary Bitter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 21 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 27.03 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.040 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.051 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 72% (brew house)
Source: Szommer Ákos
Hop Utilization: 98%
Calories: 168 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 16.9 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Friday December 12th 2025
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
4.20 kg Crisp Malting - Finest Maris Otter4.2 kg Finest Maris Otter 36.8 2.4 86.6%
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Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
35 g Barth-Haas - East Kent Golding35 g East Kent Golding Hops Pellet 5.5 Boil 60 min 25 50%
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15 g Barth-Haas - East Kent Golding15 g East Kent Golding Hops Pellet 5.5 Boil 5 min 2.14 21.4%
70 g / 0.00
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
17 L Strike 63 °C 63 °C 40 min
Infusion 72 °C 72 °C 15 min
Infusion 78 °C 78 °C 5 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3.65 L/kg
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
30 g Phosphoric acid Water Agt Mash 0 min.
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - English Ale Yeast S-04
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
12 - 25 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
19 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 93 B cells required
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Priming
CO2 Level: 1.02 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Dávid APA
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
80 10 15 70 130 48
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"English Ale" Ordinary Bitter beer recipe by Szommer Ákos. All Grain, ABV 5.12%, IBU 34.22, SRM 5.3, Fermentables: (Finest Maris Otter, Munich Type I, CaraRed) Hops: (East Kent Golding) Other: (Phosphoric acid)
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