Best Bitter Recipe - Bear Cub

Recipe Info

Recipe Image

Bear Cub

by on
All Grain + Extract
6 Gallon(s)
7 Gallon(s)
60 min
75%
REBREW

Fermentables

58% - Pilsner - DE
5.5
38
1
Mash
8% - Abbey Malt - DE
0.75
33
17
Mash
8% - Golden Naked Oats - UK
0.75
33
10
Mash
3% - Biscuit Malt - BE
0.25
36
23
Mash
7% - Flaked Corn - US
0.65
37
1
Mash
10% - Belgian Amber Candi Syrup - BE
1
32
40
Extract
3% - Simpsons DRC
0.25
0
0
Mash
3% - Simpsons's Premium English Caramalt
0.25
33
23
Mash
2% - Pale Chocolate - UK
0.1499
32
200
Mash

Hops

Magnum
1
Pellet
Boil
22 min(s)
11.9
25.7
East Kent Goldings
1
Pellet
Boil
10 min(s)
4.3
5.2
East Kent Goldings
1
Pellet
FlameOut
0 min(s)
4.3
0.0

Yeast

Danstar Nottingham
80%

Other Stuff

No other stuff in this recipe

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Feb 15/21: Added 3ml phosphoric, 3g CaSO4, 2.5g CaCl2 to 13.75L Strike water
2.
Hit 67.6c mash temperature. 45 minute mash.
3.
Feb 15/21: Added 4ml phosphoric, 3.3g CaSO4, 2.8g CaCl2 to 20.5L Sparge water
4.
Hit 72c mashout. 80c sparge water added to 54.5c grainbed.
5.
Feb 15/21 2pm: Pitched into 21.5c wort, FC set at 18c.
6.
Feb 17/21 7am: Laser temperature reading 18.7c for the last two days.
7.
Feb 17/21 915pm: Fermentation seems to be slowing down. FC to 19.5c.
8.
Feb 18/21 630am: Added 1lb D-45.
9.
Feb 18/21 430pm: FC up to 20.5c
10.
Feb 19/21 6pm: FC up to 22c to finish. Krausen completely gone.
11.
Feb 28/21 830am: Brought FV out into basement to begin chilling.
12.
Mar 13: Bottling day! 18.5L at 22c, 4.7oz dextrose for 2.6 vol.

Tasting Notes (0)

There aren't any tasting notes logged yet

Recipe Facts

Bear Cub
Best Bitter
  • 6.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 7.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.043 OG
  • 1.009 FG
  • 31.0 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.71 BG:GU
  • 10.9° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 4.5% ABV Alcohol
  • 142 per 12oz Calories
Clone This Recipe

Similar Homebrew Recipes

English Ale

All Grain Recipe
by Brewer 121143 4/15/2024 2:59:20 AM

amber lager

International Amber Lager
by Brewer 136040 4/10/2024 2:24:35 PM

Dark Wheat Saison SMASH

Saison
by DoDuf 3/21/2024 7:00:39 AM

Czech primo lager

Czech Premium Pale Lager
by Trubador 3/15/2024 12:42:56 PM
© 2024 by brewgr.com. All Rights Reserved.