Eli Appleby-Donald’s bitter recipe from the 2016 club competition.
Eli has been working on this recipe for the past 3 years using the feedback from the judges at the competition to perfect it. It must be working as this recipe took silver last year and gold this year.
Bespoke Bitter
Beer Style: Ordinary Bitter
Recipe Type: all-grain BIAB
Yield: 10 litres
Original Gravity: 1.034
Ingredients:
- 1.4 kg – United Kingdom – Golden Promise (84.8%)
- 0.1 kg – United Kingdom – Cara Malt (6.1%)
- 0.1 kg – United Kingdom – Dark Crystal 77L (6.1%)
- 0.05 kg – United Kingdom – Munich (3%)
- 7 g – Challenger 6.5% Boil 60 min
- 5 g – East Kent Goldings 5% Boil 60 min
- 8 g – Styrian Goldings 4.2%Boil 20 min
- 15 g – East Kent Goldings 5% Whirlpool 20 min
Additional Instructions
Boil: 60 Minutes
Mash: 67c for 60 mins then 75c mash out for 10mins.
Ferment: 2 weeks at 18c