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Boddingtons Clone

Method: All Grain
Style: Strong Bitter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 6 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.42 gallons
Post Boil Size: 6.92 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.048 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.051 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 57% (brew house)
Source: British Ale Dude
Rating:

5.00 (1 Review)

Hop Utilization: 99%
Calories: 169 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 19.2 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Monday April 13th 2020

ESB - Extra Special Beer

by Backcrack

OG: 1.054 FG: 1.011 ABV: 5.7% IBU: 36

Original Gravity:

1.051

Final Gravity:

1.015

ABV (standard):

4.8%

IBU (tinseth):

38.8

SRM (morey):

9.4

Mash pH

5.3

Cost $

32.75

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Fermentation History

Target 64°F
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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	Cost	PPG	°L	Bill %
10 lb	Gambrinus - ESB Pale Malt10 lb ESB Pale Malt	$ 1.59 / lb $ 15.90	36.8	3	69%
2 lb	Viking - Wheat Malt2 lb Wheat Malt	$ 1.10 / lb $ 2.20	38	2.5	13.8%
1 lb	GB - Carastan (30/37)1 lb Carastan (30/37)	$ 1.53 / lb $ 1.53	35	34	6.9%
0.50 lb	Flaked Barley0.5 lb Flaked Barley	$ 1.09 / lb $ 0.55	32	2.2	3.4%
0.50 lb	Rice Hulls0.5 lb Rice Hulls	$ 0.97 / lb $ 0.49	0	0	3.4%
0.50 lb	Weyermann - Caramunich Type 10.5 lb Caramunich Type 1	$ 1.49 / lb $ 0.75	33.5	35	3.4%
14.50 lbs / $ 21.40

Hops

Amount	Variety	Cost	Type	AA	Use	Time	IBU	Bill %
10 g	Apollo10 g Apollo Hops	$ 20.00 / lb $ 0.44	Pellet	20	First Wort	60 min	24.85	12.5%
20 g	UK-Pioneer20 g UK-Pioneer Hops	$ 0.01 / g $ 0.24	Pellet	9.3	Whirlpool	10 min	4.1	25%
20 g	UK-Progress20 g UK-Progress Hops	$ 0.02 / g $ 0.48	Pellet	6.8	Whirlpool at 212 °F	10 min	2.99	25%
30 g	USA-Loral-202030 g USA-Loral-2020 Hops	$ 1.50 / oz $ 1.59	Pellet	10.4	Whirlpool	10 min	6.87	37.5%
80 g / $ 2.75

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Hops Summary

Amount	Variety	Cost	IBU	Bill %
10 g	Apollo (Pellet) 10 g Apollo (Pellet) Hops	$ 20.00 / lb $ 0.44	24.85	12.5%
20 g	UK-Pioneer (Pellet) 20 g UK-Pioneer (Pellet) Hops	$ 0.01 / g $ 0.24	4.1	25%
20 g	UK-Progress (Pellet) 20 g UK-Progress (Pellet) Hops	$ 0.02 / g $ 0.48	2.99	25%
30 g	USA-Loral-2020 (Pellet) 30 g USA-Loral-2020 (Pellet) Hops	$ 1.50 / oz $ 1.59	6.87	37.5%
80 g / $ 2.75

Mash Guidelines

Amount	Description	Type	Start Temp	Target Temp	Time
7 gal	stir and recirculate	Infusion	126 °F	126 °F	90 min
		Sparge	150 °F	150 °F	60 min
		Infusion	165 °F	165 °F	30 min
1 gal		Sparge	170 °F	170 °F	--
Starting Mash Thickness: 2.06 qt/lb Starting Grain Temp: 74 °F

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Cost	Type	Use	Time
8 g	Baking Soda		Water Agt	Mash	90 min.
2 g	Calcium Chloride (anhydrous)		Water Agt	Mash	90 min.
5 g	Epsom Salt		Water Agt	Mash	90 min.
1 each	Whirfloc tablet		Fining	Mash	10 min.
10 g	Gypsum		Water Agt	Mash	90 min.
3 tsp	Phosphoric acid		Water Agt	Mash	0 min.
8 gal	Water	$ 0.70 / gal $ 5.60	Other	Mash	0 min.
$ 5.60

Yeast

Wyeast - West Yorkshire 1469

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:	$ 3.00 / each $ 3.00
Attenuation (avg):	69%	Flocculation:	High
Optimum Temp:	64 - 72 °F	Starter:	Yes
Fermentation Temp:	64 °F	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 100 B cells required

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Priming

Method: co2 Amount: 6.84 psi Temp: 40 °F CO₂ Level: 2 Volumes

Target Water Profile

Burton on Trent (historic)

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
100	18	70	45	200	235
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Notes

Beer engine or nitro required to get that boddingtons magic to happen

Change Log - Snapshots
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v1 - change from carastan to medium crystal; change apollo from 20 to 10g for bittering; change 5 min boil-aroma to whirlpool 10 min at flameout while cooling; take off 2lb full pint and add 4 lb pearl
v2 - back to carastan and take out crystal; reduce pearl by 2 and add 2lb munton planet pale (DP change); remove dry hops 40g pioneer 40g progress 40g glacier; add 30g glacier to whirlpool;change torrified wheat for viking (stock);changing 170 mash to vorlauf trying to reduce kettle slop; messed w watter chem going away from burton on trent
v3-change planet pale to muntons mild and reduce pearl by 2, abv too high; reduce WP additions by 10 for progress and pioneer; switch glacier 60 to loral 27, too bitter; add .5lb melandoin malt for more malty
v4 switched from pearl to muntons marris otter due to stock.
v5 switching base to gambrius eliminated mild for testing; switching melandoin to caramunich 1(Stock)

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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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British Ale Dude • 12/14/2020 at 01:55am

5 of 5

Tastes like a more flavorful Boddingtons on the beer engine. Totally unexpected and amazing!

Will make a version of this again.

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