Favorite bitter recipe?

[Pinck]

Hey guys,

I'm wanting to brew a bitter. For the most part I put together my own recipes, but thought I'd try reaching out to the group to see if someone has a favorite recipe that they have brewed before with good results.

I'll be happy to document my brew and give feedback on the recipe.

 

[graysalchemy]

This is my house bitter

Pride of Mancheter ESB
Date:04/10/10

Fermentable Colour lb: oz Grams Ratio
Pale Malt 5 EBC 25 lbs. 4.9 oz 11480 grams 86.4%
Crystal Malt 130 EBC 2 lbs. 7.7 oz 1130 grams 8.5%
Wheat Malt 3.5 EBC 1 lbs. 7.7 oz 670 grams 5.1%


Hop Variety Type Alpha Time lb: oz grams Ratio
Target Whole 12.9 % 90 mins 0 lbs. 1.2 oz 35 grams 36.5%
Challenger Whole 7.9 % 90 mins 0 lbs. 0.7 oz 19 grams 19.2%
Northdown Whole 7.5 % 90 mins 0 lbs. 0.7 oz 19 grams 19.2%
Golding Whole 5.2 % 10 mins 0 lbs. 0.8 oz 24 grams 25%


Final Volume: 55 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.054
Final Gravity: 1.013
Alcohol Content: 5.3% ABV
Total Liquor: 76.8 Litres
Mash Liquor: 33.2 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 34 EBU
Colour: 28 EBC

It is really good but gets better with age I try and age it for 3 months before starting drinking it. I had a bottle which was a year old and it was the best beer in the world IMHO :lol: :lol:

It is basically Fullers ESP tweaked with wheat malt addition as I am a northerner.

Big Kenny was always a forum favorite, you will find that in Recipes.

 

[Pinck]

Looks like a winner!

I'll probably need to double up on the Challenger as I don't have any Northdown, but everything else I've got in stock. What yeast do you usually go with? WY1968 / WL002?

 

[graysalchemy]

Yeast I use Nottingham works fine for me. The northdown and challenger can be swaped, I have done that before when I was out of one (can't remember which) . Even though it is a clone of esp it doesn't really taste like it but it does have similarities but that is ok for me as it is my beer, what I want to do though is make it as good as the last one it is a great beer.

 

[Screwy]

A regular offender on tap at my bar.

BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Mooloo Bitter
Style: Standard/Ordinary Bitter
TYPE: All Grain

Boil Size: 54.69 l
Post Boil Volume: 46.80 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 45.00 l
Bottling Volume: 45.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.044 SG
Estimated Color: 7.9 SRM
Estimated IBU: 33.6 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 85.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 85.0 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

6.746 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (TF) (3.0 SRM) Grain 2 90.9 %
0.679 kg Crystal Malt Med (60.0 SRM) Grain 3 9.1 %
50.00 g Fuggle [4.20 AA%] - Boil 90.0 min Hop 4 15.3 IBUs
50.00 g Goldings, East Kent [5.00 AA%] - Boil 90.0 Hop 5 18.3 IBUs

2.0 pkg West Yorkshire (Wyeast Labs #1469 PC) [2 Yeast 9 -


Mash Schedule:
Mash In - Sacch Rest 21.00 l of water 75 min @ 68.00 C
Mash Out Heat to 77.00 C over 15 min 10 min @ 77.00 C

Sparge:
Continuous sparge with 42.00 l water at 77.00 C
Notes:
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Remove 2 litres of unhopped wort once all runnings are in the kettle
and simmer to reduce to 300ml (do not burn or caramelise) then add back to boil.

 

[Dave1970]

For AG#1 I made something very close to GraysAlchemy's Pride of Manchester with Fullers yeast...recommend it to anyone, really good pint, sadly now all gone :cry: