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Special/Best/Premium Bitter • All Grain • 45 L

Matthew Jolly

Centennial and northern brewer subbed for styrian goldings

November 28, 2006 am 09:29am

5.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (All Grain45 L)

  • 7.5 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.

  • 1 kg English Wheat Malt

    English Wheat Malt

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

  • 56 g Challenger - 8.0 AA% whole; boiled 60 min

    Challenger

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

  • 30 g Organic Hallertau - 8.0 AA% whole; boiled 15 min

    Organic Hallertau

    Commonly used for aroma variety.

  • 30 g Organic Hallertau - 8.0 AA% whole; boiled 10 min

    Organic Hallertau

    Commonly used for aroma variety.

  • 28 g Northern Brewer - 8.0 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Northern Brewer

    Used for bittering with strong flavors and very fragrant in steam beers, dark English ales, and German lagers. Aroma is medium-strong with evergreen and mint overtones.

  • 28 g Centennial - 10.0 AA% whole; boiled 1 min

    Centennial

    Aromatic but acceptable for bittering. Medium aroma with floral and citrus tones. Good in medium to dark ales.

  • 14 g Centennial - 10.0 AA% whole; added dry to secondary fermenter

    Centennial

    Aromatic but acceptable for bittering. Medium aroma with floral and citrus tones. Good in medium to dark ales.

  • Wyeast 1028 London Ale™

    Wyeast 1028 London Ale™

    Rich with a dry finish, minerally profile, bold and crisp, with some fruitiness.

Notes

Fuggles and challenger mix substituted for Styrian Goldings. Aroma hops doubled.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 8 - English Pale Ale

Subcategory: B - Special/Best/Premium Bitter

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.041 1.040 - 1.048
Terminal Gravity: 1.009 1.008 - 1.012
Color: 4.6 SRM 5 - 16
Alcohol: 4.1% ABV 3.8% - 4.6%
Bitterness: 37.5 IBU 25 - 40

Discussion

Matthew Jolly

Brilliant hoppy session beer

2007-02-26 12:42pm

This came out better than I could have hoped. Better than the Original bottled Bitter and twisted. I highly recommend this recipe! I'm going to brew this with a tweak or two, but nothing serious.

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