Ordinary Bitter Recipe - Wee Bitter and Wee-Wee Bitter

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Wee Bitter and Wee-Wee Bitter

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All Grain
5.5 Gallon(s)
7.5 Gallon(s)
60 min
45%
Mash low to finish dry - 150-152* Started around 151* ~~> 148* at end of mash Added 4g Gypsum, 10g CaCl, 4g Epsom, 4g LA Targeted around 5.3-5.4 mash pH Target at 60 and 30mins, EKG at 15 mins Cooled to 70-72* OG 1.036 Pitched slurry (from Mike/Sapwood) of Omega British V Left at 70* for 6-8 hours Put in basement overnight - ambient of 64-66* Already started fermenting vigorously by 16 hours Trying to keep it at low end of temp spectrum - around 66* until it slows FG 1.012ish (3-3.3%) ~~ Rebrew on 2/5/23 using cold-mash method Same grain bill Tweak mineral additions - 2g Gypsum, 4g Epsom, 12g CaCl, 8ml LA Bump up Chlorides, bump down pH Cold mash for 6 hours with several stirs / re-circs Target gravity is 1.018-20 OG was only 1015-16 FG = 1.009 (4/1/23) Tastes OK, a bit yeasty ABV is about 0.8%

Fermentables

23% - Pale 6-Row - US
1.5
35
3
Mash
23% - Pale 2-Row - US
1.5
37
3
Mash
23% - Munich - Dark 20L - US
1.5
35
26
Mash
23% - Vienna - US
1.5
36
9
Mash
8% - Rolled Oats - US
0.5
33
2
Mash

Hops

Target
0.25
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
6
6.9
Target
0.25
Pellet
Boil
30 min(s)
6
3.8
East Kent Goldings
0.75
Pellet
Boil
15 min(s)
3.5
3.2

Yeast

Wyeast London Ale III 1318
69%

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Recipe Facts

Wee Bitter and Wee-Wee Bitter
Ordinary Bitter
  • 5.50 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 7.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.019 OG
  • 1.006 FG
  • 14.0 IBU (rager) Bitterness
  • 0.74 BG:GU
  • 8.0° SRM Color
  • 45% Efficiency
  • 1.7% ABV Alcohol
  • 61 per 12oz Calories
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