Best Bitter Recipe - Crawley Best Bitter

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Crawley Best Bitter

by on
All Grain
5.0002 Liter(s)
5.9999 Liter(s)
60 min
75%
A Bitter of the Sussex Bitter Style with a mild Hoppy taste, easy drinking I hope.

Fermentables

40% - Maris Otter Pale - UK
0.4
38
3
Mash
40% - Pale 2-Row - UK
0.4
36
2
Mash
15% - Crystal 30L - UK
0.15
34
30
Mash
6% - Flaked Corn - US
0.06
37
1
Mash

Hops

Cascade
6
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
5.8
18.3
Perle
5
Pellet
FlameOut
0 min(s)
8.3
0.0
Fuggles
5
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
4.8
12.6

Yeast

Fermentis Safale S-04
75%

Other Stuff

No other stuff in this recipe

Mash Steps

Infusion Mash
Infusion
68
60 min
Mash-Out
Infusion
77
10 min

Special Instructions

1.
After mash out at 77º raise to boil.
2.
Remove Bittering hops at FA.
3.
Add Perle & Fuggles hops after boil at 80º till cool

Tasting Notes (1)

Cheapskate

Tasted on 1/18/2022 by Cheapskate

Notes:

Good clarity with even bittering and hop leaning. Pleasant similarity to Harvey’s Sussex Bitter

Comments

  • Cheapskate

    Brewed 27-11-21

    3 years ago
  • Cheapskate

    Bottled 10-12-21

    3 years ago

Recipe Facts

Crawley Best Bitter
Best Bitter
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 6.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.046 OG
  • 1.012 FG
  • 30.9 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.67 BG:GU
  • 7.8° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 4.5% ABV Alcohol
  • 153 per 12oz Calories
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Best Bitter

OG 0.995
1.120
OG: 1.040-1.048 / Your OG: 1.046
FG 0.995
1.120
FG: 1.008-1.012 / Your FG: 1.012
IBU 0
120
IBU: 25-40 / Your IBU: 31
SRM 0
40
SRM: 8-16 / Your SRM: 7.8
ABV 0
14
ABV: 3.8-4.6 / Your ABV: 4.5
BG:GU 0
2
BG:GU: 0.52-1.00 / Your BG:GU: 0.67

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