Best Bitter Recipe - Sussex Ale

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Sussex Ale

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All Grain
19 Liter(s)
25 Liter(s)
60 min
75%
Brew No.1 Do again. One day. 5/10 - Paul's recipe - Descent Sussex ale. Brew No.2 5/10 - Same recipe - Good flavour again but flat. Not enough sugar in bottles is my guess. OG 1040. FG 1010. 4% Attenuation - 74%

This recipe was cloned from Sussex Best Bitter.

Fermentables

71% - Pale 2-Row - UK
2.43
36
2
Mash
12% - Dark Crystal 80L - UK
0.4
33
75
Mash
9% - Pilsner - DE
0.3
38
1
Mash
7% - Flaked Corn - US
0.25
37
1
Mash
1% - Rice Hulls - US
0.02
0
0
Mash
0% - Wheat - UK
0.01
37
2
Mash

Hops

Target
13
Leaf
Boil
60 min(s)
11
19.0
Phoenix
20
Leaf
Boil
30 min(s)
10
20.4
Challenger
12
Leaf
FlameOut
0 min(s)
7
0.0
Phoenix
5
Leaf
FlameOut
0 min(s)
10
0.0

Yeast

Fermentis Safale S-04
75%

Other Stuff

No other stuff in this recipe

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Yeast out of fridge
2.
ChemSan Sanitiser (10ml per 5 litres) (70ML - 35Lt) - Fermenter, tubes, air lock, therm, scissors.
3.
Water to Mash kettle. 10.25Lt
4.
Water to Sparge Kettle 17Lt
5.
Camden tablets to Both - 2.25 to Mash, 3.7 to Sparge. (5 Tabs per 23Lt)
6.
AMS to both - 9ml to Mash Kettle - 15ml to Sparge Kettle (22ml per 25Lt)
7.
DWB to mash kettle only 5g (13g per 25Lt)
8.
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9.
Set mash kettle to 75C
10.
Add mash bag.
11.
Add mash. Temperature to 68C - Mash for 60 mins.
12.
Set sparge water temperature to 77C
13.
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14.
Turn off mash kettle
15.
Volaut
16.
Drain wort into bucket
17.
Add sparge
18.
Leave for 20 mins to rest
19.
Add this sparge liquor to wort - Discard mash
20.
Add total liquor back into mash kettle - Boil for 60 mins
21.
Add hop spider
22.
START OF BOIL - Add 13g Target
23.
30 MINS - Add 20g Pheonix
24.
Add Protafloc 1/3 of tablet 15 mins before boil end. (Half tablet per 25Lts)
25.
Add cooling coil for last 10 mins of boil
26.
FLAME OUT - Add 12g Challenger Hops & 5g Pheonix
27.
Turn off Kettle. Remove Hops
28.
Cool wort to yeast pitch.
29.
Pull Fermenter handle TIGHTLY closed! Unscrew bottom pot clockwise!
30.
Hydrometer test - https://www.brewersfriend.com/abv-calculator
31.
Hydrometer target - OG 1040
32.
Store fermenter at 20-22C
33.
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34.
Chemipro. Warm Water (4g/1Lr) (140g - 35Lt) Bottles. Syphon Tube and tap.
35.
Clean Mash tun to fermenter tube. Spare fermentation drub container. Black stoppers. Airlock.
36.
ChemSan Sanitiser (30ML - 15Lt) (60ml per 30Lt) - Syphon Tube & tap, caps, bottle machine.
37.
Sugar - 15Lt beer/30 bottles - 35g sugar - 150ml water - 5ml per bottle
38.
www.brewuk.co.uk/priming_sugar
39.
Hydrometer target - OG 1010

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Recipe Facts

Sussex Ale
Best Bitter
  • 19.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 25.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.040 OG
  • 1.010 FG
  • 39.4 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.98 BG:GU
  • 9.9° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 3.9% ABV Alcohol
  • 132 per 12oz Calories
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