RecipeDB - Real Ale Fest #2 - English Bitter

[Cortez The Killer]

Real Ale Fest #2 - English Bitter

Ale - English Ordinary Bitter
All Grain

Brewer's Notes

Made this for the IBU Real Ale Fest #2 - 16L was fermented and primed into a cube and dispensed via a Beer Engine. 9 L kegged. Well received by IBUs. 0 minute additions are in hot packed cube.

Malt & Fermentables

%	KG	Fermentable
	3.3 kg	Bairds Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt
	0.2 kg	JWM Crystal 140
	0.03 kg	TF Roasted Barley

Hops

Time	Grams	Variety	Form	AA
	15 g	Fuggles (Pellet, 4.5AA%, 60mins)
	15 g	Green Bullet (Pellet, 13.5AA%, 60mins)
	9 g	Fuggles (Pellet, 4.5AA%, 15mins)
	9 g	Goldings, East Kent (Pellet, 5.0AA%, 15mins)
	9 g	Fuggles (Pellet, 4.5AA%, 0mins)
	9 g	Goldings, East Kent (Pellet, 5.0AA%, 0mins)

Yeast

1000 ml

Wyeast Labs 1028 - London Ale

Misc

	2 tsp	Gypsum
	0.5 tablet	Whirfloc

26L Batch Size

Brew Details

• Original Gravity 1.034 (calc)
• Final Gravity 1.009 (calc)
• Bitterness 34.3 IBU
• Efficiency 80%
• Alcohol 3.24%
• Colour 18 EBC
• Batch Size 26L

Fermentation

• Primary 10 days
• Conditioning 2 days

 

[white.grant]

Lovely bitter, CtK. Really enjoyed it.

cheers

grant

 

[lagers44]

Hey Cortez are you sure you used 10tsp gypsum ? ( 50g ) seems a lot. :huh:

 

[Cortez The Killer]

Nah that sounds excessive - might have been 5g - 10g at the most

I usually grab an amount with fingers - but it's a guesstimate

Will update recipe

Cheers

 

[mje1980]

Nah that sounds excessive - might have been 5g - 10g at the most

I usually grab an amount with fingers - but it's a guesstimate

Will update recipe

Cheers

I second grant, a lovely bitter mate!

 

[bitterman]

Yep

Would not have been out of place in my old local "The Ramsden Arms"