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Summer's Bitter End 2

Summer's Bitter End 2

Special/Best/Premium Bitter • Extract • 5 gal

KevBrews

Return to homebrewing after 2 yr hiatus.

August 1, 2009 am 08:35am

2.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • 1 lbs Crystal Malt 60°L

    Crystal Malt 60°L

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

  • 4 lbs Pale Liquid; Alexanders

    Pale Liquid; Alexanders

    Reportedly lightest colored malt extract available.

  • 1 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.

  • 1 oz Centennial - 9.7 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min

    Centennial

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

  • 0.50 oz Cascade - 7.5 AA% pellets; boiled 10 min

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • 0.50 oz Cascade - 7.5 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • White Labs WLP013 London Ale

    White Labs WLP013 London Ale

    Dry, malty ale yeast. Provides a complex, oakey ester character to your beer. Hop bitterness comes through well. This yeast is well suited for classic British pale ales, bitters, and stouts. Does not flocculate as much as WLP002 and WLP005.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 8 - English Pale Ale

Subcategory: B - Special/Best/Premium Bitter

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.040 1.040 - 1.048
Terminal Gravity: 1.009 1.008 - 1.012
Color: 13.5 SRM 5 - 16
Alcohol: 4.1% ABV 3.8% - 4.6%
Bitterness: 32.6 IBU 25 - 40

Discussion

KevBrews

Not as good as I had hoped

2009-12-31 11:47am

Overly hoppy, not enough malt backbone. May be been infected.

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