Best Bitter Recipe - Jojo the Circus Boy

Recipe Info

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Jojo the Circus Boy

by on
All Grain
5 Gallon(s)
7 Gallon(s)
60 min
75%
Brewed 08/09/2020

Fermentables

91% - Crisp Floor Malted Maris Otter
7
38
4
Mash
6% - Caramel/Crystal 120 - US
0.4375
35
120
Mash
3% - Dingmans Special B
0.21875
35
148
Mash

Hops

Fuggles
2
Pellet
FlameOut
0 min(s)
4.7
0.0

Yeast

Fermentis Safale S-04
75%

Other Stuff

Whirlfloc
1
each
Boil

Mash Steps

Conversion
Infusion
152
60 min

Special Instructions

1.
Mash with 1.57 qts water/lbs grist
2.
No water additions, no yeast nutrient
3.
Strike at 162, adjust mash temp to 152, (153 according to thermometer out of cal.)
4.
Batch sparged with 5 gallons @ 160F
5.
Collected 7 gallons of wort, boiled 60 minutes
6.
Chilled to 74F
7.
Aerated wort by pouring back and forth between buckets, (5 times.)
8.
Pitched harvested yeast from PNW bitter, (roughly half the yeast cake, unwashed. Yeast was harvested about 1.5 weeks earlier.)
9.
Chilled wort to 70F

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Recipe Facts

Jojo the Circus Boy
Best Bitter
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 7.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.043 OG
  • 1.011 FG
  • 35.7 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.82 BG:GU
  • 12.8° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 4.2% ABV Alcohol
  • 143 per 12oz Calories
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Best Bitter

OG 0.995
1.120
OG: 1.040-1.048 / Your OG: 1.043
FG 0.995
1.120
FG: 1.008-1.012 / Your FG: 1.011
IBU 0
120
IBU: 25-40 / Your IBU: 0
SRM 0
40
SRM: 8-16 / Your SRM: 12.8
ABV 0
14
ABV: 3.8-4.6 / Your ABV: 4.2
BG:GU 0
2
BG:GU: 0.52-1.00 / Your BG:GU: 0.00

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