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Sounds like a lot but it depends. What's the alpha acid?
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I just made an english pale and used 50g but I had a 60, 30 & 10 min additions. Off the top of my head it was 30g, 15g & 15g in that order. It turned out to be a 27l brew.
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Looking at my post, I'm really impressed with my maths.going down a hill said:
Target can be very harsh. I'd not use more than 25g personally.
Common misconception about English bitters is that they should be bitter.
As anyone who has been there and drunk the real ales on offer will probably agree they are mostly a malty beer with hop accents.
Common misconception about English bitters is that they should be bitter.
As anyone who has been there and drunk the real ales on offer will probably agree they are mostly a malty beer with hop accents.
So we went with 30g of target. Unfortunately I couldn't make the brew day, but the boys said everything went well, and mashed at 65 degrees. Just checked og then and it's 1060. I was told by craftbrewer to mash at a lower temp so the fg would finish lower? Is that correct? I'm using wyeast 1968, any tips on fermenting temp given the above? Stick with 18? And finally how come the og finished so high, is it the mash temp? Or is it perhaps time to calculate with higher efficiency? Currently use 70%
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Yes lower mash temp ends with a lower fg. I wouldn't say that the mash temp had an effect on your efficiency, if you constantly get higher than expected og's then change your efficiency.
If you are concerned about hop malt balance you can always take a pre boil gravity reading and use a boil off calculator (brewmate has one) to see where your post boil gravity will be, you can then adjust your hop additions to keep your hop malt balance to your original recipe. It works both ways, if your efficiency is lower than expected you wont end up with a hoppier beer than you wanted and if its higher you wont end up with a beer that's too sweet.
If you are concerned about hop malt balance you can always take a pre boil gravity reading and use a boil off calculator (brewmate has one) to see where your post boil gravity will be, you can then adjust your hop additions to keep your hop malt balance to your original recipe. It works both ways, if your efficiency is lower than expected you wont end up with a hoppier beer than you wanted and if its higher you wont end up with a beer that's too sweet.
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Edward Smythe Beaverbrooke the inventor of English ale. Oh yeah, and crisps.MattSR said:
