Will this work?

[Devonhomebrew]

Devonshire Bitter
Special/Best/Premium Bitter

Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 23.0
Total Grain (kg): 4.000
Total Hops (g): 120.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.041 (°P): 10.2
Final Gravity (FG): 1.010 (°P): 2.6
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.03 %
Colour (SRM): 6.9 (EBC): 13.6
Bitterness (IBU): 50.1 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 75
Boil Time (Minutes): 90

Grain Bill
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3.500 kg Maris Otter Malt
0.250 kg Amber Malt
0.250 kg Caramalt

Hop Bill
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25.0 g East Kent Golding Leaf @ 90 Minutes
25.0 g Fuggles Leaf @ 90 Minutes
20.0 g East Kent Golding Leaf @ 30 Minutes
20.0 g Fuggles Leaf @ 30 Minutes
15.0 g East Kent Golding Leaf @ 5 Minutes
15.0 g Fuggles Leaf @ 5 Minutes

Misc Bill
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3.0 g Table Salt @ 60 Minutes (Mash)
5.0 g Irish Moss @ 15 Minutes (Boil)

Single step Infusion at 63°C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 17°C with Danstar Nottingham

Notes
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Im hoping that the 63*C mash temp and table salt addition into the ash will give the beer less body but more maltyness.

 

[graysalchemy]

63c will give you a lot less body but malt is balanced by IBU's so I would have said with that IBU's you are not going to get much maltyness.

 

[Pinck]

Looks good!

I'd probably dial the hops back just a little bit, 50 IBUs in 1.041 beer might be a bit much. I would adjust down to 40 IBUs if it was for me (or down to 25 if it was for a poor unsuspecting lager drinking sap!). I certainly like hops, but I think this might be a little unbalanced.

Good call on pairing fuggles and EKG through the additions, can't go wrong with that combo!

Nottingham is a good choice here. You've got a strong malt backbone and a bucket full of hops so a cleaner strain like Notty will keep this beer from tasting like there's too much going on.

I'm curious about your salt addition. Have you done this before? I know of people who do add salts to their water, but this is usually done on a case by case basis when you know that your specific water mineral profile needs it.

 

[Devonhomebrew]

Ive been told for soft water like in devon i need to add table salt to it about 3g if it want it to be a ood balance of malt and hop just an experiement

 

[Pinck]

Ok cool, if you know your water is soft and want to try adjustments that's certainly worth checking out!

 

[RobWalker]

My experience of fuggles is that they're a sort of "blunt tool." Be careful with the high IBU's because it's a quite a rough tasting hop.

I'm sure your beer would be darker than 7 SRM with that much caramalt and amber malt too :hmm:

 

[Devonhomebrew]

I dont know but thats what brewmate said its going to be so?