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Melvills' Finest ESB

153 calories 15.5 g 330 ml
Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Strong Bitter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 22 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 27 liters
Post Boil Size: 21 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.040 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.052 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Source: Melvill's Finest
Calories: 153 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 15.5 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Sunday March 29th 2020
1.050
1.012
4.9%
32.4
10.5
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
3 kg German - Pale Ale3 kg Pale Ale 39 2.3 61.2%
100 g German - CaraMunich III100 g CaraMunich III 34 57 2%
1 kg German - Vienna1 kg Vienna 37 4 20.4%
750 g German - Wheat Malt750 g Wheat Malt 37 2 15.3%
50 g United Kingdom - Roasted Barley50 g Roasted Barley 29 550 1%
4,900 g / 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
15 g Yakima Valley Hops - Experimental Lemonaughty15 g Experimental Lemonaughty Hops Pellet 10.5 Boil 60 min 19.81 18.8%
20 g Yakima Valley Hops - Experimental Lemonaughty20 g Experimental Lemonaughty Hops Pellet 10.5 Boil 10 min 9.58 25%
30 g Yakima Valley Hops - Fuggles30 g Fuggles Hops Pellet 4.4 Boil 0 min 37.5%
15 g Yakima Valley Hops - Fuggles15 g Fuggles Hops Pellet 4.4 Boil 10 min 3.01 18.8%
80 g / 0.00
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
15 L Strike 68 °C 67 °C 60 min
15 L Sparge 75 °C -- --
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.5 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 65 °C
 
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:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 95 B cells required
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Priming
Method: sucrose       Amount: 13.9 g       Temp: 20 °C       CO2 Level: 1.02 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Notes

This is a made up recipe based on Yorkshire Bitter from HomeBrew Beer Page 141. Malts given by Walts Malts. Not exactly cleer what the different malts were. The colour is very dark in the mash. So assumed that dark malt is Cara III.

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