Best Bitter Recipe - Special Bitter

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Special Bitter

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All Grain
5.4 Gallon(s)
6.5 Gallon(s)
60 min
75%
All Grain Best Bitter homebrew recipe. This homebrew recipe uses the following ingredients: Maris Otter Pale - UK, Biscuit Malt - BE, CaraMunich III - DE, Fuggles Hops, White Labs British Ale WLP005 Homebrew Yeast, Irish Moss.

Fermentables

81% - Maris Otter Pale - UK
6.5
38
3
Mash
12% - Biscuit Malt - BE
1
36
23
Mash
6% - CaraMunich III - DE
0.5
34
57
Mash

Hops

Fuggles
1
Pellet
Boil
5 min(s)
4.3
3.3

Yeast

White Labs British Ale WLP005
77%

Other Stuff

Irish Moss
1
tsp
Boil

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
2.7 gallons @ 167F for mash
2.
6.2 gallon batch sparge

Tasting Notes (1)

Codger

Tasted on 2/22/2021 by Codger

Notes:

Kegged this one about 09/10/20. When carbed it was a nice, easy to drink beer. 5 gallons didn't last long.

Recipe Facts

Special Bitter
Best Bitter
  • 5.40 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 6.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.042 OG
  • 1.010 FG
  • 25.6 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.61 BG:GU
  • 8.8° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 4.1% ABV Alcohol
  • 137 per 12oz Calories
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