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Posted: **Sun Jun 29, 2008 7:42 pm**

The second brew of the weekend - my standard bitter, based (believe it or not) on Bob Pritchard's "All-Grain Best Bitter" recipe from his partcularly fine book "All About Beer"

:

4000g Maris Otter
500g Crystal

70g Goldings - 60 minutes

Nottingham yeast

The grain bill:

90 minute mash:

First runnings:

Start of the boil:

(Having cleaned an IMMENSE amount of crud off the underside of the element it behaved itself this time

)

Running into fermenter:

All done by about midnight - two hours or so quicker than my usual brewing time

This one smells really good. I was a bit worried that it might not be up to scratch as my sack of Maris Otter is getting on a bit, but no obvious problem so far.

Posted: **Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:11 pm**

You certainly have been busy this weekend ECR!

Pleased to see that this brew was "glitch free"

Posted: **Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:59 pm**

Went into the keg Friday 11/7/08.

OG was 1.047, 23 litres (spot on this time

) Fermented down to 1.008.

Posted: **Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:08 pm**

Very busy weekend, keep up the good work

Posted: **Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:11 pm**

Well done ECR...Interesting to see that you put all your hops in at 60min.

I can never resist the temptation to put some in near the end of the boil or after flameout....and yet sometimes I just fancy a good ole English bitter with a bit less hop taste. So I might just give this a try

Posted: **Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:02 pm**

Hope all went well ECR; 2 brews of a weekend is good going in anyones books!

Posted: **Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:46 am**

If my maths are correct thats a 5.2% house bitter

...

Looking good though!

Posted: **Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:45 pm**

Er, yes, came out a bit stronger than anticipated

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