Best Bitter Recipe - Abbot ale

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Abbot ale

by on
All Grain
18 Liter(s)
22 Liter(s)
60 min
76%
Brew No.55 Rate: 5/10 ABV: 5.7% Yeast: S-04 Attenuation: 74–82% My attenuation: 74% Yeast aroma: English ale. Fruity and floral Recommended IBU: 30 – 50 IBU achieved: 30 (20% utilisation) Ferment: 18–26ºC (21ºC steps) Recipe: OG: 1049 FG: 1012 ABV: 4.8% Achieved: OG: 1058 FG: 10145 ABV: 5.7% Notes: _ 125g hops at start of boil is a lot, the beer is very bitter but actually nice. Research says this is wrong. But was Malt Miller kit. _ Didn't dry hop _ Crisp Flaked Torrified Maize adds a corn flake-like sweetness to beers _ Used 300g of Demerara. Not 400 soft brown. _ Recipe boil time 90 mins, I did 60. _ Forgot to turn fermenter tap up before bottling! Do again. Yes but less hops for bittering. Use a proper ale yeast. Maybe WLP013 London Ale Or WHC Dried Yeast Old English? Not sweet enough.

This recipe was cloned from Kolsch.

Fermentables

90% - Crisp Maris Otter
3.8
32
2
Mash
6% - Crisp flaked torrified maize
0.25
0
1
Mash
2% - Crisp Crystal 150
0.1
32
240
Mash
1% - Crisp Chocolate Malt
0.06
32
440
Mash

Hops

Northern Brewer
25
Pellet
Boil
90 min(s)
9
35.6
Goldings
100
Pellet
Boil
90 min(s)
5
79.1
Goldings
25
Pellet
FlameOut
0 min(s)
5
0.0

Yeast

Fermentis Safale S-04
75%

Other Stuff

Soft brown sugar
300
g
Boil

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Take S-04 out of fridge
2.
ChemSan Sanitiser 80ML – 40Lt
3.
Water to Mash kettle – 13Lt
4.
Water to Sparge Kettle – 17Lt
5.
Both – Camden tablet – 1/2
6.
Both – AMS Sparge 14.8ml. Mash 11ml
7.
Mash only – DWB 9g
8.
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9.
Mash kettle to 66ºC for 60 mins
10.
Mash out 75ºC a further 10 mins
11.
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12.
60mins – 25g Northern Brewer
13.
60mins – 100g Goldings
14.
60mins – 300g Soft brown sugar
15.
Flame out – 25g Goldings
16.
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17.
Ferment: Steps 21ºC
18.
10g dry hop (didn't so)
19.
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20.
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21.
70g sugar – 180ml water

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Recipe Facts

Abbot ale
Best Bitter
  • 18.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 22.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.045 OG
  • 1.011 FG
  • 114.7 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 2.57 BG:GU
  • 14.5° SRM Color
  • 76% Efficiency
  • 4.3% ABV Alcohol
  • 148 per 12oz Calories
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Best Bitter

OG 0.995
1.120
OG: 1.040-1.048 / Your OG: 1.045
FG 0.995
1.120
FG: 1.008-1.012 / Your FG: 1.011
IBU 0
120
IBU: 25-40 / Your IBU: 115
SRM 0
40
SRM: 8-16 / Your SRM: 14.5
ABV 0
14
ABV: 3.8-4.6 / Your ABV: 4.3
BG:GU 0
2
BG:GU: 0.52-1.00 / Your BG:GU: 2.57

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