Mikes Bitter

Source: Michael Marshburn
Recipe added: 01/14/97
Email: mike48@erols.com

This turned out a very tasty ale, but: something I will not do again: Dry hop with cascades (to lemony, citrusy), Fuggles or Goldings should work much better.

Specifics

Recipe type: All Grain
Batch Size: 5 gals
Starting Gravity: 1.042
Finishing Gravity: 1.012
Time in Boil: 90mins
Primary Fermentation: 7 days
Secondary Fermentation: 14days

Ingredients:

8lbs Schrier 2 row
2 tsp burton salts
1 tsp irish moss
2 oz goldings
.5oz cascades
Whitbread yeast from secondary

Procedure:

Single infusion mash 155F 75 mins. 4 gal 175F sparge with 1/3 tsp lactic acid to reduce ph, total sparge 8 gals. Added burton salts to boil. Boil 30 mins, add 1oz goldings, boil 30mins add 1 oz golding and irish moss, boil 30mins. Total boil 90mins. Cool and pitch yeast. I used the yeast from secondary of a porter which was YeastLabs Whitbread and enough of the porter to give the beer some color. Ferment 7 days, transfer to secondary with .5oz cascade dry hop 2 weeks. OG 1.042 FG 1.012 IBU's 38.

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