Burton Bitter recipe

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PhilWA

Burton Bitter recipe

Post by PhilWA » Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:25 pm

Hi all just wondering if anyone has a true Burton Bitter AG recipe as I am into English Ales thank's in advance
Cheers Phil :D
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jonnyhop

Re: Burton Bitter recipe

Post by jonnyhop » Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:32 pm

From my brief reading the most successful aspect of Burton Bitter has been the high level of gypsum in the water. I have recently used WLP 0023 which is Burton ale yeast and I have been very happy with it. So I would say you couldn’t go far wrong using gypsum and WLP0023 with some East Kent Goldings and some Fuggles.

Hope this helps.
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Re: Burton Bitter recipe

Post by seymour » Wed Apr 10, 2013 2:49 pm

jonnyhop wrote:From my brief reading the most successful aspect of Burton Bitter has been the high level of gypsum in the water. I have recently used WLP 0023 which is Burton ale yeast and I have been very happy with it. So I would say you couldn’t go far wrong using gypsum and WLP0023 with some East Kent Goldings and some Fuggles.

Hope this helps.
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From my research, nearly all Burton Bitters contains around 7-8% Invert Syrup, but here's a nice, complex all-grain one:

Burton Bridge - Burton Festival Ale
OG: 1055
ABV: 5.5%
IBU: 25-30
Colour: clear dark amber
Grainbill: 94% Maris Otter, 5% Crystal Malt, 1% Chocolate Malt
Hops: 50% Target, 50% Challenger
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