Captain hooked on Bitters, Red hook clone
8-C Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)
Author: Thomas
Date: 11-03-12
Size: 5 gal
Efficiency: 75.0%
Attenuation: 75.0%
Calories: 185.67 kcal per 12.0 fl oz
Original Gravity: 1.056 (1.048 - 1.060)
Terminal Gravity: 1.014 (1.010 - 1.016)
Color: 15.07 (6.0 - 18.0)
Alcohol: 5.49% (4.6% - 6.2%)
Bitterness: 38.8 (30.0 - 50.0)
Ingredients:
8.0 lb Maris Otter
1 lb Victory® Malt
1 lb Crystal 60
0.5 lb Cara-Pils® Malt
0.30 oz Willamette (4.8%) - added during boil, boiled 60.0 min
0.35 oz Fuggle (4.8%) - added during boil, boiled 60.0 min
0.50 oz Saaz (5.8%) - added during boil, boiled 30.0 min
0.65 oz Willamette (4.8%) - added during boil, boiled 20.0 min
0.65 oz Saaz (5.8%) - added during boil, boiled 50.0 min
1.0 ea WYeast 1098 British Ale
Schedule:
Ambient Air: 70.0 °F
Source Water: 60.0 °F
Elevation: 0.0 m
00:03:00 Mash in - Liquor: 3.28 gal; Strike: 169.66 °F; Target: 156.0 °F
01:03:00 Mash - Rest: 60.0 min; Final: 156.0 °F
01:18:00 Batch sparge - First runnings: 0.0 gal sparge @ 168.0 °F, 0.0 min; Sparge : 3.91 gal sparge @ 168.0 °F, 15.0 min; Total Runoff: 6.11 gal
Results generated by BeerTools Pro 1.5.12
The original recipe calls for Tettnang hops at 30 and 5, but I only had Saaz on hand which is a acceptable substitute. The willamette/fuggle mix at 60 was used because I only had 0.35 oz of fuggles left and I wanted to use them up. The full pound of victory/biscuit makes this one really malty beer so dial it back a bit if you dont like that bit malt/biscuit flavor.