
Bitite Alus - Valka MK I
Special/Best/Premium Bitter • All Grain • 5 gal
August 8, 2001 am 11:57am
Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)
- 5 9/16 lbs
English 2-row Lager
English 2-row Lager
- 9/16 lbs
German Dark Crystal
German Dark Crystal
- 1/8 lbs
British Black Patent
British Black Patent
Dry, burnt, chalky character. Use in porters, stouts, brown ales and dark lagers.
- 1 lbs
Corn Sugar
Corn Sugar
Use in priming beer or in extract recipes where flaked maize would be used in a mash.
- 2 1/8 oz
Saaz - 5.0 AA% whole; boiled 60 min
Saaz
Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.
- 1/2 oz
Hallertau - 4.5 AA% whole; boiled 15 min
Hallertau
Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.
- 1/2 oz
Wye Target - 10.0 AA% whole; boiled 1 min
Wye Target
Neutral high-alpha. Bred from Northern Brewer crossed with some Goldenings. Used for hopped malt extract and many English Ales.
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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.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 8 - English Pale Ale
Subcategory: B - Special/Best/Premium Bitter
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.039 | 1.040 - 1.048 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.009 | 1.008 - 1.012 | ![]() |
Color: | 14.7 SRM | 5 - 16 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 3.8% ABV | 3.8% - 4.6% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 29.3 IBU | 25 - 40 | ![]() |