Strong Bitter Recipe - Celebration Ale

Recipe Info

Recipe Image

Celebration Ale

by on
All Grain + Extract
5 Gallon(s)
5 Gallon(s)
90 min
75%
First Brewed 28th April 2016

This recipe was cloned from Radford Gold Bitter.

Fermentables

58% - Maris Otter Pale - UK
5
38
3
Mash
12% - Crystal 30L - UK
1
34
30
Mash
1% - Chocolate - UK
0.1
34
425
Mash
6% - CaraCrystal Wheat Malt - US
0.5
34
55
Mash
12% - Dry Malt Extract - Amber
1
42
10
Extract
12% - Corn Sugar (Dextrose) - US
1
46
0
Late

Hops

First Gold
0.75
Leaf
Boil
90 min(s)
7.5
20.0
Fuggles
0.5
Leaf
Boil
15 min(s)
4.8
4.0

Yeast

Muntons Muntons Premium Gold
80%

Other Stuff

Gypsum
1.5
tsp
Boil
Citric acid
0.5
tsp
Boil
Irish Moss
2
tsp
Boil

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Mash 3 hours. Grain in @ 55° 1/2 hour @ 60° 4 hrs @ 65°
2.
Sugars, gypsum and citric acid added just before boiling point
3.
First hops in at boiling
4.
Irish Moss added for last 10 mins. of boil
5.
Flame out - last hops in and left to stand for 15 mins
6.
Yeast added at 60° - 12 hrs later SG 1.040

Tasting Notes (1)

RadfordBrewer

Tasted on 1/10/2018 by RadfordBrewer

Notes:

Matured and rich ale. Could be a little more bitter with a few more hops, but very nice.

Recipe Facts

Celebration Ale
Strong Bitter
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 90  min Boil Time
  • 1.054 OG
  • 1.011 FG
  • 31.0 IBU (brewgr) Bitterness
  • 0.57 BG:GU
  • 13.7° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 5.6% ABV Alcohol
  • 180 per 12oz Calories
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