Thursday, December 15, 2011

ESB (Extra Special Bitter)

This is a sequel brew, the yeast really makes this beer and is a seasonal yeast from wyeast. I'll be dumping this on a partial yeastcake from the Landlord Clone so I'm going to basically stay with a comparable hop profile of Kent Goldings and Fuggle.
Grist:
10 lb Crisp Marris Otter
1 lb Crisp 60L
.25 lb Crisp 120L

Hops:
1.5 oz East Kent Goldings 5.5% FWH
.25 East Kent Goldings 5% 20 minutes
.25 English Fuggles 4% 20 minutes
.25 Kent Goldings 5% 0 minutes
.25 English Fuggles 4% 0 minutes

Yeast:
Wyeast #1469 West Yorkshire
ABV 5.33% IBU 31.4 SRM 13.06

Target OG 1.055
Target FG 1.014
Mash in 4.5 gallons @ 173 degrees target 154
Mash out .75 gallons 180 degree water
collect 3.5 gallons, add FWH.
2nd mash 3.5 gallons 170 degree water
Mashed in at 8:30am, settled at 154.2 degrees 10 minutes in to the mash.
Hotbreak 10:20
hops 11:00am
hops 11:20am flameout Update 01.06.12 My OG was 1.056, and I am currently at 1.016. I'm not going to secondary, I'm going to let it condition in the primary for another week and bottle.

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