Best Bitter Recipe - Brown Bird Bitter

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Brown Bird Bitter

by on
All Grain
23 Liter(s)
27 Liter(s)
90 min
70%
First brewed Sunday 9th Feb 2020 - second Grainfather brew. Bottled on Feb. 29th 2020

This recipe was cloned from Brown Bird Bitter.

Fermentables

81% - Maris Otter Pale - UK
4
38
5
Mash
11% - Munich - UK
0.55
38
10
Mash
6% - Crystal 30L - UK
0.3
33
35
Mash
2% - Flaked Oats - US
0.1
37
1
Mash

Hops

Progress
20
Leaf
Boil
40 min(s)
5.5
10.6
Citra
20
Leaf
Boil
20 min(s)
12
15.9

Yeast

Muntons Muntons Premium Gold
75%

Other Stuff

Protafloc Tablet (Use half) last 15mins of boil
0.5
each
Mash

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Mash 1 hours. Grain in @ 60C for then up to 63C
2.
Temp up to 77C then sparge with water at same temp.
3.
Sugar, and citric acid added just before boiling point
4.
First hops inafter 20 mins of boiling next as above
5.
Yeast added at 16C SG 1.047
6.
4 days later SG 1.020
7.
Cold crashed for 4 days.
8.
Bottled on 29th Feb. SG1.010 Batch primed with 65gms Dextrose.

Tasting Notes (1)

RadfordBrewer

Tasted on 8/16/2020 by RadfordBrewer

Notes:

Very pleased with this. Has a really great malty background taste. A good colour too!

Recipe Facts

Brown Bird Bitter
Best Bitter
  • 23.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 27.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 90  min Boil Time
  • 1.047 OG
  • 1.012 FG
  • 26.5 IBU (brewgr) Bitterness
  • 0.56 BG:GU
  • 8.8° SRM Color
  • 70% Efficiency
  • 4.6% ABV Alcohol
  • 157 per 12oz Calories
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