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Bear's ESB
first light color beer..my last extract brew! going all grain this
weekend! i'm usually a dark beer drinker but i recently tried and esb
and was pleasantly suprised. i think this one turned out pretty good.
it's going into the secondary saturday.
| Brewer: | jonathan | Email: | mrpookey@mindspring.com | |||||
| Beer: | Bear's ESB | Style: | English Strong (Extra Special) Bitter | |||||
| Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 5.5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 46 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.060 | FG: | 1.016 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 5.7% v/v (4.4% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | 2 tsp Gypsum | |||||||
| Grain: | 6 oz. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) 1 lb. British crystal 50-60L 6 oz. Flaked barley 3 oz. American chocolate |
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| Steep: | steep speciality grains at 155°F for 30 minutes. rinsed into already heating water. |
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| Boil: | 75 minutes | SG 1.044 | 7.5 gallons | |||||
| 6.0 lb. Light dry malt extract .75 lb. Brown sugar |
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| 2tsp irish moss last 10 minutes | ||||||||
| Hops: | 2 oz. Kent Goldings (5.4% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Fuggles (3.4% AA, 45 min.) .5 oz. Fuggles (3.4% AA, 30 min.) .5 oz. Fuggles (3.4% AA, 15 min.) 1 oz. Kent Goldings (aroma) |
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| Yeast: | wyeast london esb...typical starter method. | |||||||
| Log: | brewed 3/26/98.....fermenting in basement with constant temp of 65F. will rack this weekend to secondary and then transfer to keg and dry hop with 1oz Kent Golding leaf hops. |
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| Carbonation: | 1.3 volumes |
Keg: 5.1 psi @ 58°F Corn Sugar: 1.13 oz. for 5 gallons @ 65°F |
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| Tasting: | tasted before pitching yeast and thought it was yummy! i think this will be a great batch of brew! |
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Recipe posted 03/30/98.
