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Brian's Especially Tasty Bitter

Brian's Especially Tasty Bitter

Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) • Extract • 5 gal

Brian

Turned out really great! Try it.

December 9, 2001 am 09:08am

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Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • 1 lbs Crystal Malt 10°L

    Crystal Malt 10°L

    Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales. Characteristics & Applications: • In contract to Brewers Malt, glassiness is a distinguishing characteristic of Caramel Malt. The glassy endosperm creates the desirable non-fermentable components giving true Caramel Malt the ability to contribute body (mouthfeel), foam foam retention, and extended beer stability, while contributing color and unique caramel flavor. • Caramel 10L is a roasted caramel malt that imparts golden color. • Use 3-7% for Pilsener-style beers for balance. • Use 5-15% to provide color, sweetness and color to light amber beers. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • .1875 lbs English Chocolate Malt

    English Chocolate Malt

    Dark malt that gives a rich red or brown color and nutty flavor. Use for: Brown ales, porters, some stouts Maintains some malty flavor, not as dark as roasted malt.

  • .1875 lbs Roasted Barley

    Roasted Barley

    Sweet, grainy, coffee flavor and a red to deep brown color. For porters and stouts.

  • 6.5 lbs Liquid Light Extract

    Liquid Light Extract

    A brewer can create any beer style with this extract when used as a base in conjunction with colored malts and selected hops. Contains no colored malts or hops.

  • .25 lbs Malto Dextrin

    Malto Dextrin

    Adds body and mouthfeel. For all extract beers. Does not ferment.

  • 1 oz East Kent Goldings - 6.4 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    East Kent Goldings

    Mild, slightly flowery.

  • 1 oz Fuggle - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 10 min

    Fuggle

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

  • 1 oz East Kent Goldings - 6.4 AA% pellets; boiled 10 min

    East Kent Goldings

    Mild, slightly flowery.

  • 2 tsp gypsum - (omitted from calculations)

    gypsum

  • 1 tsp irish moss - (omitted from calculations)

    irish moss

  • .75 lb corn sugar - (omitted from calculations)

    corn sugar

  • Wyeast 3766 Cider

    Wyeast 3766 Cider

    Crisp dry fermenting yeast with big, fruity finish. Creates a nice balance for all types of apples, pears and other fruit or fermentables. Allows fruit character to dominate the profile.

Notes

add gypsum @ boil dry hop 1oz. Fuggles in secondary prime with 3/4 cup corn sugar

Style (BJCP)

Category: 8 - English Pale Ale

Subcategory: C - Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.051 1.048 - 1.060
Terminal Gravity: 1.015 1.010 - 1.016
Color: 18.1 SRM 6 - 18
Alcohol: 4.7% ABV 4.6% - 6.2%
Bitterness: 41.5 IBU 30 - 50

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