Style: 4A Ordinary Bitter
Method: All Grain 5 gallon
Malts
8.0 lb Pale Row Malt
1.5 lb Flaked Barley
1.0 lb Brown sugar
2 oz Chocolate Barley
5 oz Crystal 80L
Mash @ 151F, 90 mins
Sparge @ 170F to make 7 gallons
Boil intensely for 60 mins
Had to add about 3 cups of water to keep volume up.
Used white diffuser to aerate wort.
Pitched yeast at 90F.
Hop Schedule
1 oz 60 min Fuggle
1 oz 20 min Fuggle
1 oz FO Willamette
Safale 04
OG 17 Brix, 1.070
FG 8.5 Brix, 1.011 April 15
FG 8 Brix. 1.08 May 5
ABV 8.1%
Serving at 62F with very low CO2 carbonation.
May 17, 2014 - Strong caramel than expected. Excellent mouth feel. Bitterness is tame and the flavour is good. More ABV than expected happens to balance out with the caramel flavours. All in all an excellent bitter. One of my best. No noticeable hop aroma but hops seems to round this out. If I was to aim for the original style I would decrease base malt to get 3.6% ABV and mash at 150F.
June 20, 2014 - Good in all the right ways however the caramel flavour is still a bit harsh. This is a winner of a beer but my favourite bitters are lighter. I consider this beer a winner as it delivers on the style of a darker best bitter. Slips down the throat with the greatest of ease.
July 13, 2014 - This has not improved with age. The appearance and taste is a bit muddy. The chocolate barley just did not do it for me. Still in search of a great bitter recipe.
ABV 8.1%
Serving at 62F with very low CO2 carbonation.
May 17, 2014 - Strong caramel than expected. Excellent mouth feel. Bitterness is tame and the flavour is good. More ABV than expected happens to balance out with the caramel flavours. All in all an excellent bitter. One of my best. No noticeable hop aroma but hops seems to round this out. If I was to aim for the original style I would decrease base malt to get 3.6% ABV and mash at 150F.
June 20, 2014 - Good in all the right ways however the caramel flavour is still a bit harsh. This is a winner of a beer but my favourite bitters are lighter. I consider this beer a winner as it delivers on the style of a darker best bitter. Slips down the throat with the greatest of ease.
July 13, 2014 - This has not improved with age. The appearance and taste is a bit muddy. The chocolate barley just did not do it for me. Still in search of a great bitter recipe.
Aug 2 - This has turned into a brown ale. People like it a lot however it's not my cup of tea.
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