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Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) • All Grain • 6.5 gal

Mile High Monks Recipe

September 25, 2002 am 11:52am

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Ingredients (All Grain6.5 gal)

  • 9 lbs English 2-row Pale

    English 2-row Pale

    All English Ales. Workhorse of British Brewing. Infusion Mash.

  • 2 lbs English Wheat Malt

    English Wheat Malt

    Light flavor, creamy head. For wheat beers, stouts, doppelbocks and alt beers.

  • 2 lbs Crystal Malt 40°L

    Crystal Malt 40°L

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

  • 1.5 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.

  • 1/2 lbs Barley Flaked

    Barley Flaked

    Helps head retention, imparts creamy smoothness. For porters and stouts.

  • 3/4 oz Admiral - 12.5 AA% whole; boiled 60 min

    Admiral

    Admiral hops are known for their high acid content, delivering a bold yet smooth bitterness. They showcase notes of orange citrus and herbal undertones, making them an excellent choice for crafting more bitter Pale Ales and ESBs.

  • 5/8 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.

  • 3/8 oz Tettnanger - 4.5 AA% whole; boiled 1 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • 3/8 oz Willamette - 5.0 AA% whole; boiled 1 min

    Willamette

    This hop is used for finishing and dry hopping American and British style ales. Aroma is mild and pleasant ans slightly spicy

  • 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

Mile High Monks Trying to brew a higher grav. beer that is not so dark so my wife will still drink it. Using leftover hopps from Sister Star of the Sun Brewing it 9-30-02 will post back with results.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 8 - English Pale Ale

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

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.058 1.048 - 1.060
Terminal Gravity: 1.014 1.010 - 1.016
Color: 13.3 SRM 6 - 18
Alcohol: 5.8% ABV 4.6% - 6.2%
Bitterness: 33.8 IBU 30 - 50

Discussion

brewwster

Brewed

2002-10-02 9:34am

Omitted the flaked barley, Changed 2- row to vienna Brewed it last night. Smells extra malty with subtle hopps. I will post again after racking.

brewwster

Bottled

2002-11-14 7:00pm

Bottled last week after 3 weeks in secondary. Mash temp might have been a little too high, slight tannin after taste. I will post back when drinkable, hopefully will smooth out. P.S. Too early to tell but I think Buzz is there

Mile High Monks

Brewing ths again after all these years

2013-11-03 1:07pm

made it a couple of times. Mixed results. Here's to old favorites>

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