Best Bitter Recipe - Hot Weather British Bitter - small batch

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Hot Weather British Bitter - small batch

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All Grain
3 Gallon(s)
1.5 Gallon(s)
60 min
67%
Modified from an article on warm fermentation tolerant yeasts in BYO : http://byo.com/hops/item/1084-make-me-sweat-cool-tips-for-hot-weather-brewing

Fermentables

90% - Pale Ale - US
4.75
37
3
Mash
10% - Crystal 40L - CA
0.5
34
40
Mash

Hops

Fuggles
0.25
Pellet
DryHop
0 day(s)
4.8
0.0

Yeast

White Labs East Coast Ale WLP008
72%

Other Stuff

No other stuff in this recipe

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Mash Schedule Strike grains with 1.61 gal of water at 164.3 °F. Mash at 152 °F for 60 min. Rinse the grain in 0.41 gal sparge water at 168 °F. Drain the grain bag and combine the mash and sparge water to make 1.5 gal wort.
2.
Add cold water to bring total volume to 3 Gal
3.
Pitch yeast when <70 degrees ; closer to 65 is ideal

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Recipe Facts

Hot Weather British Bitter - small batch
Best Bitter
  • 3.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 1.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.043 OG
  • 1.012 FG
  • 37.1 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.86 BG:GU
  • 8.0° SRM Color
  • 67% Efficiency
  • 4.0% ABV Alcohol
  • 143 per 12oz Calories
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Best Bitter

OG 0.995
1.120
OG: 1.040-1.048 / Your OG: 1.043
FG 0.995
1.120
FG: 1.008-1.012 / Your FG: 1.012
IBU 0
120
IBU: 25-40 / Your IBU: 0
SRM 0
40
SRM: 8-16 / Your SRM: 8.0
ABV 0
14
ABV: 3.8-4.6 / Your ABV: 4.0
BG:GU 0
2
BG:GU: 0.52-1.00 / Your BG:GU: 0.00

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