British Strong Ale Recipe - Cuckoo's Egg ESA - Purple Cap

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Cuckoo's Egg ESA - Purple Cap

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All Grain
5.65 Gallon(s)
7 Gallon(s)
60 min
82%
Basically an imperial version of my Crow Wing Bitter with some tweaks to amp up the malt: https://brewgr.com/recipe/116769 Brewed 2024-12-17: Produced ~5.6 gallons @ ~19.0 P/1.078 G Bottled 2025-01-23: Final (corrected refractometer) gravity: 4.2 P/1.016 G (Uncorrected: ~10.2 Brix) (~8.1% abv). Bottled with ~100 g sucrose.

This recipe was cloned from Crow Wing Bitter #4 - Blue Cap.

Fermentables

7% - Amber - UK
1
32
36
Mash
3% - Belgian Aromatic - BE
0.5
37
19
Mash
2% - Crystal Rye - UK
0.25
33
60
Mash
83% - Maris Otter Pale - UK
12
38
3
Mash
1% - Special B - BE
0.125
30
180
Mash
3% - Crystal 50L - UK
0.5
34
50
Mash

Hops

Target
1.5
Pellet
FirstWort
60 min(s)
9.6
37.8
Fuggles
1.5
Pellet
FlameOut
0 min(s)
5.6
0.0
Target
0.5
Pellet
Boil
10 min(s)
9.6
4.6
Fuggles
1.5
Pellet
Boil
10 min(s)
5.6
8.0

Yeast

Wyeast Thames Valley Ale 1275
80%

Other Stuff

Whirlfloc
1
each
Boil

Mash Steps

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Recipe Facts

Cuckoo's Egg ESA - Purple Cap
British Strong Ale
  • 5.65 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 7.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.078 OG
  • 1.016 FG
  • 50.3 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.65 BG:GU
  • 13.9° SRM Color
  • 82% Efficiency
  • 8.0% ABV Alcohol
  • 265 per 12oz Calories
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