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Smashed Santa Ordinary Bitter
Ale - English Ordinary BitterAll Grain
1 Votes Brewer's Notes
Ausdb's Christmas case brew,
Brewed 9/12/06
Bottled 16/12/06 (case swap day!!)
Label made 15/12/06 applied BEFORE arrival at GL's and NOT last to arrive (this year)
0 minute hop additions via the 'last minute™' Hopback
NOTE JAGGERY PALM SUGAR USED NOT BROWN SUGAR (Jaggery not in database)
Buy it from an Asian supermarket, the small round blocks in a bag about 60mm in diameter. It should taste sweet with a 'caramelly creamy' flavour.
Mashed at 67-68°C
Fermentation temp regime
20°C for days 1-2
22°C for days 3-4
25°C day 5
Crash cool to 2°C days 6-7 then bottled
Priming rate 3.5gm of sugar per Coopers PET bottle for about 2vols of CO²
Drink after 1 weeks conditioning
Frogs Bladders optional :-)
Brewed 9/12/06
Bottled 16/12/06 (case swap day!!)
Label made 15/12/06 applied BEFORE arrival at GL's and NOT last to arrive (this year)
0 minute hop additions via the 'last minute™' Hopback
NOTE JAGGERY PALM SUGAR USED NOT BROWN SUGAR (Jaggery not in database)
Buy it from an Asian supermarket, the small round blocks in a bag about 60mm in diameter. It should taste sweet with a 'caramelly creamy' flavour.
Mashed at 67-68°C
Fermentation temp regime
20°C for days 1-2
22°C for days 3-4
25°C day 5
Crash cool to 2°C days 6-7 then bottled
Priming rate 3.5gm of sugar per Coopers PET bottle for about 2vols of CO²
Drink after 1 weeks conditioning
Frogs Bladders optional :-)
Malt & Fermentables
| % | KG | Fermentable |
|---|---|---|
 | 2 kg | Weyermann Vienna |
| 1.85 kg | Bairds Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt |
| 0.36 kg | Weyermann Carared |
| 0.2 kg | Weyermann Caramunich II |
| 0.05 kg | Weyermann Caraaroma |
 | 0.25 kg | Brown Sugar |
Hops
| Time | Grams | Variety | Form | AA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 28 g | Goldings, East Kent (Pellet, 5.0AA%, 0mins) | ||
| 24 g | Goldings, East Kent (Pellet, 5.0AA%, 15mins) | ||
| 22 g | Fuggles (Pellet, 4.5AA%, 90mins) | ||
| 14 g | Northdown (Pellet, 8.5AA%, 30mins) | ||
| 14 g | Northdown (Pellet, 8.5AA%, 0mins) |
Yeast
 | 500 ml | Wyeast Labs 1332 - Northwest Ale |
Misc
 | 10 g | Frogs Bladders (powdered) |
| 1 tablet | Whirfloc |
| 0.25 tsp | Yeast Nutrient |
25L Batch Size
Brew Details
- Original Gravity 1.046 (calc)
- Final Gravity 1.014 (calc)
- Bitterness 27 IBU
- Efficiency 75%
- Alcohol 4.15%
- Colour 18 EBC
Fermentation
- Primary 7 days
- Secondary 7 days
- Conditioning 1 days
