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Ordinary Bitter

Specifics

Style:

Standard/Ordinary Bitter — BJCP Style Information

Category:	English Pale Ale
Number:	08A

Low gravity, low alcohol levels and low carbonation make this an easy-drinking beer. Some examples can be more malt balanced, but this should not override the overall bitter impression. Drinkability is a critical component of the style; emphasis is still on the bittering hop addition as opposed to the aggressive middle and late hopping seen in American ales.

Commercial Examples: Fuller's Chiswick Bitter, Adnams Bitter, Young's Bitter, Greene King IPA, Oakham Jeffrey Hudson Bitter (JHB), Brain's Bitter, Tetley's Original Bitter, Brakspear Bitter, Boddington's Pub Draught.

OG Range

FG Range

ABV Range

Color Range

Brew Date:

May 25, 2013

Yield:

5.5 gallons

Color:

9 SRM

Bitterness:

35 IBU

Batch No:	60
OG:	1.037

General Information

Method:	All Grain

Method:

All Grain

Toast 2lb of base malt for 16 mins @ 350 in oven a few days before brewing.

Mash @ 151

60 min boil.

Recipe

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Grains

11.00 pounds

British Maris Otter Pale Malt

Color (L):	3 °L
Info/Use:	Premium base malt for any beer. Good for pale ales.

75.9% of grist

2.00 pounds

British Maris Otter Pale Malt

Color (L):	3 °L
Info/Use:	Premium base malt for any beer. Good for pale ales.

13.8% of grist

1.00 pounds

Crystal Malt 20L

Color (L):	20 °L
Info/Use:	Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales.

6.9% of grist

0.50 pounds

Crystal Malt 120L

Color (L):	120 °L
Info/Use:	Pronounced caramel flavor and a red color. For stouts, porters and black beers.

3.4% of grist

14.50 pounds

Total Grain Weight

100% of grist

Hops

2.00 ounces

Golding

Region:	United States, Canada
AAU Range:	4 - 6%
Notes:	Version of Kent Goldings grown in the United States.
Typical Use:	Aroma.
Substitution:	Kent Goldings
Example:	English-style Ale, ESB, Pale Ale

4.5% Pellets @ 60 minutes
Type: Bittering and Aroma
Use: First Wort

9 AAUs

2.00 ounces

Kent Golding

Region:	United Kingdom
AAU Range:	4 - 7%
Notes:	Spicy, floral, earthy, rounded, very mild aroma; spicy flavor.
Typical Use:	Bittering, aroma, finishing, dry hopping for
Substitution:	Goldings, Target
Example:	Samuel Smith's Pale Ale, Fuller's ESB; British ales

4.1% Pellets @ 60 minutes
Type: Bittering and Aroma
Use: First Wort

8.2 AAUs

1.00 ounces

Golding

Region:	United States, Canada
AAU Range:	4 - 6%
Notes:	Version of Kent Goldings grown in the United States.
Typical Use:	Aroma.
Substitution:	Kent Goldings
Example:	English-style Ale, ESB, Pale Ale

4.5% Pellets @ 5 minutes
Type: Aroma
Use: Boil

4.5 AAUs

1.00 ounces

Kent Golding

Region:	United Kingdom
AAU Range:	4 - 7%
Notes:	Spicy, floral, earthy, rounded, very mild aroma; spicy flavor.
Typical Use:	Bittering, aroma, finishing, dry hopping for
Substitution:	Goldings, Target
Example:	Samuel Smith's Pale Ale, Fuller's ESB; British ales

4.1% Pellets @ 5 minutes
Type: Aroma
Use: Boil

4.1 AAUs

6.00 ounces

Total Hop Weight

25.8 AAUs

Yeast

Wyeast Wyeast 1275 Thames Valley — Liquid — 2 L Starter

Fermentation

Primary:	1 days @ 65° F
Secondary:	4 days @ 67° F
Tertiary:	5 days @ 70° F

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