{"id":253,"date":"2014-06-17T09:37:07","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T14:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/?p=253"},"modified":"2014-06-17T09:37:07","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T14:37:07","slug":"use-it-up-bitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/brewitright.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/17\/use-it-up-bitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Use-it-up Bitter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Maris Otter is almost gone.\u00a0 Seriously.\u00a0 And seeing as how it’s no longer cold outside a nice, simple, drinkable beer is required.\u00a0 Digging deep into Graham Wheeler’s Brew Your Own British Real Ale<\/a> we came up with Big Lamp Bitter.\u00a0 Here we’ve adjusted the recipe for US\/Standard measurements and added a few IBUs so that we don’t have any partial ounces of hops left-over.<\/p>\n

Name: Big Lamp Bitter\r\nBatch size: 5 gallons\r\nExpected OG: 1.042\r\nExpected FG: 1.010\r\nExpected IBU: 30\r\nMash: 90m @ 152\u00b0F (Brew-in-a-bag)\r\n\r\n  7.1 lbs Muntons Maris Otter 3L\r\n    6 oz  Muntons Medium Crystal 60L\r\n\r\n1 oz Goldings      5.5% AA @ 60m\r\nWhirlfloc + yeast nutrient @ 10m\r\n1 oz Fuggles       5.7% AA @  5m\r\n\r\n1 pack Safale S-05 Yeast<\/pre>\n
OK, so it’s not really a traditional bitter since we’re using S-05 yeast instead of a real British variety.\u00a0 And we’re only hopping for 60 minutes while Wheeler adds the hops at the start of the 90 minute boil for all his recipes.\u00a0 But whatever.<\/p>\n
The Brew<\/strong><\/p>\n
This time we decided to use the Brew-In-A-Bag (BIAB) method instead of the traditional 3-vessel setup, mostly to see if we’d hit the numbers and if the brew day would be shorter.\u00a0 If you’re not familiar with BIAB, here’s the basic process:<\/p>\n