Recipe comments

[adodman]

Hi all, I am trying to devise a bitter recipe. This is what I have arrived at for my second all grain :-

4kg Pale Malt - Maris Otter
100g Black Malt
200g Torrefied Wheat
150g Flaked Barley
60g Fuggles 90min boil
30g Fuggles 15min boil
10g Fuggles during cooling
1 Protafloc Tablet
1 Safale S-04 Yeast

23l final brew length.

I only have Fuggles hops, (1/2 kg in Total)

Grains will be mashed at 65C for 90mins.

Can anyone give me an idea about taste/strength and does the hop schedule seem ok for Fuggles? I can add more if needed.

I have already ordered the grains from Barleybottom so am kind of stuck with what I have, any advice welcome.

[Parva]

Bitterness comes in at around 32.5 IBU's which is pretty much spot on (25-40 is the accepted limits for a best bitter according to Beersmith) and the ABV should be around 4%. Colour comes out as 12.7 SRM (accepted norm is 5-16) so I'd say go for it. I would question the use of both torrified wheat and flaked barley, one or the other would be fine, not both.

Edit. Bah, beaten to it.

[adodman]

Cheers for the votes of confidence.

To be honest the inclusion of both wheat and barley was just pure experimentation and also my desire to try and brew a beer with a head that stays down the glass. I think all the grains will come mixed so I will mash and brew as is. I think I was more worried about the hop schedule. I was determined to produce a beer using nothing other than Fuggles.
I'm sure it will be drinkable and can't wait to get ir going. We are off to Australia for three weeks at the end of july so it should be nearly ready for drinking by the time we return.
Thanks for the quick advice.
Cheers
Andrew

[mysterio]

I'd add more Fuggles personally. I think a full 30 - 40g during cooling would be good. If you really don't like hop flavour, just stick with what you have.

[adodman]

Finally ended up making this last week, almost as I said with the exception that I upped the hops. 100g for the 90min boil, 30g for last 20mins and then 20g during cooling once the temp had dropped down to about 80-85C.

Initial tasting nice bitter bite. Ended up with a gravity of 1050.

Hopefully it will taste fine once its kegged in my king keg, will be interesting to try.

Cheers
Andrew

[WishboneBrewery]

Should be good, my all Fuggles House bitter is pretty good

[micmacmoc]

How did this go in the kingkeg? I'm looking to do something along the same lines as my first barrelled AG, I have a pile of goldings which I would use in place of your Fuggles. I also have windsor yeast which I thought I might try.

[adodman]

It has turned out really nice. It hasn't dropped as bright as I would have liked, left with a slight haze, but I knew it would be a risk using more of the heading grains. It has a nice brown colour, typical of some of the bitters you can buy, and the taste is simply lovely. A nice mouthfeel and bitterness on the palate. Too nice if you ask me and it's only been in the keg for just over two weeks. I keep drinking it when I know I should be leaving it for at least another two weeks.

A friend called round the other night and I gave him a taste, he had been out earlier that evening, but he said that my beer was the best tasting beer he had drank in a long time, compliments don't come better than that.

Hope yours goes as well.

Cheers

Andrew

[crookedeyeboy]

A friend called round the other night and I gave him a taste, he had been out earlier that evening, but he said that my beer was the best tasting beer he had drank in a long time, compliments don't come better than that.

And that is why we do it!