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Best Bitter

157 calories 16.4 g 330 ml
Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Ordinary Bitter
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 23 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 30 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.039 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.051 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 62% (brew house)
Rating:
4.00 (1 Review)

No Chill: 10 minute extended hop boil time
Calories: 157 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 16.4 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Saturday August 4th 2018
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
6 kg United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale6 kg Maris Otter Pale 38 3.75 100%
6 kg / 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
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20 g Fuggles20 g Fuggles Hops Pellet 3.2 Boil 10 min 4.71 20%
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Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
18 L Strike 69 °C 67 °C 60 min
19 L Sparge 76 °C 76 °C 15 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 18 °C
 
Yeast
WHC Lab - Saturated
Amount:
11 Grams
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
73%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
20 - 23 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
19 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 145 B cells required
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Priming
Method: sucrose       Amount: 58.7 g       Temp: 20 °C       CO2 Level: 1.5 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
270 41 113 85 720 270
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"Best Bitter" Ordinary Bitter beer recipe by SAR. All Grain, ABV 4.98%, IBU 47.26, SRM 6.3, Fermentables: (Maris Otter Pale) Hops: (Chinook, Fuggles, East Kent Goldings, UK Fuggle)
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SAR 08/23/2020 at 05:10pm
4 of 5

similar enough to the Brakspear ordinary I remember from the 1990's


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