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Barefoot Gypsy Woman ESB

Barefoot Gypsy Woman ESB

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

Hawkeye

A traditional, rich bitter for those nights round the camp fire with Van Morrison...

July 1, 2007 am 12:25am

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Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • .50 lbs Crystal Malt 60°L

    Crystal Malt 60°L

    Sweet caramel flavor, deep golden to red color. For dark amber and brown ales.

  • .5 lbs Belgian Caramunich

    Belgian Caramunich

    Caramel, full flavor, copper color. For Belgian ales, German smoked and bocks.

  • .30 lbs Special Roast Malt; Briess

    Special Roast Malt; Briess

    Toasty, biscuity, sour, tangy flavors. Characteristics & Applications: • Excellent for Nut Brown Ales, Porter and other dark beer styles. • Special processing develops unique Toasty, Biscuity, Sour, Tangy flavors distinctive to Special Roast Malt . • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 6-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • .25 lbs Belgian Cara-Pils

    Belgian Cara-Pils

    Significantly increases foam/head retention and body of the beer.

  • 2.0 lbs Dry Amber Extract

    Dry Amber Extract

    Cream-colored and full-flavored; will produce amber colored beers such as pale ales, IPAs, and bitters. Made of pale and crystal malts.

  • 4.75 lbs Liquid Light Extract

    Liquid Light Extract

    A brewer can create any beer style with this extract when used as a base in conjunction with colored malts and selected hops. Contains no colored malts or hops.

  • 1.0 oz Challenger - 7.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Challenger

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

  • 1.0 oz Fuggle - 4.0 AA% pellets; 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.

  • 1.0 oz East Kent Goldings - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    East Kent Goldings

    Mild, slightly flowery.

  • 1 tsp Irish Moss (Last 15 mins) - (omitted from calculations)

    Irish Moss (Last 15 mins)

  • 1 oz Fuggles at flameout - (omitted from calculations)

    Fuggles at flameout

  • Wyeast 1275 Thames Valley Ale™

    Wyeast 1275 Thames Valley Ale™

    Produces classic British bitters, rich complex flavor profile, clean, light malt character, low fruitiness, low esters, well-balanced.

Notes

Steep grains in a gallon of water at 152F for 45 minutes, Sparge with another gallon of 170F water, one pint at a time. Bring to boil with the dry extract and raise volume to 2.5 gallons. DO A LATE ADDITION of the liquid at around 40 minutes. Follow hops schedule, and don't forget an extra 1 oz. of Fuggles at flame out, too.

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: 1.013 1.010 - 1.016
Color: 15.3 SRM 6 - 18
Alcohol: 5.8% ABV 4.6% - 6.2%
Bitterness: 38.0 IBU 30 - 50

Discussion

Hawkeye

Wort has a rich, caramel aroma

2007-07-02 2:09pm

Brewed yesterday (7/1/07). Pitched at 73F into exactly 5 gallons with an OG=1.057. Bubbling furiously at 14 hours.

Hawkeye

Bottled -- tastes promising

2007-07-28 5:26pm

Put the Barefoot Woman into the bottle today -- Tastes significantly more bitter than I expected but seems to have good balbance at this stage. Color is a nice, deep-gold -- like clover honey. Stay tuned!

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