Anything badly wrong with this recipe?

[inthedark]

Hi, I'm using the following recipe as a starting point for something which will possibly become my regular brew - one that I can refine into something that suits me rather than using clone recipes. I'm after a pretty standard 'best bitter' - type ale.

It may be exactly like something else, but I've knocked it together from first principles, so to speak (although the choice of hops was more about what I had in stock!)

So, can you please reassure me that this is not a recipe for 23L of drain fodder? I'd like at least to know that I haven't committed some basic error before I commit the day and the ingredients to it.


Brunswick Bitter
8-B Special/Best/Premium Bitter
Author: inthedark

Size: 23.0 L
Efficiency: 70%
Attenuation: 74.0%

Original Gravity: 1.046 (1.040 - 1.048)
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Terminal Gravity: 1.012 (1.008 - 1.012)
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Color: 14.99 (5.0 - 16.0)
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Alcohol: 4.43% (3.8% - 4.6%)
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Bitterness: 30.4 (25.0 - 40.0)
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Ingredients:
4.6 kg Maris Otter Pale
.45 kg British Crystal 55°L
35 g Black
30 g Challenger (8.0%) - added during boil, boiled 90 min
20 g East Kent Goldings (4.1%) - added during boil, boiled 15 min
30 g East Kent Goldings (4.1%) - steeped after boil
1 ea White Labs WLP005 British Ale

Thanks

[flything]

Looks fine to me, I keep meaning to do a bunch of brews using a similar grain bill to that and playing around with the hops, single varieties etc.

[ChrisG]

So far I have to admit you cant beat a good Challenger and Goldings mix. Works well.

[Dennis King]

Brewed a simmular beer at the weekend, a little less pale & crystal malt no black malt but I used 80gm of amber malt. Hops about the same but used styrians as late hops. Same yeast. Gravity was 1042. I`ve brewed a lot of beers like these always a good full bodied session beer. Go for it.

[alefric]

Nope .......looks pretty good,i've done similar but without black malt and it makes a good beer.

Good luck

Andrew

[monk]

That looks great, actually. I like the proportion of crystal, the amount of hops and the yeast too. Good luck with it.