Ordinary Bitter

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Permalink Reply by Reviled on March 18, 2009 at 10:10am

If you want something darkish, im throwing this around at the mo and will prolly brew soonish.. I cant say what it will taste like yet tho..

OG - 1042 IBUs - 29
90% Maris Otter
7% Cara-Aroma
3% Chocolate

Permalink Reply by Greig McGill on March 18, 2009 at 10:16am

Here's a BeerSmith dump of my Saxbys Ordinary Bitter - it managed best in class at the last SOBA NHC.

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 21.00 L
Boil Size: 25.97 L
Estimated OG: 1.038 SG
Estimated Color: 6.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 29.5 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
3.30 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 91.67 %
0.20 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 5.56 %
0.10 kg Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 2.78 %
15.00 gm Green Bullet [11.00 %] (60 min) Hops 23.5 IBU
50.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [4.20 %] (10 min) Hops 6.0 IBU
1 Pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body
Total Grain Weight: 3.60 kg
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Single Infusion, Medium Body
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 9.39 L of water at 74.4 C 67.8 C
10 min Mash Out Add 5.26 L of water at 91.5 C 75.6 C

I also dry hop on every batch, usually with whatever I have spare lying around - 30g of Goldings is most common.