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Cockney Rebel

Cockney Rebel

Special/Best/Premium Bitter • All Grain • 5.5 gal

toppoppa

This turned out quite well. A great session beer for football(American Football, Mates!)

September 11, 2011 am 08:28am

5.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (All Grain5.5 gal)

  • 8 lbs Maris Otter; Crisp

    Maris Otter; Crisp

    An English thoroughbred and a favored choice of malt for many brewers. Simpsons' Maris Otter has a rich and nutty flavor and despite its small, berry size has a strong husk. This malt delivers predictable brewhouse performance with modest, yet consistent extracts. Brewers can expect good runoffs with clear wort.

  • .45 lbs Crystal Malt 40°L

    Crystal Malt 40°L

    Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales.

  • .18 lbs Crystal Malt 120°L

    Crystal Malt 120°L

    Pronounced caramel flavor and a red color. For stouts, porters and black beers.

  • .18 lbs Melanoidin Malt; Weyermann®

    Melanoidin Malt; Weyermann®

    German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: High degree of modification of both proteins and starches. Excellent friability. Low β- glucan values. Highly acidic. Highly malt-aromatic. Adds deep-amber to red-brown color, maltiness, body, and mouthfeel to finished beer. Promotes flavor stability. Recommended Quantities: Up to 20% of total grain bill Suitability (beer styles): Lagers: Oktoberfestbier, Märzen, Dunkel, Bock, Doppelbock Ales: Amber, Dark, Scottish, Irish Red

  • 1.5 oz Fuggle - 4.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Fuggle

    Mild. Mainly used for finishing and dry hopping especially pale ales, porters, and stouts. Aroma is mild and pleasant, spicy, and soft.

  • .3 oz Goldings - 3.0 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Goldings

    Mild. Slightly flowery.

  • .3 oz Fuggle - 4.0 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Fuggle

    Mild. Mainly used for finishing and dry hopping especially pale ales, porters, and stouts. Aroma is mild and pleasant, spicy, and soft.

  • Wyeast 1968 London ESB Ale™

    Wyeast 1968 London ESB Ale™

    Highly flocculant top-fermenting strain with rich, malty character and balanced fruitiness. This strain is so flocculant that additional aeration and agitation is needed. An excellent strain for cask-conditioned ales.

Notes

1L starter dough in to hold at 152 for 60 min raise to 168 for 10 min rinse at 170 collected 7 gal of wort total boil is 90 min fermented at 68 primary 1 week cold crashed in primary one week placed in keg and conditioned for one additional week-

Style (BJCP)

Category: 8 - English Pale Ale

Subcategory: B - Special/Best/Premium Bitter

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.043 1.040 - 1.048
Terminal Gravity: 1.010 1.008 - 1.012
Color: 11.9 SRM 5 - 16
Alcohol: 4.4% ABV 3.8% - 4.6%
Bitterness: 28.7 IBU 25 - 40

Discussion

toppoppa

Keg #2 is about gone

2011-10-09 8:11am

The recent weekends of football have just about killed off keg #2. Looks like round 2 of the CR will need to be put on the schedule.

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