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summer bitter

summer bitter

Special/Best/Premium Bitter • All Grain • 36 L

Matthew Jolly

High on crystal for flavour in a low gravity beer, but the Dry English Ale yeast is a high attenuator so it should not be cloying. The bitterness is set to balance any residual sweetness.

May 15, 2006 am 04:26am

3.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (All Grain36 L)

  • 5.2 kg 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.

  • 0.92 kg British Dark Crystal

    British Dark Crystal

    Sweet caramel flavor, mouthfeel. For porters, stouts, old ales and any dark ale.

  • 60 g Challenger - 7.0 AA% whole; boiled 60 min

    Challenger

    Popular bittering hop used primarily in British ales and lagers. Mild to moderate aroma, but quite spicy.

  • 28 g First Gold - 7.5 AA% whole; boiled 10 min

    First Gold

    First commercial dwarf hop designed for aroma consideration in England, a very promising hop.

  • 28 g Fuggle - 4.8 AA% whole; boiled 0 min

    Fuggle

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

  • White Labs WLP007 Dry English Ale

    White Labs WLP007 Dry English Ale

    Clean, highly flocculant, and highly attenuative yeast. This yeast is similar to WLP002 in flavor profile, but is 10% more attenuative. This eliminates the residual sweetness, and makes the yeast well suited for high gravity ales. It is also reaches termi

Style (BJCP)

Category: 8 - English Pale Ale

Subcategory: B - Special/Best/Premium Bitter

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.037 1.040 - 1.048
Terminal Gravity: 1.008 1.008 - 1.012
Color: 18.7 SRM 5 - 16
Alcohol: 3.8% ABV 3.8% - 4.6%
Bitterness: 38.9 IBU 25 - 40

Discussion

Matthew Jolly

Not a bad full flavoured bitter

2006-09-27 11:40am

I little high on the crystal - apart from that it came out pretty well.

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