
Bitter about the Season
Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) • Partial Mash • 5.5 gal
All four major sports teams in Philadelphia failed to make the playoffs. Hoppy brew that isn't too bitter and goes down smooth. Made from yeast that I harvested from a Pineapple Pale Ale.
October 26, 2013 pm 03:20pm
Ingredients (Partial Mash, 5.5 gal)
- .5 lbs
Crystal Malt 60°L
Crystal Malt 60°L
Sweet caramel flavor, deep golden to red color. For dark amber and brown ales.
- 1 lbs
Maris Otter Pale
Maris Otter Pale
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.
- .5 lbs
Cara-Pils® Malt; Briess
Cara-Pils® Malt; Briess
Characteristics & Applications: • The endosperm is completely glassy and will appear to be darker than standard Brewers Malt. • Carapils® is a very unique dextrine-style malt that adds body, foam retention, and beer stability without influencing color or flavor. • Use to upgrade all types of beer, including light colored beers. • The non-fermentables in Carapils® are very advantageous in balancing body and flavor of dark colored beers. • May be used with or without other specialty malts. • Low usage of 1-5% will help achieve desired results. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- .5 lbs
Victory® Malt; Briess
Victory® Malt; Briess
Biscuity, baking bread, nutty flavors. Characteristics & Applications: • With an aroma of baking bread, Victory® Malt is great in Nut Brown Ales and other dark beers. • Special processing develops the biscuity, baking bread, nutty flavors that are distinctive in Victory® Malt. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 6-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- 3.3 lbs
Liquid Light; Muntons
Liquid Light; Muntons
Selected English lager malt is used to produce this fine consistent light malt extract.
- 3 lbs
Dry Extra Light Extract
Dry Extra Light Extract
For making very pale ales and lagers.
- 1 oz
Target - 8.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Target
Used for its robust bittering ability in British ales and lagers. Aroma is quite intense.
- 1 oz
Brambling Cross - 7.4 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min
Brambling Cross
Grandparent of Saxon and Viking, they have a unique toasty, buttery, slighly resiny aroma with some woody notes.
- .5 oz
East Kent Goldings - 5.8 AA% pellets; boiled 5 min
East Kent Goldings
Mild, slightly flowery.
- .5 oz
East Kent Goldings - 5.8 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min
East Kent Goldings
Mild, slightly flowery.
- 1 ea
Whirlfloc Tablets (Irish moss) - (omitted from calculations)
Whirlfloc Tablets (Irish moss)
Enhanced Irish Moss in convenient tablet form
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Wyeast 1318 London Ale III™
Wyeast 1318 London Ale III™
From traditional London brewery with great malt and hop profile. True top cropping strain, fruity, very light, soft balanced palate, finishes slightly sweet.
Notes
Steep grains at 152 degrees for 40 minutes and 158 degrees for 20 minutes. Added DME at 50 minutes. Added LME at 20 minutes. Pitched yeast at 70 degrees. Placed in the primary for 17 days. OG 1.057. FG 1.017. ABV 5.2%.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 8 - English Pale Ale
Subcategory: C - Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.057 | 1.048 - 1.060 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.015 | 1.010 - 1.016 | ![]() |
Color: | 11.8 SRM | 6 - 18 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 5.5% ABV | 4.6% - 6.2% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 43.7 IBU | 30 - 50 | ![]() |