Breaking Bitter
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Breaking Bitter
Brewing up another bitter today, should be nice and extremely drinkable beer to have on tap. I made a bitter last week with fuggles/challenger mix, and now I am using styrian goldings and bramling cross.
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 7.26 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.76 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 6.25 gal
Bottling Volume: 6.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.037 SG
Estimated Color: 8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 35.2 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 74.9 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
0.25 tsp Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins Water Agent 1 -
3.30 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 2 84.0 %
0.25 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 15L (15.0 SRM) Grain 3 6.8 %
0.20 kg Carastan - 85L (85.0 SRM) Grain 4 5.4 %
0.14 kg Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) Grain 5 3.8 %
20.00 g Styrian Goldings [5.40 %] - First Wort 6 Hop 6 14.4 IBUs
17.00 g Styrian Goldings [5.40 %] - Boil 60.0 mi Hop 7 11.1 IBUs
14.00 g Bramling Cross [6.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 8 6.2 IBUs
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 mins) Fining 9 -
17.00 g Styrian Goldings [5.40 %] - Boil 10.0 mi Hop 10 4.0 IBUs
14.00 g Bramling Cross [6.00 %] - Aroma Steep 60 Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
11.00 g Styrian Goldings [5.40 %] - Aroma Steep Hop 12 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg Whitbread Ale Yeast (White Labs #WLP017) [35 Yeast 13 -
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 7.26 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.76 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 6.25 gal
Bottling Volume: 6.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.037 SG
Estimated Color: 8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 35.2 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 74.9 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
0.25 tsp Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins Water Agent 1 -
3.30 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 2 84.0 %
0.25 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 15L (15.0 SRM) Grain 3 6.8 %
0.20 kg Carastan - 85L (85.0 SRM) Grain 4 5.4 %
0.14 kg Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) Grain 5 3.8 %
20.00 g Styrian Goldings [5.40 %] - First Wort 6 Hop 6 14.4 IBUs
17.00 g Styrian Goldings [5.40 %] - Boil 60.0 mi Hop 7 11.1 IBUs
14.00 g Bramling Cross [6.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 8 6.2 IBUs
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 mins) Fining 9 -
17.00 g Styrian Goldings [5.40 %] - Boil 10.0 mi Hop 10 4.0 IBUs
14.00 g Bramling Cross [6.00 %] - Aroma Steep 60 Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
11.00 g Styrian Goldings [5.40 %] - Aroma Steep Hop 12 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg Whitbread Ale Yeast (White Labs #WLP017) [35 Yeast 13 -
Fermenting: Oud bruin/Vienna Pekko SMaSH
On tap: Nelson dry hopped Berliner/ Scottish Heavy 70-/ NE IPA
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Re: Breaking Bitter
looks good
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Re: Breaking Bitter
Looks great Jon, hope to taste this at one of our next club meetings. 

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Re: Breaking Bitter
This beer turned out extremely nice, made 2 different bitters around the same time with simpler grain and hop bills, and they tasted like bitter pond water in comparison. Will be submitting a fresh batch of this beer to the Picaroons Homebrewing Comp.
Fermenting: Oud bruin/Vienna Pekko SMaSH
On tap: Nelson dry hopped Berliner/ Scottish Heavy 70-/ NE IPA
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Re: Breaking Bitter
Marris Otter, Crystal 80, and Aromatic is what one us the Garrison Brew off for Ordinary Bitter back in the day. Sounds like you've got a great plangm- wrote:This beer turned out extremely nice, made 2 different bitters around the same time with simpler grain and hop bills, and they tasted like bitter pond water in comparison. Will be submitting a fresh batch of this beer to the Picaroons Homebrewing Comp.

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Re: Breaking Bitter
Recently added aromatic to a bitter as well. But I noticed that this recipe and Jeff's Strongbad both use CaraStan. I tried to sub Carastan for Caravienne, but I'm not sure I like its added sweetness.
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Re: Breaking Bitter
Here is a pint of it, becoming one of my favourite beers. Have made it 3x in a row now, and always good. And at 3.5% you can justify having 3-4 on a weeknight 

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Re: Breaking Bitter
I am now tossed up between making a RIS or this!
Out of curiosity, where did you find the Styrian Goldings? I do not see them listed at the places I normally purchase.
Out of curiosity, where did you find the Styrian Goldings? I do not see them listed at the places I normally purchase.
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Re: Breaking Bitter
The other thing about a 3.5% beer, is that high gravity brewing becomes very attractive. I'm betting I could push 20 gallons of mild out of a ten gallon brew day.
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Syrian goldings may be hard to come by, but for that style, there are lots of great substitutes.
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Re: Breaking Bitter
$12.99 per lb @ OBK http://www.ontariobeerkegs.com/product_ ... olding.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;mr x wrote:Syrian goldings may be hard to come by, but for that style, there are lots of great substitutes.
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Re: Breaking Bitter
Wow, good price for Euro SG. if I could get brewing more often, I'd grab a lb for some lagers.
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Re: Breaking Bitter
justify what exactly?gm- wrote:And at 3.5% you can justify having 3-4 on a weeknight

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Re: Breaking Bitter
Binge drinking on a weeknight to the speaker of the housebluenose wrote:justify what exactly?gm- wrote:And at 3.5% you can justify having 3-4 on a weeknight

Fermenting: Oud bruin/Vienna Pekko SMaSH
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Re: Breaking Bitter
I bought a lb of it from OBK for $9.99 on sale, great price, and it looks like it is still pretty cheap. I have also made this beer with challenger/fuggles, and it was also very good, although I think I prefer the Bramling Cross/Styrian combojmacdonald wrote:I am now tossed up between making a RIS or this!
Out of curiosity, where did you find the Styrian Goldings? I do not see them listed at the places I normally purchase.
Fermenting: Oud bruin/Vienna Pekko SMaSH
On tap: Nelson dry hopped Berliner/ Scottish Heavy 70-/ NE IPA
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