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Essex Smoktastic Bitter

Essex Smoktastic Bitter

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

Monkeystomp

Need any help or have questions or espcially comments please let me know. monkeystomp@beer.com

August 13, 2002 am 09:05am

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Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)

  • 6 lbs English Mild Ale

    English Mild Ale

    Dry, nutty malty flavor. Promotes body. Use in English mild ales.

  • 3 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.

  • 1.5 lbs British Crystal 55°L

    British Crystal 55°L

    Sweet caramel flavor, adds mouthfeel and head retention. For pale or amber ales.

  • 1 lbs Weyermann CaraMunich® I; Weyermann

    Weyermann CaraMunich® I; Weyermann

    Provides body. For Oktoberfest, bock, porter, stout, red, amber and brown ales.

  • 2 lbs German Smoked

    German Smoked

    Earthy, rich smoke flavor

  • .5 lbs Corn Flaked (Maize)

    Corn Flaked (Maize)

    Generally a neutral flavor, used to reduce maltiness of beer. Produces beer with a milder, less malty flavor. Uses: Primarily for light Bohemian and Pilsner lagers.

  • 1 oz Fuggle - 4.8 AA% whole; 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.

  • 1 oz Fuggle - 4.8 AA% whole; boiled 15 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 Fuggle - 4.8 AA% whole; boiled 8 min

    Fuggle

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

  • 2 oz East Kent Goldings - 5.0 AA% whole; boiled 0 min

    East Kent Goldings

    Mild, slightly flowery.

  • 1/4 tsp Irish Moss - (omitted from calculations)

    Irish Moss

  • 3 tsp Gypsum - (omitted from calculations)

    Gypsum

  • 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

Mash Combine all grains including flaked maize and mash at 154F for 90 minutes or until starch test turns negative, which ever comes first. Sparge with 170F water until gravity of last sparge 1.008. Bring volume up to 8 gallons. Boil - 90 min 90 - to roling boil add 3tsp gypsum + irish moss in 1/4cp hot water to rehydrate 60 - 1oz Fuggle whole hops (all hops in hop sack) 15 - 1oz Fuggle whole hops + Irish Moss 8 - 1oz Fuggle whole hops Chill wort as fast as possible to ~90F then whirlpool the wort very carefully and let sit 5 min or so. This will make the trub coagulate into a cone in the middle and help make the beer clearer. Rack to primary fermenter and pitch with WYeast 1028 London Ale. Secondary After 5-7 days in primary add 2oz whole East Kent Golding hops to 2ndary and rack beer on to them. Let sit in secondary until desired hop level is reached (2 weeks or so). Enjoy!! Any questions or comments email me at: monkeystomp@beer.com

Style (BJCP)

Category: 8 - English Pale Ale

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

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.070 1.048 - 1.060
Terminal Gravity: 1.017 1.010 - 1.016
Color: 16.8 SRM 6 - 18
Alcohol: 7.0% ABV 4.6% - 6.2%
Bitterness: 29.2 IBU 30 - 50

Discussion

ixnae

Recipe Designation

2004-01-09 7:17am

This looks more like a very very smoky old ale. 2lbs of smoke is alot for a five gallon batch... How did it turn out? Still, it is cool to see people doing beers as they want to, and not as they as the style guides dictate. Right on. Ixnae of Blokhed Homebrewery

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