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Based on boiling {{CalculateBoilVolumeDisplay}} gallonsliters at {{CalculatePreBoilGravityDisplay}} for {{CalculateBoilTimeDisplay}} minutes, this will decrease your wort by {{CalculateBoilLoss}} gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to {{CalculateFinalGravityFromPreBoilGravity}}.
You were planning on an OG of {{RecipeSummary.Og}} so you are right on track. Nice job!
You wanted an OG of {{RecipeSummary.Og}}. It looks like it will be over.
You wanted an OG of {{RecipeSummary.Og}}. It looks like it will be under.
My initial fears about the beer being too hoppy are unfounded - in fact I would like it to be more hop forward. The initial taste is quite malty and a bit watery and slightly sweet. The bitterness is gentle and hits you after the initial taste. The hoppy flavours are present and not overstated. The last part of the taste and the aftertaste are the best things about the beer - it is extremely smooth and rounded with a pleasant gentle sweetness.
The final ABV is 3.6% which is a bit lower than the 3.8% hoped for. The slightly sweet malty taste is a symptom of when I transferred from primary fermentation too quickly and also topped up the barrel with extra water and dried malt extract. The yeast should have had more time to covert the sugars to alcohol.
My original notes stated I wanted to emulate a Youngs Ordinary bitter - in that respect I have got nowhere near it really - too much maltiness in the flavour and not enough bitterness. The colour is close - it is quite pale (though not as pale as the original Youngs Ordinary).
