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BrewBlog: Ordinarily Bitter

Specifics

Style:

Standard/Ordinary Bitter — BJCP Style Information

Category:	English Pale Ale
Number:	08A

Low gravity, low alcohol levels and low carbonation make this an easy-drinking beer. Some examples can be more malt balanced, but this should not override the overall bitter impression. Drinkability is a critical component of the style; emphasis is still on the bittering hop addition as opposed to the aggressive middle and late hopping seen in American ales.

Commercial Examples: Fuller's Chiswick Bitter, Adnams Bitter, Young's Bitter, Greene King IPA, Oakham Jeffrey Hudson Bitter (JHB), Brain's Bitter, Tetley's Original Bitter, Brakspear Bitter, Boddington's Pub Draught.

Brewer:

Stephen Gilbert

Brew Date:

September 17, 2013

Yield:

6 gallons

Color (SRM/EBC):

9/17.7

Bitterness (Calc):

26.9 IBU

BU/GU:

2.69

Calories:

33 (12 ounces)

ABV:

0.7%

ABW:

0.5%

OG:	1.010
OG (Plato):	2.56° P
FG:	1.005
FG (Plato):	1.28° P
Real Extract:	1.52° P
App. Atten.:	49.8%
Real Atten.:	40.8%

General Information

Method:	All Grain

Method:

All Grain

Scale Recipe

Enter desired final yield (volume):

gallons

Malts and Grains

8.00 pounds

Pale Malt, Maris Otter

91.4% of grist

0.50 pounds

Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L

5.7% of grist

0.25 pounds

Special Roast

2.9% of grist

8.75 pounds

Total Grain Weight (Water Amounts

Water Amounts

Target Final Boil Volume:	6 gallons
Evaporation Rate:	1.5 gallons per hour
Boil Time:	60 minutes
Runoff Volume Needed:	7.8 gallons	6 gallons (final boil volume) ÷ 0.96 (cooling) + 1.5 gallons (boil evaporation)
Grain Amount:	8.8 pounds
Grain Absorbtion:	1.9 gallons
Total Water Needed:	10.6 gallons	7.8 gallons (runoff) + 1.9 gallons (grain absorbtion) + 1 gallons (equip. loss)
Mash Water Needed:	2.9 gallons	based on 1.33 quarts per pound of grain
Sparge Water Needed:	7.7 gallons	10.6 gallons (total water) – 2.9 gallons (mash water)

)

100% of grist

Hops

1.33 ounces	Fuggles 4.5000000% Pellet @ 60 minutes Type: Aroma Use: Boil	6 AAUs
0.66 ounces	Fuggles 4.5000000% Pellet @ 30 minutes Type: Aroma Use: Boil	3 AAUs
0.66 ounces	Fuggles 4.5000000% Pellet @ 2 minutes Type: Aroma Use: Boil	3 AAUs
2.65 ounces	Total Hop Weight	11.9 AAUs

Yeast

White Labs English Ale — Liquid — 0

White Labs English Ale — Liquid — 0

Mash

Mash Type:	Infusion
Mash PH:	5.400

Efficiency:	70.0000000%

Grain Temp.	72° F
Tun Temp.	72° F
Sparge Amt.	3 gallons
Sparge Temp.	168° F
Equip. Adj.?	TRUE

Step	Description	Temp.	Time
Step	Infusion	152° F	60.0000000 min.

Fermentation

Primary:	4 days @ 68° F
Secondary:	7 days @ 68° F
Tertiary:	0 days @ ° F
Age:	28 days @ 52° F

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