Maple Leaf Special Bitter

Source: Sean McCarthy
Recipe added: 10/31/98
Email: smccarthy@king.igs.net

Beautiful shade of red. Clean and hoppy. Keep carbonation a little on the low side and try to wait a month before enjoying.

Specifics

Recipe type: Extract
Batch Size: 5 imp. gallons
Starting Gravity: 1.048
Finishing Gravity: 1.013
Time in Boil: 45 min
Primary Fermentation: 5 days
Secondary Fermentation: 14 days

Ingredients:

1.5 kg light hopped malt extract
1.5 kg amber (plain) malt extract
0.5 kg amber dried malt extract
2/3 Cup roasted barley
2.5 oz. Williamette hop pellets
7 g Windsor Ale Yeast

Procedure:

Crush the roasted barley and place it in a cheese cloth pouch. Put 2 gallons of water in brewing kettle and add the roasted barley. Remove roasted barley before water begins to boil. Add extract and 2 oz. of hop pellets. boil for 45 minutes. Add 1/2 oz of hops for final 1 minute of boil.

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