Strong Bitter Recipe - Blue Cap Crow Wing Bitter

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Blue Cap Crow Wing Bitter

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All Grain
5.5 Gallon(s)
7 Gallon(s)
60 min
71%
First brew at the cabin: Using medium-high hardness well water. Too much water in mash, so mash temp was very high (158-160F to start). Cooled wort to ~75F and pitched yeast (without starter). Produced 5.5 gallons of wort @ 1.046. Fermented in room between 60 and 70F for 4 weeks. Final (corrected refractometer) gravity: 1.012 (4.5% abv) Carbonated with 70g sucrose.

Fermentables

84% - Warminster Maris Otter, floor-malted
8
38
3
Mash
11% - Victory Malt - US
1
34
28
Mash
5% - Simpson's medium crystal, 45-60L
0.5
34
52
Mash

Hops

Target
0.25
Pellet
FirstWort
60 min(s)
10.7
9.6
Fuggles
0.5
Pellet
FirstWort
60 min(s)
5.6
10.0
Target
0.5
Pellet
Boil
10 min(s)
10.7
7.0
Fuggles
1
Pellet
Boil
10 min(s)
5.6
7.3
Target
0.25
Pellet
FlameOut
0 min(s)
10.7
0.0
Fuggles
0.5
Pellet
FlameOut
0 min(s)
5.6
0.0

Yeast

Wyeast Thames Valley Ale 1275
74%

Other Stuff

Whirlfloc
1
each
Boil

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Heat 3.5 gal. water to 162F (1.5 qt./lb.). Add water to fermentables and let sit to mash @ ~152F for 1h.
2.
Heat 5 gal. water to 180F. At end of 1h, lauter wort into clean pail. Add sparge water to mash tun and let sit ~10m @ ~175F to batch sparge.
3.
Add wort to boil kettle with first wort hops and begin heating to boil. After 10m, sparge grains into clean pail, then add to boil kettle.

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Recipe Facts

Blue Cap Crow Wing Bitter
Strong Bitter
  • 5.50 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 7.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.046 OG
  • 1.012 FG
  • 33.9 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.74 BG:GU
  • 9.3° SRM Color
  • 71% Efficiency
  • 4.4% ABV Alcohol
  • 152 per 12oz Calories
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Strong Bitter

OG 0.995
1.120
OG: 1.048-1.060 / Your OG: 1.046
FG 0.995
1.120
FG: 1.010-1.016 / Your FG: 1.012
IBU 0
120
IBU: 30-50 / Your IBU: 34
SRM 0
40
SRM: 8-18 / Your SRM: 9.3
ABV 0
14
ABV: 4.6-6.2 / Your ABV: 4.4
BG:GU 0
2
BG:GU: 0.50-1.04 / Your BG:GU: 0.74

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