English Special Bitter (All Grain) 22L

English Special Bitter
(All Grain) 22L

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This Homebrew Recipe was added by Barry Cranston on June 23, 2000 at 03:21:50:
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Brewing Method: All Grain
Yeast: WLP005 British
Yeast Starter: 1L
Batch Size: 22L
Original Gravity: 1.057
Final Gravity: 1.011
Alcohol Content: 6.6 %
Total Grains: 6.8 kg
Color: 12
Extract Efficiency: 70+ %
Hop IBU's: 39
Boiling Time: 90 mins.
Primary Fermentation: 13 days at 22oc
Secondary Fermentation: 9 days at 22oc
Additional Fermentation:

Grain Bill:

6 kg Halcyon malt
0.4 kg Wheat malt
0.4 kg British Crystal

Hop Bill:

30g Goldings pellets 5.6% FWH
15g Goldings pellets 5.6% 70 mins.
14g Target hop plugs 12% 70 mins.
28g Goldings hop plugs 5% dry hop

Mash Schedule:

Add 5g CaSO4 to both the mash water and the sparge water.( my water is soft and neutral) Add 16L litres to grains and keep at 66oc for 90 mins. Vorlauf carefully 10+L* then sparge for 50 mins. at 72oc at mash surface. Add FWH hops into boiler with first runnings. Collect 32L boiled down to 28L, chilled to 25oc in 25 mins using two immersion wort chillers. then whirlpooled and allowed to settle for 25 mins. I "lose" 4 to 5L due to trub hops etc.
*I have found that a significant reduction of chill haze in a shorter time has happened since I have increased the vorlauf with my system and processes.

Brewers Notes:

This beer had an OG of 1.062 but I diluted it to 1.057 equivalent at bottling. The Halcyon malt gives the beer a wonderful malty taste with a dry finish. I would increase the IBU by 5 to 10 next time to give it more of a hop balance.
At 5 months it scored 112/150 at the Royal Bathurst Show 2000 with some nice comments on the score sheets.
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