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Bitter Bollocks
Standard/Ordinary Bitter • All Grain • 7 gal
A nice malty low-gravity session beer.
October 19, 2008 pm 03:29pm
4.7/5.0 1 rating
Ingredients (All Grain, 7 gal)
- 8 lbs
Golden Promise Pale
Golden Promise Pale
An especially sweet and clean variety of barley which results in full and malty sweet beer. It has superb hush integrity and delivers fast and consistent mash tun drainage. This malt variety is perfect for brewing up a clear, bright pint.
- .5 lbs
Crystal Malt 120°L
Crystal Malt 120°L
Pronounced caramel flavor and a red color. For stouts, porters and black beers.
- .25 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.
- 1.5 oz
Goldings - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Goldings
Mild. Slightly flowery.
- .5 oz
Goldings - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min
Goldings
Mild. Slightly flowery.
- .5 oz
Goldings - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min
Goldings
Mild. Slightly flowery.
- 1 tsp
Whirlfloc tablet boiled 10 minutes. - (omitted from calculations)
Whirlfloc tablet boiled 10 minutes.
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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.
Notes
Mash at 152F for 60 minutes. Boil 90 minutes. Ferment at 68F.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 8 - English Pale Ale
Subcategory: A - Standard/Ordinary Bitter
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.036 | 1.032 - 1.040 |  |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.010 | 1.007 - 1.011 | |
| Color: | 11.5 SRM | 4 - 14 | |
| Alcohol: | 3.3% ABV | 3.2% - 3.8% | |
| Bitterness: | 30.4 IBU | 25 - 35 | |
Discussion
Brewed 9/12/08
2008-10-19 3:36pm
Used 75% spring water, 25% reverse osmosis water. Acidified strike and sparge water to 4.8 pH. Mashed at 152F, mash pH was 5.3. Mashout temp was 164F, pH was 5.45. Boiled 90 minutes. Initial chill temp was 67F. Original gravity was 1.038. Pitched about 150 billion yeast cells at 64F. Fermented at 68F. #85
Kegged 9/24/08
2008-10-19 3:44pm
Kegged it and it tasted really good. Even without carbonation, it was surprisingly tasty, especially for such a low gravity beer. I'm really picky when it comes to English beers and I really like how this one turned out. It has a very complex flavor profile consisting of a light fruityness from the yeast, a delicate bready/malty flavor, and a pleasant woody/herbal supporting hop character that finishes with a smooth bitterness.
Competition Results
2008-10-30 1:04pm
This beer won Gold at the 2008 New England Regional Homebrew Competition in the English Pale Ale Category. Full results of the competition are here: http://www.bfd.org/NERHBC/winners_2008.html
Brewing again 2/15/08
2009-02-15 3:42pm
Brewing it again today. Replaced the Golden Promise with Maris Otter. Increased the bittering hops a bit to compensate for using more water in my process now.
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