Pilgrim Progress Best Bitter

[Bigveees]

Just a quick post for anyone wanting a good starting point for their best bitter of about 4% ABV.

10BBL (360G)

100KG Simpons Pale Malt
100KG Crisp Maris Otter
25KG Crystal (130 EBC)
25KG Wheat
1.2KG Roast Barley
1.2 KG Chocolate Malt

65C Mash for 90mins

1hour Boil

Bittering hop; Pioneer
also flavoured with Cascade, Bobek, WGV

Approx 20 IBU
Coulor of 40 EBC

Fermentation with ; SO4 / US-05 in a 50/50 mix, (ie 250g of each per 360G)
Regulated to max 22C for 3 days, then cooled for 3 days down to 9C to rack and cask condition at 12C.

Approx OG 1042
2 weeks conditiong leading to FG 1009-8

Feel free to ask any Questons

[Clibit]

Ok. How come it doesn't contain Pilgrim and Progress hops?!

[DeGarre]

Ok. How come it doesn't contain Pilgrim and Progress hops?!

Because in the 80's Pilgrim Brewery stopped using Progress in its Progress bitter...

Looking at the amounts of malts, I wonder if this recipe comes straight from the brewer...Dave, was it you?

[seymour]

Cool, thanks for sharing. Do you know any specifics about their Saracen Stout?

[Bigveees]

Well, I can't go too far into the specifics but, take progress and add a reasonable quantity of Brown Malt. You should come up fairly close! More Chocolate and RB for the colour as much as anything else.

Good luck

[seymour]

Cool, thanks again for sharing!

[DeGarre]

Around turn of the century I switched from lager to beer and Pilgrim was one of the first breweries I liked and I have been a fan ever since. They used to run a pub "The Riser" which must've been one of the first "craft" pubs outside London. Not only their own beers but proper imported lager from small German breweries, Belgian, American etc. Very pleasant beer garden. Good food. They always hired the prettiest student girls. Lovely.