Best Bitter
Best Bitter
| Style: English Pale Ale (8B) | Brew Date: |
| Batch volume: Two Gallon | ABV: TBD IBU: 36 |
Grain Bill
| 2-Row | 3 lbs |
| Crystal 40L | 6 oz |
| Flaked Corn | 6 oz |
| Red Wheat | 4 oz |
| Total | 4 lbs. |
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Mash
Eight quarts of strike water raised to 159°, then mashed for 60 minutes at a 149° mash temperature.
| Time (Minutes) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | |
| Temperature | |||||
Sparge
Sparged with 6 quarts of water at 165° for 15 minutes.
Boil
Boiled for 60 minutes with the following hop schedule:
| 60 minutes remaining | Burton Water Salts | 1/6 oz | 60 minutes remaining | Kent Goldings | .5 oz |
| 30 minutes remaining | Kent Goldings | .25 oz |
| 15 minutes remaining | Irish Moss | 1/2 tsb. | 5 minute remaining | Kent Goldings | .25 oz |
Chill
Ice bathed wart to 70°. Filtered trub from wart on the way into the primary fermenter with fine mesh filter.
Original Gravity:
Ferment
| Yeast | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| British Ale | White Labs | WLP005 | 1 vial |
| Date | Temperature | Gravity | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREWDATE | 70° |
Final Gravity: TBD
Bottling
| Bottle Date: TBD | Priming sugar: 2 oz in 2 cups water |
| Yield: TBD | Bottle type: 12 oz. longnecks |