Brewing Again, Finally!
For the first time since the end of May I have been able to brew some beer. The combination of an unusually hot summer and an unusually busy me meant home brewing was off the agenda for a few months. When the opportunity finally arose I decided to keep it simple and brew a nice easy-drinking best bitter. I fitted this brew-day around work which meant a long four hour mash in my recently insulated brewing pan. Despite the extended mash time the temperature only dropped by 1°C so I may try an overnight mash in the future.
Recipe (BIAB)
- Mash for 240 mins at 67°C
- Boil for 60 mins
- Mash water volume 30lt
- Maris Otter 3.45kg
- Wheat Malt 220g
- Amber malt 200g
- Crystal Malt 45L 80g
- Flaked Maize 170g
- Northdown 7% 25g (60 mins)
- First Gold (homegrown) 40g (15 mins)
- Crossmyloof Real Ale Yeast 11g pack pitched at 20°C
- Recipe in Brewers Friend
Results 12/10/2018
I bottled this after 7 days fermentation
OG 1.043
FG 1.012
ABV 4%
IBU 39
IBU 39
First Taste 26/10/2018
I managed to wait for two weeks before tasting the beer, first impressions were very good. It's not aromatically hoppy but still quite bitter. There is a bit of residual sweetness and it has a nice nutty flavour, really just like a traditional English best bitter and very easy to drink at just 4% abv. All in all lovely stuff!
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