Ordinary Bitter Recipe - London Bitter

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London Bitter

by on
All Grain + Extract
5 Gallon(s)
6 Gallon(s)
60 min
75%
Add 500mg potassium metabisulphite to 20 gallons water to remove chlorine/chloramine (as required). Water treated with brewing salts to: Ca=110, Mg=18, Na=17, Cl=49, S04=92 (Basically Randy Mosher's ideal Pale Ale numbers with slightly less Sulphate and a Cl:S04 ratio of 1:2 - we're not making a hoppy American beer here so we go a bit easy on accentuating bitterness). For complete details on how to adjust your water, refer to our step by step Water Adjustments guide. 1.25 qt/lb mash thickness. Single infusion mash at 149F for 90 mins. Mashout to 168F. 60-90 min fly sparge with ~5.6-5.8 pH water (measured at mash temperature). Collect 13.9 gallons in boil kettle. Boil for 60 minutes. Lid on at flameout, start chilling immediately. Cool wort to 66F and aerate well. Ferment at 66-68F until complete. This yeast drops brilliantly clear without need of any clarifiers.

Fermentables

16% - Crystal 40L - CA
0.75
34
40
Mash
63% - Dry Malt Extract - Amber
3
42
10
Extract
21% - Corn Sugar (Dextrose) - US
1
46
0
Late

Hops

Challenger
0.3125
Pellet
Boil
15 min(s)
7
4.6
Target
0.5208
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
11
24.2

Yeast

Wyeast London ESB Ale 1968
69%

Other Stuff

Whirlfloc Tablet
0.4167
each
Boil

Mash Steps

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Special Instructions

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Recipe Facts

London Bitter
Ordinary Bitter
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 6.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.038 OG
  • 1.012 FG
  • 28.8 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.75 BG:GU
  • 8.3° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 3.4% ABV Alcohol
  • 126 per 12oz Calories
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